ONTIER España

About ONTIER España

ONTIER is an international full-service firm which has had a solid track record in the Spanish market for decades. It combines local expertise with international reach, through its offices in over ten countries, and offers the highest quality of work to deliver the best possible service to its national and international clients. It is an entirely new concept that brings together the soul of a local firm, which is very close to its clients, but with the tools of a great global firm. In Spain, the firm has advised in some of the most significant and complex disputes and transactions in recent years, some of which are regarded as the largest or most complex in the country's history.

Areas of practice
ONTIER advises companies at all stages of the corporate life cycle, from their incorporation, drafting of by-laws and shareholders' agreements, to all standard corporate transactions. The full-service advice provided to clients includes negotiating and drafting agreements related to each specific business activity. The firm is one of the most experienced in the resolution of significant complex disputes, both before courts and in arbitration proceedings. The firm boasts a flagship litigation and arbitration department second to none in Spain, representing clients in high-profile court and arbitration proceedings.
ONTIER also has a history of advising in bankruptcy proceedings, both to defend the bankrupt company's interests and those of its creditors. Its experience allows the firm to help clients find the best solution under Spanish law. The firm's experience covers debt restructuring and refinancing, and investments in bankruptcy assets and liabilities: its lawyers' negotiation capacity guarantees the best results for clients. A good example of the firm's track record in this area last year includes dealing with more than 51 voluntary insolvency proceedings with total liabilities amounting to over €2.3bn.
The banking and finance and capital markets practice, opened in 2013 with a high-profile partner arrival and has rocketed in the last two years, with impressive achievements in both the banking and the capital markets arenas. It serves its clients in relation to finance as well as in ECMs and DCM products such as IPOs, rights issues and debt issues.

In addition to these areas of work, ONTIER has extensive experience in a key area in the country: public law. In such a highly regulated environment as Spain, public law is present in every single business law area. Every deal requires the participation of the public law experts, which can be incorporated in the transaction/process team from the very beginning. This team is also a top player in public law areas such as planning.
Other areas where the firm clearly excels and has a deserved position among the leading names in the market are real estate, projects and energy, and tax. Those departments boast fantastic standalone practices, as well as acting as key members of transversal teams created to face complex corporate transactions.