Fernando Vives

Fernando Vives is the Executive Chairman of Garrigues, where he led the corporate law practice until he was appointed Managing Partner of the firm in 2009. He is a Professor of Commercial Law at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid (ICADE). He holds degrees in Law and Economics from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid, where he also earned his Ph.D. in Law. His academic and professional work focuses on corporate law, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, leveraged buyouts, private equity, corporate finance, and securities markets. Leading national and international legal directories rank Fernando Vives as one of the top lawyers in Spain in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets. He has served on the boards of several listed companies and has been involved in some of the most significant corporate transactions in Spain in recent decades. He was a member of the Government-appointed Expert Commission on Corporate Governance, established to modernize corporate law in Spain. He has also served on various advisory committees set up by Spanish regulators and public bodies, including the Institute of Accounting and Auditing and the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV). He is the author of numerous books and scholarly articles on corporate law, accounting law, and securities law. He is a full member of the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation of Spain and has received several awards and honors, including the Cross of Honor of the Order of Saint Raymond of Peñafort, granted in recognition of his contributions to the improvement and modernization of legal practice and legislation in Spain.