Bio

Executive Chairman and Managing Partner of Garrigues since September 2014. Managing Partner of Garrigues since September 2009. Fernando Vives has more than thirty years’ experience at Garrigues and has been a partner since 1998. Between 2001 and 2009 he headed Garrigues’ Corporate/Commercial Law practice, encompassing the securities market, financial services, real estate, competition and M&A areas. He practices in the areas of securities market law, corporate law, M&A, private equity, banking & finance law and insurance law, with a particular emphasis on capital markets and financial services. He specializes in major transactions involving mergers, reorganizations, tender offers, corporate LBOs, securities issues and public offerings, and regulatory matters concerning listed companies. He regularly advises on major M&A deals and is actively involved in private equity transactions, working on related tasks and on raising outside financing. He also has a wealth of experience in the insurance industry, where he advises numerous insurance groups operating in Spain. He also acts as adviser to the shareholders’ meetings and boards of directors of some of the largest listed companies in Spain on corporate governance-related matters: Telefónica, S.A., Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A., Iberdrola, S.A., to name but a few.