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Francisco Pizarro

Francisco Pizarro

Senior Associate

Senior Associate
Francisco Pizarro

Francisco is a senior associate in our Madrid office.

He specialises in all aspects of debt and equity Capital Markets, representing both issuers and placement entities in both domestic and cross-border transactions, including notes issuances, IPOs, ABOs, rights issuances, secondary offerings and block trades, convertible and exchangeable bonds, debt programmes, regulatory capital, covered bonds and hybrid instruments.

Francisco is also a member of the Fintech team of the Madrid office.

  • MAPFRE on the establishment of its EMTN Programme and on the inaugural issuances thereunder.
  • The underwriters on the IPO of ABG Group.
  • The Managers on the inaugural green bond of the Kingdom of Spain.
  • CaixaBank on its issuance of EUR750 million Perpetual Non-Cumulative Contingent Convertible Additional Tier 1 Preferred Securities in March 2023.
  • On the Spanish retail tranche of the c. EUR 9.4 billion IPO of Porsche.

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Career & qualifications

  • Universidad Pontificia de Comillas Madrid (ICADE-E3) (Law) 2010
  • Universidad Pontificia de Comillas Madrid (ICADE-E3) (Business Administration) 2011
  • Admitted as an abogado in Madrid 2011
  • Uría & Menéndez 2011
  • Joined Clifford Chance 2015

Professional bodies

  • Member of the Madrid Bar Association

Awards and citations

  • He is recognised as Associate to Watch for Capital Markets Debt, Spain by Chambers Global 2026.
  • He is recognised as Leading Associate for Capital Markets Debt, Spain by Legal 500 2026.