##  [Rafael Paniza Mendoza](/en_GB/team/rafael-paniza-mendoza) 

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 Rafael Paniza Mendoza Partner 

 <rafael.paniza@garrigues.com> - [Malaga](/en_GB/office/malaga)+34 95 207 55 25





- Registered lawyer nº 5055
    
    I. Colegio de Abogados de Málaga



 

 

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Rafael Paniza has been partner in the Garrigues corporate law and commercial contracts department in Malaga since 2009. His area of expertise is commercial contract law, and specifically, corporate law, M&amp;A and financing, across all industries.

He also has extensive experience in corporate advisory services, in which he is a recognized expert, and taken part in a large number of joint-venture transactions and corporate reorganizations, particularly involving large business groups. He is board secretary to numerous companies.

He has been named “Lawyer of the year 2020” by the international directory Best Lawyers in the “Corporate and M&amp;A” practice area in Málaga.

Lecturer on subjects related to his area of expertise at Universidad Internacional de Andalucía and at Universidad Europea de Madrid.

He is an Honorary Collaborator in the Department of Special Private Law of the University of Malaga.

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Rafael Paniza has been partner in in Garrigues Corporate/Commercial Department since 2009, first joining in 1998. He has extensive experience in corporate advisory services, in which he is a recognized expert, and taken part in a large number of joint-venture transactions and corporate reorganizations, particularly involving large business groups. He is board secretary to numerous companies.

 

 

 

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- Degree in Law (1998) from Universidad de Granada.
- Senior management program at Instituto Internacional San Telmo (AD-1).
- Corporate governance program at Instituto Internacional San Telmo.

 

 

 

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He is a professor at the Universidad Internacional de Andalucía (Expert Course in Corporate Law), having also participated as a speaker in various forums related to commercial and corporate law, including the National Corporate Law Congress held in 2023.

He has been a professor at the Universidad Europea in corporate governance and compliance.

 

 

 

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Member nº 5.055 of the Bar Association of Malaga.

He is an Honorary Collaborator in the Department of Special Private Law of the University of Malaga.

 

 

 

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He has been named “Lawyer of the year 2020” by the international directory Best Lawyers in the “Corporate and M&amp;A” practice area in Málaga.

 

 

 

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The statement of non-financial information under current corporate law. AECA: Revista de la Asociación Española de Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas. 2019.

Author of numerous articles on commercial issues in the press as well as in specialised journals.

 

 

 







 

 



 

 

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