People
Alvaro Rojo
Biography
Álvaro specialises in advising Spanish and worldwide banks and corporates, on a range of debt capital markets transactions (either as issuer or manager counsel) including regulatory capital, ESG bonds, hybrid bonds, plain vanilla bonds, commercial paper, mortgage covered bonds, structured bonds, tender offers etc., either in Programme form (EMTN/GMTN/ECP/STEP) or as a standalone trade.
He has also advised on some of the most relevant IPO transactions in Spain in the last ten years (e.g. Iberia/British Airways and CEPSA). Alvaro has also experience working and advising on securitization transactions and on distressed debt trading transactions. He has also advised in numerous M&A transactions and has a broad experience in contractual law and a deep knowledge of the Spanish consumer legislation. Álvaro has been nominated by several legal directories such as Chambers & Partners (awarded as the only star associate in 2025 for both Global & Europe rankings), Legal 500, Iberian Lawyer Forty under 40 and Best Lawyers for his consistent outstanding degree of technical and commercial expertise beyond that of their peers in debt capital markets.
Practice areas
- Capital markets
- Covered bonds
- Debt capital markets
- Derivatives
Education
- Graduate Certificate in International Relations, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, 2009
- Double degree in Law (Hons) and Business Management (Hons), University of San Pablo CEU (Madrid), 2008
Languages
- English
- Spanish
