José Merino

Senior Manager. Corporate Finance. Financial Advisory Servcies

José Merino is a Senior Manager in the Financial Advisory Services department  based in the Madrid office.

• He has extensive international experience in transaction advisory services, particularly in due diligence, data room management, debt restructuring, financial reporting and business valuations.
• Throughout his career, he has participated in and led numerous due diligence engagements for financial investors, including private equity and search funds, as well as industrial companies, with a particular focus on the mid-market (transactions involving businesses with an enterprise value of up to €200 million).
• He has experience across a range of sectors, including SaaS technology, industrial manufacturing, distribution, consultancy, renewable energy and project-based businesses requiring detailed analysis of work in progress (WIP) and project completion stages.
• His professional experience has been primarily focused on the Spanish market, although he has also led cross-border transactions in countries including Italy, Portugal and France.
• Before joining RSM in 2018, he was a Manager at Argentum Corporate Finance (2016–2018) and a Business Analyst at First Derivatives Plc. (2015–2016). He previously completed an internship in Risk Management at Deloitte (2014).
• He holds a degree in International Business Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) and completed an exchange programme at the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia).
• He speaks Spanish, Catalan and English.