Miguel Lamo de Espinosa
Miguel is a partner of Banking and Finance, Head of Restructuring and Special Situations and member of the Board of Directors at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.
He has extensive experience in credit and corporate finance transactions in both primary and secondary markets, including acquisition financing (both public and private), corporate finance, special and hybrid (debt/equity) transactions, and debt restructuring.
He holds a degree in Law and an advanced degree in Business Law from Comillas Pontifical University – ICADE (Spain). He completedan LL. M. in Securities and Financial Regulation at Georgetown University (Washington D.C., USA), graduating with honours.
He works regularly with investment funds (private equity and credit funds), bondholders, companies, and financial institutions on credit transactions in Spain, as well as in Latin America, having participated in some of the most important deals in recent years.
He is a speaker on financial law in several forums, author and co-author of various articles specialising in financial law, among which the publication in the Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation (Volume 19 – Issue 11) of the paper: The Need for Substantive Regulation on Investor Protection and Corporate Governance in Europe: Does Europe Need a Sarbanes-Oxley? stands out.
Miguel has been ranked as Band 1 in Chambers & Partners, in the area of Restructuring, as well as Highly Regarded in recent years by IFLR 1000 for his work and extensive experience in the areas of Banking, Restructuring and Insolvency and Private Equity. In addition, he is also recognised in the prestigious legal directories Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 as one of the leading practitioners in the areas of Banking & Finance, Banking & Finance: UK/US-qualified Experts, Restructuring and Insolvency, Investment Funds, Capital Markets: Debt, Capital Markets: Equity, Transport: Shipping and Transport: Other transport.
Areas and sectors in which he collaborates
I have carried out numerous national and international matters with Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.
He joins Gómez-Acebo & Pombo in 1999 and becomes a partner in 2010.
1999 | Degree in Law and an advanced-level Degree in Business Law from the Comillas Pontifical University – ICADE (Spain).
2003 | LL. M. degree in Securities and Financial Regulation from Georgetown University (Washington D.C., USA) with honours.
Member of the Madrid Bar Association (since 1999).
Member of this Association’s Young Lawyers Group (since 1999).
Member of the American Bar Association (since 2004).
Member of the New York State Bar (since 2004).
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11 Aug, 2025 
