Fernando Igartua Arregui

Bio

Fernando is a Banking and Finance partner at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, and Head of the New York office.

He specialises in structured and project finance, takeover bids, insurance, new technologies law, regulation of financial institutions and corporate governance.

He holds a degree in Law with a specialisation in Economic Law from Universidad de Deusto and a PhD in Law from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. In addition, he is a lecturer in civil law. He has also been a visiting researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, a fellow of the Spanish-American (Fulbright Program) Joint Committee and a research associate at the University of London.

He is founder and honorary president of the directors’ association Instituto de Consejeros-Administradores (IC-A).

Fernando is recognised in the prestigious legal directories Chambers and Partners and Legal500 as one of the leading practitioners in the areas of Banking & Finance, Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Project Finance, Projects and energy and Insurance. He is also listed in the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers in the areas of M&A and Governance and Project Finance.

He has participated as an author or coauthor in several specialised legal publications.

Membership of Professional Bodies and Associations

Madrid Bar Association no.22626
Honorary chairman of the Instituto de Consejeros-Administradores (2013-2014)
Secretary of Foro Infraestructuras

Languages

Spanish
English
French