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Biography

Mr. Kirchner has designed and implemented many national and cross-border corporate-finance and M&A transactions, including takeover bids, IPOs on the stock exchange, public offerings of securities, and private-equity and distressed M&A transactions. In addition to advising multinational clients on some of the most important and innovative transactions to have taken place in the Spanish market, he advises many listed companies on an ongoing basis on commercial issues and corporate governance, as well as on corporate disputes. Recommended by several directories, including Legal 500, IFLR, and Latin Lawyer in Capital Markets, and Corporate and M&A. He was also named Capital Markets Law Lawyer of the Year in 2018 and 2016 by Best Lawyers. Member of the board of directors of several important Spanish companies, he is former co-chair of the IBA’s Securities Law Committee and of the Capital Markets Forum. He was also a member of the group of experts designated by the Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission to assess the activity of proxy advisors in relation to Spanish issuers (April 2012). He lectures on corporate governance and capital markets law in ESADE’s Executive MBA, and author of several publications. He is bachelor of Laws for the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, and LL.M. for the London School of Economics.