Pérez-Llorca promotes 12 new partners

Pérez-Llorca has promoted 12 professionals to partner. The new partners are based in the Madrid, Mexico City and Bogotá offices, and practise in public, competition, corporate, finance, tax and regulatory.

The Pérez-Llorca professionals who will become partners as of 1 January 2026 are: in the corporate practice area, Melchor Álvarez de Mon (London), Antonio De Lisi (Mexico City), Iciar de Lorenzo (Madrid), Francisco Gómez (Madrid), Ángel Martín (Madrid); in finance, Eugenio Marín (Madrid), Paola Valderrama (Bogotá); in competition, Patricio Martínez (Mexico City); in regulatory, Enrique Muñoz (Mexico City); in tax, Antonio Ruiz (Madrid), Yi Zhou (Madrid); and in administrative law, Belén Wert (Madrid).

In addition, the firm has promoted Daragh Brehony (litigation and arbitration, Madrid), Eva del Amo (real estate, Madrid), Antonio García (real estate, Madrid), Nuria García (real estate, Madrid) and María Camila Parra (real estate, Bogotá) to counsel.

“These appointments reflect Pérez-Llorca’s aim to foster internal growth, recognise in-house talent and strengthen its leadership structure in response to the current and future challenges of the legal market”, states the law firm.

“We would like to thank these professionals for their commitment, effort and dedication, and we are confident that, with the momentum of this new generation of partners, our ability to serve clients and our global reach will be further strengthened”, said Pedro Pérez-Llorca, managing partner.

London office leadership transition

After seven years leading the London office — the first opened by Pérez-Llorca outside Spain — Álvaro Ramírez de Haro will hand over leadership to José Luis Romeu, a partner who has been working in London since early 2024. Ramírez de Haro will return to Madrid, from where he will continue to work closely with the London office through his work with major funds and international firms.

In addition, Ander Valverde, a finance partner based in London since 2022, will return to Spain in April 2026. From there, he will continue to coordinate the Madrid Finance practice and remain linked to the London office through the firm’s clients in this key financial hub for the practice.

José Luis Romeu joined Pérez-Llorca in 2017 as a lawyer in the corporate practice and was appointed partner in January 2024. Specialised in corporate law, his career has a strong international focus. He holds an LL.M. in International Business and Economic Law from Georgetown University, worked in the firm’s London office in 2019 and 2020, and is also a solicitor of England and Wales.

In the picture, from left to right: top row — Melchor Álvarez de Mon, Daragh Brehony, Antonio De Lisi, Iciar de Lorenzo, Eva del Amo, Antonio García; middle row — Nuria García, Francisco Gómez, Eugenio Marín, Ángel Martín, Patricio Martínez; bottom row — Enrique Muñoz, María Camila Parra, Antonio Ruiz, Paola Valderrama, Belén Wert and Yi Zhou.