Javier Garcia-Pita
Partner, Head of Tax department, Madrid
Overview
Education and qualifications
Overview
Javier has extensive experience advising on the taxation aspects of mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions and restructurings. His expertise also includes the analysis and structuring of complex financial products, corporate transactions and joint ventures. His clients are major corporations, investment banks and private equity houses.
Javier is ranked by Chambers as a leading individual in tax (Band 1), which point out Javier’s solid trajectory as “proactive and creative at the same time.”, and “highly experienced in assisting with the tax structuring of high-impact transactions” with his eminent practical sense during negotiations and his exceptional knowledge not only of the tax practice but also of other practices affecting a particular transaction.
Clients say that “always finds a solution” and that he “has an amazing understanding of client needs and he is commercially oriented”. Moreover, Legal500 also states that "Javier García-Pita stands out for his technical brilliance".
Work highlights
- Q-Energy: advising on all tax aspects of the setting up and fund raising of its fifth fund for €2.4bn.
- He also advised on tax aspects of many M&A transactions, such as the acquisition of Plenoil by Tensile and Portobello; the sale of Incus’ 23% stake in Dominion Energy; the sale of Banco Sabadell’s 80% stake in Nexi Group; the acquisition of a 45% stake in Eurocebollas by Portobello, as well as on its agreement with Lyntia Networks for the sale of Evolutio, among others.