Andersen has incorporated Javier Bustillo as a partner in the M&A department of the Madrid office to expand capabilities in the area of corporate transactions and strengthen the services to venture capital and private equity funds.

Javier Bustillo has a degree in Law from the Universidad Europea de Madrid, he has a master’s degree in Corporate Legal Advice from IE Business School and he has completed a Mergers and Acquisitions Executive Program from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

The new partner has over 15-year career in which he was a partner at Écija and Bustillo Abogados and he worked for multinational companies such as Coca-Cola or Xerox Europe, managing business development projects at European level.

During his years of practice, he has specialised in M&A and Venture Capital, advising national and international companies from different sectors. In addition, he has wide experience advising venture capital funds and national and international companies and investors on their stakes in Spanish companies.

José Vicente Morote and Íñigo Rodríguez-Sastre, co-managing partners of Andersen in Spain, emphasised that "this is the second appointment of a partner so far this year to the M&A department led by Ignacio Aparicio, which is in line with the roadmap established by the firm to expand its capabilities". They also pointed out that Bustillo is a new addition to the firm's venture capital and private equity working group, an area that provides comprehensive advice combining corporate, M&A and tax.