Bio

Ferran Escayola is a partner in Garrigues' Corporate Department in Barcelona and co-heads the firm's US & Canada Desk. From 2010 until the end of 2016 he headed Garrigues' New York office. He currently coordinates the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) group in Barcelona, Palma and Zaragoza. Ferran advises multinationals, investment banks, private equity funds (LPs, GPs and targets) and asset management companies, private banks (family offices) and industrial and services companies on their investments in Spain and their internationalization processes in the United States and Latin America, particularly on acquisitions, sales of both shares and assets, mergers, acquisition finance, corporate and debt restructurings, related-party transactions, strategic alliances and joint ventures. He also advises on transactional matters related to the pharmaceutical sector, sports and entertainment industry (including leisure and gaming) and on foreign investment aspects (FDI) of multijurisdictional projects. Educated in Spain and the United States, Ferran is also a member of several domestic and international associations and regularly publishes in M&A and Private Equity forums and publications.