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Madrid
+34 91 514 52 00
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Registered lawyer nº 84895
I. Colegio de la Abogacía de Madrid
Arnau Tapias is a partner in the Mergers and Acquisitions practice of Garrigues in Madrid.
His professional practice centers on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, insurance law, corporate governance, private equity and commercial contracts. He has extensive experience advising banks, insurers, private equity funds, hotel chains and other industrial operators. He also provides advice on outsourcing transactions, hotel management processes and on coordinating deals with a multi-jurisdictional component.
Over his more than 20 years at Garrigues, Arnau has participated in numerous M&A deals in Spain and Latin America. He has also acted as Board Secretary at listed and unlisted companies.
He holds a Degree in Law from Universidad San Pablo - CEU, majoring in EU law, and an MBA from Instituto de Empresa, and has been recognized by IFLR, Best Lawyers and other legal directories.
Experience
Arnau has been a partner of the Corporate/Commercial Department of Garrigues since January 2016. He joined in 2002 and has spent his entire professional career at the firm. Over the course of his career, he has participated in national and international transactions, including:
- Bancassurance deals and other types of alliances involving insurance companies.
- Bank mergers.
- Cross-border structural modification transactions.
- Creation and corporate restructurings of insurance companies.
- Portfolio transfers.
- Outsourcing agreements.
- Hotel management agreements.
- Sale and purchase of companies.
- Complex multi-jurisdictional transactions in Spain and in other jurisdictions, alongside other legal teams.
Arnau also provides ongoing advice on corporate governance, corporate and commercial law matters to numerous listed companies and national and international business groups. He has also acted as Board Secretary at listed and unlisted companies.
Academic background
- Law degree (majoring in EU Law), Universidad San Pablo–CEU.
- MBA, Instituto de Empresa.
Teaching activity
Arnau has taught classes on various Master’s Degree courses (Centro de Estudios, ICADE and Universidad Carlos III).
Memberships
Member of the Madrid Bar Association.
Distinctions
Recognized as a Notable Practitioner in Corporate/M&A by IFLR 1000.
Recognized as a key lawyer at Garrigues in the Corporate/M&A area by Legal 500.
Publications
Among other publications, he has co-authored the following articles: “La Ley de Modificaciones Estructurales - Una norma técnicamente fallida” (The Structural Modifications Law - A Technically Flawed Regulation), published in Indret, and “Fund-Raising. La documentación legal del Fondo como medio de armonizar los intereses de los inversores y el equipo gestor” (Fund-Raising. The Legal Documentation of the Fund as a means of Reconciling the Interests of Investors and the Management Team), published in Revista Española de Capital Riesgo.