Ontier adds partner to lead insolvency and restructuring practice in Spain

Prior to joining the firm, Luna held the position of director of corporate legal services at Abengoa since 2016 and, as a  member of its executive committee, participated in the company’s restructuring processes and that of its subsidiaries in Uruguay, Peru and Chile, and in the management of the insolvency processes of the group's subsidiaries in the US and Mexico.

He had joined Abengoa in 2007, initially as director of legal counsel for its Zeroemisssions program, and in 2011 became head of legal counsel of Abener and, subsequently, of Abeinsa business development.

Prior to joining Abengoa, he was an associate in the commercial-financial department of the law firms Uría Menéndez and Montero Aramburu, specializing in corporate finance and structured finance transactions, as well as in corporate restructuring transactions.

He holds a law degree from the University of Seville and a master's degree in corporate legal counseling from the Instituto de Empresa, a postgraduate degree in European politics and community law from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques of the Robert Schuman University of Strasbourg, France, and undertook studies at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

According to the managing partner of Ontier Spain, Pedro Rodero, with this incorporation the firm "strengthens its capabilities in an area in which Ontier already has a prominent position at a time when there is a great need for high value-added advice in financial restructuring processes and special situations, with a professional of reference such as José Luis Luna who has participated in a very relevant way in the legal management of restructuring and bankruptcy processes of maximum sophistication".

"His international experience and his deep knowledge of the market and the regulation also represent an important asset for our team and for our clients at a global level,” he added.

Ontier is headquartered in London, with offices in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Italy, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, the UK and the US, and Venezuela, making it the international law firm with the largest presence in Latin America.