Blanca Puyol's practice encompasses a deep academic knowledge of corporate law with broad experience in cross-border transactions, corporate restructurings, and joint ventures (JVs). For more than 20 years she has advised domestic and multinational companies on a range of corporate matters, including directors and officers (D&O) duties and liabilities. She also acts as secretary to the board of directors for many Firm clients.
Blanca advises on regulatory measures being taken by the Spanish government in relation to corporate decisions (terms to approve corporate decisions or decisions to distribute dividends), distressed M&A, agreements with business closing conditions and force majeure clauses, and authorizations of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Spain.
Blanca has advised clients in numerous sectors such as manufacturing, construction, energy, and retail. Her recent experience has focused on telecommunications and the internet, including Orange's $432 million acquisition of the internet service provider Ya.com from Deutsche Telecom AG, Trader Classified Media's $742 million sale to Schibsted of its European and Latin American assets, and Entravision Communications Corporation in its acquisition of Headway, leading provider of performance digital marketing solutions in Latin America, the United States, and Spain.
Blanca lectures on the responsibility of corporate administrators as part of the law program at the Instituto de la Empresa. She has been a professor of corporate law at the Complutense University (Madrid). She is a frequent contributor to journals such as Revista de Derecho de Sociedades (Aranzadi) and Revista de Derecho Bancario y Bursátil (Lex-Nova) and often speaks at conferences and seminars.
Experience
Additional Publications
- Marzo 2018
Consecuencias prácticas del giro jurisprudencial en materia de retribución de consejeros, Expansión Jurídico - Abril 2017
El deber de lealtad y el conflicto de interés del administrador. Actualidad Jurídica Aranzadi. - Mayo 2012
Análisis de la Sentencia del Tribunal Supremo de 28 de febrero de 2011 (La Ley 4429/2011): valoración de la participación del socio que ejercita el derecho de separación, 2012 Práctica Mercantil para Abogados. Los casos más relevantes en 2011 de los grandes despachos - Marzo 2011
De nuevo sobre la responsabilidad concursal de los administradores de sociedades, Cátedra José María Cervelló IE Law School - Marzo 2011
El famoso artículo 5.3 de la vigente Ley Concursal, Cátedra José María Cervelló IE Law School - Febrero 2011
V Premio José María Cervelló, Cátedra José María Cervelló IE Law School - Enero 2011
El concurso de Musgo, Cátedra José María Cervelló IE Law School - January 2008
El Proyecto de Ley de modificaciones estructurales, Expansión - June 2007
Nueva regulación sobre las OPAS en España, Expansión - 2007
Transposición de la Directiva sobre OPAS en Gran Bretaña, en RDBB, núm. 106, pgs. 214 y ss. - 2007
El nuevo régimen español sobre las OPAS, Revista IURIS, pgs. 28 y ss. - 2007
Régimen exoneración responsabilidad administradores”, Estudios de Derecho de Sociedades y Derecho concursal, Libro Homenaje Rafael García Villaverde, pgs. 582 y ss. - June 2006
Nueva regulación sobre las OPAS en España, Cinco Días
Speaking Engagements
- March 9, 2012
From Law Firm to Classroom - 9 de marzo 2012
Cuando el Bufete se Tansforma en Aula
- Complutense University of Madrid (Ph.D. in Law 2003; postgraduate programmes on corporate law, 1997-1999; Law Degree 1997)
- Madrid
Best Lawyers (2020-2021) — Corporate and M&A Law
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