Pérez-Llorca Explained

Pérez-Llorca
Headquarters:P.º de la Castellana, Madrid
Num Offices:5
Num Attorneys:360
Practice Areas:Corporate Law, Real Estate, Public Law
Date Founded:1983
Founder:Antonio Jiménez Blanco, Jaime García Añoveros, José Pedro Pérez-Llorca
Company Type:General partnership

Pérez-Llorca is an international law firm that operates in Spain, Portugal and Mexico and provides high-end advice on major market transactions and disputes. The firm has offices in Barcelona, Brussels, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Monterrey, New York, and Singapore, where almost 500 lawyers and more than 800 professionals work together.[1] [2] [3]

Firm history and main mailstones

In 2006, Chambers & Partners awarded Pérez-Llorca with the award 'Iberian Law Firm of the Year'.[4]

In 2013, Pérez-Llorca moved its Madrid office to Paseo de la Castellana 50. The following year, the Barcelona office moved to the Alta Diagonal building located on Avenida Diagonal. [5]

In 2017, Chambers & Partners presented Pérez-Llorca with the award for 'Spain Law Firm of the Year' for the second time.[6] [7]

In October 2018, the firm opened its second office in Madrid in the Cuatro Torres Business Area financial district, and became classified as a Large Company.[8]

The firm began publishing its own Legal Journal in 2019, the year in which its founder José Pedro Pérez-Llorca passed away.[9] [10]

In 2021 Pérez-Llorca moved its London headquarters to Mayfair[11]

The firm's expansion continued with new openings in Brussels and Singapore in 2022 and 2023.[12] [13]

In September 2023 Pérez-Llorca announced the establishment of a new office and team in Lisbon. This office is dedicated to practising Portuguese law and the firm’s aim is to increase its work in this market to cover the entire Iberian Peninsula.[14]

In July 2024 Pérez-Llorca entered the Mexican market through its merger with the firm Gonzalez Calvillo. The project, which initially added a further 100 lawyers and around 160 professionals to the firm, was created with the aim of providing a differentiated service to clients on both sides of the Atlantic, large multinationals, financial sponsors and other international law firms. [15]

Pérez-Llorca/IE Chair

The Pérez-Llorca/IE Chair on Commercial Law is a top collaborative initiative launched by both a law firm and a university.[16]

Pérez-Llorca/ICADE Chair

In 2021 the firm signed a collaboration agreement with the Universidad Pontificia Comillas to create the Pérez-Llorca/ICADE Chair in Economics and Competition Law.[17]

Pérez-Llorca Legal Journal

There is a Pérez-Llorca Legal Journal.[18]

Pérez-Llorca App

In 2022, Pérez-Llorca launched an app.[19]

The European Centre for Digital Regulation

In April 2024 Pérez-Llorca and the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid launched the European Centre for Digital Regulation, a pioneering initiative aimed at generating technical and legal knowledge and promoting collaboration between the private sector, academia and public authorities in order to address the regulatory challenges of the digital sector and the creation of effective and sustainable regulation. [20]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Javier Gómez, nuevo socio responsable de la oficina de Nueva York de Pérez-Llorca .
  2. News: Spain's Pérez-Llorca to Open Brussels Office .
  3. News: Pérez-Llorca se refuerza con el nombramiento de cuatro nuevos socios y un counsel .
  4. News: 'La competencia entre los bufetes sigue creciendo y eso es bueno' .
  5. Web site: Pérez-Llorca trasladará su sede de Barcelona al Edificio Alta Diagonal .
  6. News: Pérez-Llorca, reconocido como bufete del año en España por 'Chambers & Partners .
  7. News: Los Oscars de la abogacía: Pérez-Llorca se corona como mejor bufete español .
  8. News: Pérez-Llorca inaugura su oficina en la Torre Foster .
  9. News: El mundo jurídico se une para homenajear la figura de Pérez-Llorca .
  10. News: Muere José Pedro Pérez-Llorca, uno de los padres de la Constitución, a los 78 años .
  11. News: Pérez-Llorca moves London office from City to Mayfair to be nearer international fund clients .
  12. News: Pérez-Llorca abre su oficina en Bruselas .
  13. News: Pérez-Llorca becomes first Spanish firm to launch in Singapore .
  14. News: Pérez-Llorca gana músculo en Lisboa con cuatro socios de Público, Real Estate y Fiscal .
  15. Web site: González Calvillo and Pérez-Llorca finalise merger .
  16. News: La Cátedra Pérez-Llorca/IE de Derecho Mercantil reflexiona sobre el arbitraje internacional en operaciones de M&A en Cuba, España y Estados Unidos .
  17. News: Se presenta la nueva cátedra Pérez-Llorca/ICADE .
  18. News: "Nace la Revista Jurídica Pérez-Llorca" .
  19. News: Pérez-Llorca lanza su APP para aunar todo el contenido jurídico generado por el Despacho .
  20. Web site: Raúl Rubio, socio de Propiedad Industrial, Intelectual y Tecnología de Pérez-Llorca: "La complejidad normativa dificulta la participación informada de la sociedad en el debate regulatorio" .