Bird & Bird recruit EY private equity partner Santiago Lardiés
Bird & Bird has recruited EY Abogados partner Santiago Lardiés to head its Spanish private equity practice.
Lardiés has been at EY Abogados since 2016, prior to that he was a counsel at DLA Piper.
Lardiés’ areas of particular specialism include venture capital and cross-border transactions.
Lourdes Ayala, corporate and M&A partner at Bird & Bird, said Lardiés expertise in private equity will “allow us to increase our presence in a sector in which we already have great experience”.
Lardiés will join Bird & Bird as of counsel.