Allen & Overy has hired M&A partner Fernando Torrente from Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira.
MLGTS advised Sonae Investment Management on the acquisition of stakes in three venture capital funds.
Portuguese law firm Vieira de Almeida (VdA) has recruited real estate partner Miguel Marques dos Santos from Garrigues.
Ontier has announced the opening of two offices in Italy.
A Madrid-based Allen & Overy team advised Life Healthcare Group Holdings on the Spanish aspects of its acquisition of Alliance Medical Group.
Uría Menéndez advised Grupo Emperador subsidiary Bodega Las Copas on the acquisition of brandy and wine producer Domecq from Pernod Ricard.
Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira advised Grupo Industrial Saltillo (GISSA) on a deal to buy Spain-based auto parts maker Grupo Infun.
Uría Menéndez and Slaughter and May advised Banco Santander on its reacquisition a 50 percent stake in its asset management unit from US funds Warburg Pincus and General Atlantic.
DLA Piper was instructed by Telefónica on the €321 million sale of Argentinian free-to-air channel Televisión Federal to Viacom.
Linklaters’ Lisbon office advised Chinese conglomerate Fosun on the acquisition of a 16.7 per cent stake in Portuguese bank Millennium BCP.
