Manuel Echenique

Practice Areas

Mergers and Acquisition, Private Equity and Capital Markets.

Career

Manuel is a corporate partner in the Madrid office. He currently co-heads the M&A and Private Equity Practice Areas. He joined the firm in 2000 and spent 2004 and 2005 in the firm’s London office.

His practice covers the corporate and finance areas, with a focus on M&A, private equity, energy/infrastructure and general corporate law. He advises top industry players, infra/sovereign funds and private equity firms and is the leading advisor of many Spanish listed companies. National and international directories recognize him as leading lawyer in M&A and Private Equity.

Recent relevant experience:

- Helia Renovables on 15 acquisitions of energy assets

- KKR on the 1.2 billion sale of 50% X-Elio and JV with Brookfield

- Bridgepoint on the €.2.8 billion sale of Dorna

- CVC on the USD 600 million sale of Colomer to Revlon

- Lone Star and Esmalglass on the USD 600 m acquisition of Ferro Corporation tile business worldwide

- Banco Popular and Banco Santander on the 30 billion sale to

- Blackstone of 51% of Banco Popular’s real estate

- NH Hotels on the €2.5 billion tender offer by Minor International.

Professional Memberships

Madrid Bar Association.

Personal

Languages: English.