José Blanco Aróstegui

HIGHER ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Law Degree. Complutense University of Madrid, CEU San Pablo. Specialised in Business Law (1996).

Master’s Degree in Law (Speciality in Private Law). Institute of Higher Studies of the San Pablo CEU University  (1997).

Member no. 63660 of the Madrid Bar Association.

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Skilled in corporate law, corporate governance, and M&A.

Expert in capital markets, in particular IPOs, offerings of shares, bonds and hybrid instruments, and takeover bids.

Listed in Chambers & Partners Europe (2013), The Legal 500 EMEA (2014), Best Lawyers (2018) and Leaders League (2021).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Lecturer in capital markets on the Master’s Degree in International Law at the International Centre for Financial Education (CIFF), 2006.

PUBLICATIONS

“España sigue en el foco de los grandes inversores” Cinco Días, October 2020.

“Green bond issues on the increase”, Iberian Lawyer, October 2017.

“El pacto parasocial suscrito con ocasión de la salida a Bolsa de Talgo S.A.” 2016 Práctica de Mercantil para Abogados, “La Ley”, June 2016.

“El Mercado Alternativo de Renta Fija, una buena iniciativa”, Expansión, November 2012.

“Nuevos horizontes para ampliar la eficacia del MAB”, Expansión, May 2012.

“El soft law de la CNMV en el ámbito de las emisiones de renta fija destinadas a inversores minoristas y de las colocaciones aceleradas de acciones”, Revista de Derecho del Mercado de Valores, “La Ley”, February 2011.

“La exclusión del derecho de suscripción preferente en las salidas a bolsa con previa oferta pública de suscripción”, Revista de Derecho del Mercado de Valores, “La Ley”, June 2008.