José Francisco Canalejas

José Francisco is a Banking and Finance counsel at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

He specialises in securities markets law and other financial instruments and has extensive experience in advising Spanish and foreign entities on a range of issues.

He is a member of the Financial Regulatory Department and, in particular, his practice includes structured finance, project and asset finance, issuance and derivatives.

In the field of corporate and regulatory governance, he has acted in the secretariat of various entities subject to prudential supervision in Spain, and has also regularly intervened in different types of administrative procedures and proceedings before the European Central Bank, the Bank of Spain, the National Securities Market Commission and the Directorate General of Insurance and Pension Funds.

He holds a degree in Law (cum laude) from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), where he previously completed a master’s degree in EU Law and a bachelor’s degree in Law. He was Visiting researcher at the EW Barker Centre for Law & Business of the National University of Singapore (NUS).

He is a member of the working group ‘Blockchain and Corporate Law (2). Bigdata, Fintech and the protection of the user of financial services’ (R&D Project PID2022-137502NB-I00).

José Francisco has been recognised in the prestigious legal directories IFLR 100 as rising start, in Legal 500 as Next Generation Lawyer and Best Lawyer for his professional career and experience.

He has participated as author or co-author in a range of specialist publications, covering MiFID II, MAR and other financial market regulations.

Experience

I have carried out numerous national and international matters with Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

2024 2023 2022 2021

GA_P advises Caixabank on a €750m financing to Sonnedix, 2024 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Caixabank, S.A. on a €750 million refinancing transaction in favour of Sonnedix for a 197 MW portfolio of regulated assets in Spain.

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo appoints five new counsels, 2024 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has appointed new counsels of Intellectual Property, Tax and Finance counsels respectively.

GA_P advises Cellnex on the signing of a PPA with Elawan, 2024 – The Gómez-Acebo & Pombo team was formed by Borja Carvajal Borrero, partner of Public and Regulated Sectors; José Francisco Canalejas, senior associate of Banking and Finance; Ignacio Castellanos, senior associate of Public and Regulated Sectors and Nuria Vila and Ángela Atienza, counsel and associate of Tax.

GA_P advises Making Science on the repurchase of bonds listed in MARF and the subscription of a syndicated loan, 2024 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo advised Making Science, a Spanish digital acceleration multinational listed on BME Growth, on the repurchase and redemption of corporate bonds traded on the Alternative Fixed Income Market (“MARF”) and on the launch and syndication of a corporate bond, which will be composed of several tranches. Both operations are part of Making Science’s…

GA_P advises Orange Bank on its agreement with BNP Paribas for the transfer of its banking business in Spain, 2024 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised French bank Orange Bank on several negotiation agreements with French bank BNP Paribas for the transfer of its banking business in Spain. This sale is part of a transaction that also includes the transfer of Orange Bank’s banking business in France to BNP Paribas. After a long period of negotiation,…

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GA_P advises Wallbox on its new green credit facility, 2023 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised a syndicate of financing entities formed by EBN Banco, the Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO), the Institut Català de Finances (ICF), the Compañía Española de Financiación del Desarrollo (Cofides) and MoraBanc on the granting of a €35 million green loan to the Wallbox Group, which manufactures electric chargers and is…

GA_P advises the syndicate of lenders on the refinancing of the Mula solar photovoltaic project, 2023 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised the financing entities on the granting of financing to Qualitas Energy, owner of a photovoltaic plant located in Mula (Murcia) in order to refinance the existing debt of the Project, amounting to approximately 280 million euros. The solar PV plant, owned by Qualitas Energy and Northleaf Capital Partners and with…

GA_P advises Banca March on the acquisition of the private banking area of BNP Paribas, 2022 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Banca March on the acquisition of the domestic private banking area of BNP Paribas, together with the 100% of the shares of the fund manager BNP Paribas Asset Management. This has enabled the bank to incorporate BNP Paribas Wealth Management’s High Net Worth and Very High Net Worth business in…

GA_P advises Cajamar on the incorporation of a new securitisation fund, 2022 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Cajamar Caja Rural, Sociedad Cooperativa de Crédito on the incorporation of the securitisation fund IM BCC Cajamar Pyme 4. The fund’s prospectus was registered with the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores on 15 March 2022. The fund has issued 900 million euro worth of bonds, which will be admitted…

GA_P advises Octopus Energy on the acquisition of Umeme, 2021 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Octopus Energy Group Limited, a British energy company, on the acquisition of Umeme, a 100% renewable electricity supplier. Octopus is a sustainable energy technology company, which started operations in 2015 and currently has more than 2,300,000 customers in the UK, operating in 6 countries. The acquisition of Umeme aims to…

GA_P has advised DIF Capital Partners on the acquisition of a wind project located in Uruguay, 2021 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised DIF Capital Partners on the acquisition of a wind project with 117MW of capacity located in Uruguay from ENERCON. The project contains 50 Enercon E-92 of 2,35MW turbines and has been operating since October 2015 with a PPA contract of 100MW for 20 years with UTE, a public company from…