Pérez-Llorca advised Banco Santander on the sale of its 49 per cent stake in WiZink Bank to Varde Partners, which was advised by PwC Legal, according to Mergermarket.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised Spain-headquartered Hotelbeds Group on the sale of its Destination Management division to tourism group TUI, which instructed Allen & Overy.
Roca Junyent has recruited Baker McKenzie tax partner Raúl Salas.
Vieira de Almeida (VdA) advised Deutsche Bank on the sale of its private and commercial banking business in Portugal to Spain’s Abanca, which was advised by MLGTS and Abreu Advogados.
Plasma donation centre company Grifols was advised by Osborne Clarke on the acquisition of German donation centre company Haema.
Latham & Watkins has recruited Linklaters’ Naiara Rodríguez-Escudero to head its new Madrid employment department.
Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) advised Navantia on the delivery of the Spanish-built ‘Suezmax’ vessel, the “Monte Udala”, to the Ibaizábal Group.
Abreu Advogados advised commercial real estate company Immochan on the €411 million acquisition of the Fórum Montijo, Fórum Sintra and Sintra Retail Park shopping centres.
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo was instructed by Fusion Global Business Solutions on the IT services company’s acquisition of BSM Iberia, according to Mergermarket.
DLA Piper advised Spanish private equity company Nazca Capital on the sale of a 72.75 per cent stake in toy company Damerik, according to Mergermarket.