Carlos Pérez Dávila

Carlos joined Pérez-Llorca in September 2019 as a partner in the Debt Capital Markets and Structured Finance practice ("Debt Capital Markets"). Before joining the firm, Carlos worked in the capital markets department of the Madrid office of a leading international firm. He also worked in J.P. Morgan’s securities issuance legal department in London.

Experience

Carlos has extensive experience in the financial sector, having advised financial institutions, funds, corporations and multinationals throughout his career on transactions involving the issuance of all types of debt instruments, including asset securitisations, structured financings, corporate bond issuances, regulatory capital issuances, high-yield bond issuances ("high yield"), issuances of mortgage market debt instruments, and asset acquisition transactions, including "distressed" assets.

He also has extensive experience advising financial institutions on banking and securities market regulation.

His work includes advising on many of the most innovative fixed-income, securitisation and structured finance transactions carried out in Spain in recent years, including Spain’s first credit card securitisation.

Education

• 2004 Degree in Business Administration and Management, Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE E-3) 2003 Law degree, Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE E-3)

Academic Activities

• Carlos has taught on several master’s programmes and authored a number of publications, including: The Capital Markets Union: a path towards a greater Union, published in Anuario del Euro 2017, IEAF/FEF and Fundación ICO (February 2018). La titulización, published in Cuadernos de Derecho para Ingenieros, Wolters Kluwer – La Ley and Iberdrola. Novedades en el régimen de la titulización en España, published in the Thomson Reuters Newsletter (September 2015). Flexibilidad para las titulizaciones en España, published in Cinco Días (May 2015). Cuenta atrás para la Ley de Servicios de Pago, published in Cinco Días (October 2009).

Memberships

• Madrid Bar Association (ICAM).

Awards and Recognition

• Carlos Pérez Dávila has been recognised by several legal directories, including: Chambers Global: ‘Capital Markets: Debt’ and ‘Capital Markets: Securitization & Derivatives’. Chambers Europe: ‘Capital Markets: Securitization & Derivatives (Up and Coming) and Debt’. Legal 500 EMEA: ‘Capital Markets: Debt’ (Next Generation Partners). Leaders League: ‘Capital Markets: Debt and Equity’. Best Lawyers®: ‘Capital Markets Law’ and ‘Debt & Equity’. Iberian Lawyer: 40 under Forty ‘Lawyer of the Year’, Banking and Finance (2020).