Nerea Cemlyn-Jones

Counsel
About

Nerea is the head of the English law department at DLA Piper Spain. She has been involved in major financing transactions governed by English law in recent years within the financial and banking sector in Spain, advising both financial institutions and large companies/sponsors.

She has extensive experience in areas such as leveraged finance, asset finance (particularly ship finance), all types of project finance (including energy and real estate projects), all forms of corporate finance, and capital markets.

Nerea has developed her professional career at prestigious international law firms in London and Madrid, including a six-month secondment at the Legal Department of Bank of America in London.

Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and WalesSolicitor regulated by the Law Society of Ireland
Languages
  • Spanish
  • English

Awards

  • Chambers and Partners Europe (Banking and Finance UK/US-qualified Experts) – Ranked
  • Chambers and Partners Global (Banking and Finance UK/US-qualified Experts) – Ranked
Education
  • University of Kent (UK), LL.B. English and Spanish Law, 1997
  • College of Law (Guildford), Legal Practice Course

Prior Experience

Nerea has previously worked for a few other global law firms.

Lecturer

Nerea is a lecturer at the:

  • Master in International Law at the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía (ISDE).
  • Master in International Business Law at the Centro de Estudios Garrigues.

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Solicitor, Law Society of England and Wales