Julia Villalón
Biography
Overview
Julia Villalón heads the White & Case Tax practice in Spain.
With over 15 years of experience, she specializes in advising on the tax aspects of a wide range of M&A transactions, including both cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, joint ventures or co-investments and private equity deals. She has also extensive experience in assessing the tax implications of energy, infrastructure and real estate transactions.
She also represents clients on tax audits and tax litigations before the Spanish tax authorities and Spanish courts.
Experience
A Spanish financial institution on the sale of an aircraft to an American based company*.
A Spanish bank on several finance transaction (including aircraft lease) in which it acted as lender*.
An Aircraft leasing company on the various operating leasing agreements with a Spanish airline*.
A Spanish leading private market investment manager on its agreement with a major German manager to combine their businesses and create an independent and partner-led private asset manager and solutions provider with a global presence and €14.0b in assets under management*.
A British financial services company on the joint venture agreement with a major insurance agent for the joint investment in the two major Spanish digital brokers for insurance and other financial products*.
A major American electricity provider on the sale of a renewable energy portfolio located in Spain*.
A Spanish leasing real estate company on the restructuring of its portfolio*.
A syndicate of banks as lenders in the €1.5b refinancing of one of the leasing residential platforms in Spain*.
An institutional investor on the co-investment with a Spanish real asset management firm to develop and manage a Spanish PBSA platform*.
An institutional investor on the co-investment with a Spanish real asset management firm to develop and manage more than 8,000 residential units under the Build to Rent formula (development of residences for lease) in Spain, becoming a landmark operation on the market for this product in Spain*.
Experience prior to joining White & Case*
