Alejandro Payá
Partner
English
French
Spanish
Specialist in domestic and crossborder transactions, particularly M&A, private equity, joint ventures and strategic alliances, corporate group restructuring and financing and real estate transactions.
Alejandro Payá has advised on some of the most important transactions in different industrial and services sectors, as well as in regulated sectors such as finance and insurance, infrastructures, energy and pharma.
In 2015, he led the M&A case for which the firm received a Financial Times award as the most innovative law firm in the corporate and commercial category.
From 1999 to 2000, he was an international associate at a US firm in New York.
He is secretary of the boards of directors of several national and international groups.
He is admitted to the practice of law as an attorney in New York, and is a member of the Barcelona Bar Association, the New York Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the International Bar Association (former Chair of the Closely Held Companies Committee).
A doctor of laws, he has lectured on commercial law at ESADE Business & Law School and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. He regularly speaks at different courses and conferences. He is also a member of the Scientific Committee of the Barcelona Bar Association’s Master of Business Law.
He is the author of several publications and the co-author of collective works.
Specialties
Education
Doctor of Laws (cum laude)
Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, 2001Master of Laws (Fulbright scholar)
Stanford University, US, 1999Master of International Business Law
IE Business School, Spain, 1996Maître en Droit
Université de Caen, France, 1992Bachelor of Laws
Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, 1993Bachelor in Business
Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, 1994
Directory Mentions
Recommended lawyer
Chambers & Partners (Global and Europe), Legal 500, IFLR, Leaders League, Best Lawyers and Who's Who Legal in Corporate M&A, Franchise, Investment Funds, Insurance, Private Equity, Venture Capital and Real Estate & Construction
Lawyer of the Year
Best Lawyers in Real Estate (2024), Investment Funds (2023, 2020), Venture Capital (2019, 2016), Private Equity (2018, 2014) and Corporate M&A (2013)
Publications and News
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May 7, 2025Validated ID joins Signaturit Group to boost offering of secure electronic services
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March 21, 2025Market trends in Iberian private equity transactions
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April 9, 2024Market trends in Iberian private equity transactions
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August 30, 2023EPEI signs to acquire Atos SE’s subsidiary Tech Foundations
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November 29, 2022Comsa sells 50% of Murcia’s tram to FCC
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March 10, 2022Spain and Portugal | Market Trends in Iberian Private Equity Transactions 2022 edition
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July 7, 2021Cuatrecasas advises Grupo Halcón on acquiring industrial assets of Cicogres
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June 5, 2019Cuatrecasas advises on the sale of Grupo Zeta to Prensa Ibérica
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February 13, 2019Blocktac and FuVeX are winners of third Cuatrecasas Acelera program
Events
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December 12, 2023Seminario: Oportunidades de Inversión en Perú para Cataluña
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November 8, 2023W&I (M&A Insurance): Am I really covered? Best practices in claims handling
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March 22, 20236th M&A in Tech Sector Conference Berlin – Reception
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June 18, 2019Disrupción en el espacio. Aistech Space y la revolución de los nanosatélites