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Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability

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Our expert team in Mergers and Acquisitions provides a quality and personalised service that allows us to participate in the most complex operations, both cross-border and national.

Thanks to our experience we offer comprehensive legal advice, being able to provide guidance in the sectors that require a higher level of specialization, with integrated high-performance multidisciplinary teams.

We are a firm of choice for national and international companies in regard to advice on mergers and acquisitions in Spain and Portugal.

In addition, we are involved in transactions in multiple jurisdictions, providing advice on Spanish and Portuguese legal aspects and coordinating the participating international legal advisers.

Our services related to Mergers and Acquisitions are:

  • Acquisitions
  • Corporate operations and structural modifications
  • Capital transactions
  • Debt
  • Divestments

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Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability - Spain

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has a strong international outlook thanks to the team's foreign expertise and multinational client base, which includes foreign corporates looking to invest in Spain. It provides corporate governance advice in addition to working on acquisitions, mergers and sales. The law firm has further expertise in corporate restructuring, with its experience extending to transactions involving environmental issues. The team is noted for its cross-practice approach, regularly pooling multidisciplinary expertise to assist clients in other European countries such as France and Germany. Gómez-Acebo & Pombo also offers experience in the technology and insurance sectors.

Work Highlights

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  • Gómez-Acebo & Pombo advised Zegona as the purchaser on the EUR5.1 billion acquisition of Vodafone Spain.

Strengths

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The firm always offers the best proactivity.

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Gómez-Acebo & Pombo have extensive experience negotiating M&A deals, which allows them to provide agile solutions.

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They are focused on the result and are always pragmatic. They manage to make you feel covered and protected in all legal angles of the transaction.

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Apart from vast technical knowledge of the subject on which they advise, they have a practical vision and a mentality oriented towards the operation of the company.

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Notable Practitioners

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Iñigo Erlaiz Cotelo
4
Iñigo Erlaiz Cotelo
4
Band 4
Managing partner Íñigo Erlaiz Cotelo handles sales and acquisitions for local and international clients.

Iñigo Erlaiz Cotelo is a very technical lawyer with great commercial vision.

He is my trusted person at Gómez-Acebo.

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Álvaro Mateo
5
Álvaro Mateo
5
Band 5

Álvaro Mateo assists clients with a wide range of corporate as well as transactional topics. These include mandates with significant regulatory and cross-border aspects.

Álvaro is a strategic partner who also provides dedication and responsiveness.

He builds customer loyalty with his dedication and support, leading by example. He is a tireless worker and is greatly committed to his clients.

Álvaro is an exceptional lawyer with a panoramic view that allows him to address the complexities that every transaction poses.

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Guillermo Guerra
6
Guillermo Guerra
6
Band 6

Guillermo Guerra represents clients in the media, pharmaceutical and banking sectors. He notably handles acquisitions.

Guillermo Guerra is extremely personable and works nicely with us.

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Jorge Martín Sainz
U
Jorge Martín Sainz
U
Up and Coming
Counsel Jorge Martín Sainz assists both financial investors and corporates with M&A matters, including company sales and shareholder agreements.

Jorge lifted a weight off my shoulders in negotiations. He is very hard-working.

He is an excellent professional who is very pragmatic and has great negotiation skills. He is also able to explain complicated concepts and structures in a very simple way.

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Pablo Fernandez Cortijo
U
Pablo Fernandez Cortijo
U
Up and Coming

Pablo Fernandez Cortijo is building his reputation in the Spanish market, acting on a variety of transactional matters in different sectors. He is also notably active on cross-border mandates.

He is available, and always provides expert legal views with an eye for business consequences and practicability.

Pablo is very technical and very specialised.

Pablo Fernandez Cortijo is an excellent negotiator with great team coordination skills.

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Iñigo Erlaiz Cotelo
4
Iñigo Erlaiz Cotelo
4
Band 4
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Álvaro Mateo
5
Álvaro Mateo
5
Band 5
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Guillermo Guerra
6
Guillermo Guerra
6
Band 6
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Jorge Martín Sainz
U
Jorge Martín Sainz
U
Up and Coming
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Pablo Fernandez Cortijo
U
Pablo Fernandez Cortijo
U
Up and Coming
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