Juan Barona completed his LL.B with Honours at Universidad Pontificia de Comillas – ICADE (Spain) from 1987 to 1992.
Juan is a partner and the head of the banking practice in Madrid.
He has more than 25 years of national and international experience in a variety of corporate and finance work. He has broad experience in acquisition financing, leveraged financing and restructuring and he is part of Linklaters’ global restructuring and insolvency group. He has also been involved in the financing of an important number of projects in different sectors such as energy (including renewables), shipping and transport, as well as in asset (ships, aircrafts) financing transactions.
Juan is ranked by Chambers as a leading individual in banking and finance, restructuring and insolvency, and project finance, describing him as a top figure in the Spanish banking market. Market sources value him highly, describing him as “smart, quick-thinking and precise in what he does and what he says," and that “his network and the reach of his relationships is important because he knows what is going on in the market”. Clients also attest that “he always finds the right way through the situation and with the counterparty" and that "he simplifies problems, is really easy to work with and creates a fantastic work environment”.
Legal 500 ranks him as a leading individual in banking and finance.
Juan’s prior experience includes:
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