RocaJunyent has added José Luis Pita da Veiga as a new partner in the Banking and Financial department of its Madrid office. His entry strengthens the area, whose assets include Joan Roca, Executive President of RocaJunyent, and Xavier Foz.

Coming from Hogan Lovells, the new partner has specialised in consulting in the sphere of financing, refinancing, and restructuring transactions for financial entities, debt funds and venture capital funds, sponsors and issuers, covering multiple branches of practice. He participates in acquisition financing transactions, asset financing, project financing (particularly, renewable energy, infrastructure, and tourism projects), real estate financing, as well as all types of business financing, including restructuring and debt refinancing processes in bankruptcy and pre-bankruptcy. Furthermore, he has extensive experience in transactions with multi-jurisdictional components.

He holds a Law Degree from the Complutense University of Madrid, a Master’s in Financial Studies from the Institute of Stock Exchange Studies (Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles, IEB) and a Master’s Degree in International Trade Law from the University of Westminster (London). On a teaching level, Pita da Veiga is also a regular speaker for courses and seminars on different subjects related to his field.

Prior to joining RocaJunyent, he worked as an attorney in the Banking and Financial Law departments of DLA Piper and Hogan Lovells.

The addition of José Luis Pita da Veiga comes along with the acquisition of MDV&Associados, a firm specialising in Tax Law that joined RocaJunyent last week, led by partner Luis Mas and his team of 11 professionals.

25th Anniversary and New Image

The addition of Pita da Veiga coincides with the launch of the new corporate image of RocaJunyent, which reflects the firm’s progress in recent years in consolidating itself as an agile, flexible, rigorous, and highly specialised law firm whose strategy is clearly focused on serving its clients.

The new corporate image combines simplicity and professionalism and aims to showcase the new times the firm is experiencing. Coinciding with this new stage of its development and the firm’s 25th anniversary, the firm’s new corporate image aims to show the potential of the name that made it so strong.

To associate the firm’s name with the collective of legal professionals it represents, the logo develops the Roca Junyent surnames through unity and strong lines. The joining of the words expresses the group and cohesion. The strong lines show rigour and trust. The lowercase letters express a human dimension and proximity. Finally, the choice of black and white gives the brand personality, elegance, and character, while allowing it an endless array of graphic possibilities.

RocaJunyent and MDV & Asociados have signed an agreement by which the firm MDV & Asociados, specialising in Tax Law and headquartered in Barcelona, will merge into Roca Junyent. Thus, a total of 12 professionals will become part of the RocaJunyent team in Barcelona.

Luis Mas, Managing Partner of MDV until now, will join RocaJunyent as a partner in the Barcelona Tax Department With more than 30 years of experience as a tax advisor and accounts auditor, Luis Mas is a specialist in corporate taxation, with notable experience in family business, e-commerce, as well as for foundations and other non-profit entities and venture capital companies.

With the integration of MDV & Asociados, RocaJunyent is strengthening the Tax Law department by incorporating the background and experience of a solvent and highly recognised professional team. Currently, RocaJunyent’s Tax department is made up of 30 professionals led by partners Jordi Guarch, Blanca Usón, Raúl Salas, Joan de Figarolas, Josep Godall and Enric Moret, who provide solutions to clients’ needs in the areas of business taxation, Tax Wealth Management, M&A transaction taxation, transfer pricing and tax litigation.

This agreement reaffirms RocaJunyent’s commitment to promoting strategic incorporations that complement the firm’s current team, making it more mainstream. RocaJunyent currently has a staff of 230 professionals at the service of its clients.

RocaJunyent has hired Jaime Tarrero Martos as a new partner in the Commercial Department in Madrid. His arrival strengthens the firm’s Capital Markets, M&A, Corporate and Banking departments.

Since 2018, Jaime Tarrero has been the Director of the Corporate Department at AmRest Holdings, the largest independent operator of restaurant chains in Europe, which is listed on stock exchanges in Spain and Poland. His long tenure at Uría Menéndez also spanned more than 12 years. He also worked for one year in Cleary Gottlieb’s New York office in the LatAm department. The new partner specialises in M&A transactions, IPOs, refinancing, public acquisition tenders, increases in share capital with rights issues, offers and accelerated bookbuilds, debt issues, hybrid instruments and liability management exercises (LMEs), as well as the corporate, regulatory and corporate governance of public listed companies. He has extensive experience in transactions with multi-jurisdictional components.

He holds a degree in Law and Business Administration and Management from the Autonomous University of Madrid, and is authorised to practice both in Spain and in Mexico. In the academic sphere, Jaime Tarrero frequently teaches classes and gives seminars at different institutions in relation to his fields of practice. Noteworthy collaborations include Carlos III University and the ISDE (Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía [Higher Institute of Law and Economics]).

The addition of Jaime Tarrero to the Commercial Department of RocaJunyent in Madrid comes after hiring José Luis Pita da Veiga in the Banking and Financial Department, as well as the recent acquisition of MDV&Asociados, a firm specialising in Tax Law, which joined RocaJunyent in Barcelona at the beginning of September, led by partner Luis Mas and his team of 11 professionals.

• Joan Antoni Borràs and Marlen Estévez as well as Intellectual Property area, distinguished in 2021 guide edition. 
   
• In total, 11 lawyers and 7 areas and specialization sectors hace been recognized by the international guide. 

RocaJunyent consolidates its positions in Global, Europe and Fintech Legal editions of Chambers and Partners directory. In total, 7 of its practice areas and sectors of specialisation along with 11 of its professionals are highlighted in the guide.

In its European edition the English directory has highlighted Corporate/Commercial (Barcelona), Dispute Resolution (Barcelona), Employment (Barcelona and Spain), Restructuring/Insolvency (Barcelona and Spain), Intellectual Property (Spain) and Tax (Spain) areas.

As for the professionals, Miquel Roca Junyent, Joan Roca Sagarra, Albert Rodriguez, Alex Santacana, Blanca Usón, Raúl Salas, Roberto Vallina, Blanca Cortés, and, for the first year, Joan Antoni Borràs and Marlen Estévez, partners in the firm's Restructuring and Litigation and Arbitration departments.

In relation to the Global edition of the directory, for the 2020 financial year, the Intellectual Property (Spain) department enters the directory with “a strong reputation for working with architects, musicians and creators of audiovisual Works” as well as “a team that handles trademark registrations, technology transfer mandates and actions for infringement of image rights or trademarks in foreign jurisdictions”.

Among the professionals highlighted in the Global edition are Joan Roca (Corporate/M&A), Blanca Cortés (Intellectual Property) and, for the first year, Marlen Estévez (Dispute Resolution).

Finally, in the Chambers and Partners Fintech guide, RocaJunyent strengthens its position in the directory by maintaining its position both in the area that stands out for its “experience serving the banking and financial sector” “RocaJunyent brings together the multidisciplinary competence of its lawyers to serve its Finech clients at a high level” and with its leading professional, Xavier Foz, partner of the Banking and Finance department and with extensive experience in the Fintech field.