Six Miranda partners, led by former managing partner Rui Amendoeira, have left the firm to join Lisbon-based Vieira de Almeida (VdA).
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett advised investment company KKR on the acquisition of an 80 per cent stake in the Spain-headquartered business Gestamp Asetym Solar.
Uría Menéndez and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett advised Apax Funds on its investment in real estate market website Idealista.
Baker & McKenzie advised Atlético Madrid on the signing of Futebol Clube do Porto striker Jackson Martinez.
Linklaters advised the Qatar Investment Authority on its €1 billion purchase of a 10 per cent stake in the Spanish department store chain El Corte Inglés.
Jones Day’s Madrid office has recruited a three-lawyer real estate team – including partner Luis Jiménez-Díaz Egoscozabal – from Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.
Madrid-based GMQ Abogados advised private equity fund Quantum Capital Partners on the acquisition of Finnish company Stora Enso´s plant in Barcelona.
Spanish law firm Olleros Abogados and McDermott Will & Emery have announced a new partnership that will involve “coordinating efforts” to provide advice to American, European and Cuban clients on their interests in Cuba.
Garrigues has appointed João Miranda de Sousa as its Portugal managing partner.
Ashurst banking partner Juan Hormaechea has left the firm to join Allen & Overy´s Madrid office.
