Pere Kirchner

Mr. Kirchner has designed and implemented many national and cross-border corporate-finance and M&A transactions, including takeover bids, flotations on the stock exchange, public offerings of securities, and private-equity transactions.

He has advised multinational clients on some of the most important and innovative transactions to have taken place in the Spanish market. He advises Spanish financial entities on an ongoing basis on their M&A transactions, and listed companies on commercial matters and corporate governance.

He is a member of the boards of directors of several important Spanish companies.

He is vice chair of the Capital Markets Forum and former Co-Chair of the Securities Law Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA).

He lectures on securities-market and financial law at the Universidad de Alcalá, and is a lecturer on the Executive MBA at the Higher School of Business Administration or ESADE. He is co-author of the book La reforma de la Ley del Mercado de Valores(The Reform of the Securities Market Act), 1999.

Bachelor of Laws, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, 1988

LL.M., London School of Economics, 1990

Language: English and French

Recommended by several directories, including Plc Which Lawyer, Legal 500, IFLR, Expert Guides, European Legal Experts and Best Laywers in Dispute Resolution, Capital Markets, Banking&Finance and Corporate and M&A.