The 2022 Legalcommunity Corporate Awards were held at the WJC in Milan. The ceremony was an opportunity to celebrate the excellence of the Italian legal market in the Corporate field. The eighth edition of the event, organised by legalcommunity.it, saw the awarding of the awards attributed by the jury to the legal professionals and teams that […]
Latham & Watkins has advised the creditors’ committee on the refinancing of the debt of Grupo Mediapro, a firm specialised in the European audiovisual sector and headquartered in Spain. By this deal, the content production’s company reduces its financial debt by €900 million. The agreement includes a capital increase of €620 million with immediate effect, […]
Mutualidad de la Abogacía, a non-profit insurance company, has announced its entry into the share capital of Millenium Hospitality Real Estate Socimi, by subscribing 5.046% of the company. Mutualidad de la Abogacía is a not-for-profit entity founded in 1948 that offers legal professionals and their families tailor-made solutions through savings, retirement and protection plans to […]
Majority investors of Greenalia, the Spanish holding company for forestry and renewable energy companies have agreed to delist the company. The offer amounts to 17.5 per share, valuing the company at 388 million. Uría Menendez is advising Greenalia on the matter with a team composed by Álvaro López Hernández, Gabriel Núñez Fernández and Manuel Suero […]
PLMJ ended 2021 at the top of the M&A rankings, with an astounding 43 deals and a total value of €6 billion*. Despite Diogo Perestrelo’s and Duarte Schmidt Lino’s high visibility in the market and the focus of this interview, they were quick to point out they make up just one third of the firm’s […]
In Q4 2021, Grupo Visabeira announced that Constructel Visabeira had received a €200 million investment from Goldman Sachs in growth equity. This was clearly a game changer for the business. At the heart of this deal was General Legal Counsel Isabel Fernandes. The lawyer shared with us the crucial role that her team played during […]
Zahorí Martínez studied law in Mexico and discovered that her passion was legal consulting for the development of infrastructures with an impact on society. She studied in Spain, worked at Deloitte and joined Siemens in 2013. Since 2018 she has been General Counsel of Siemens Mobility Spain. Interviewed by Iberian Lawyer, she talks about her […]
She leads EY’s Tax practice in Europe West and is one of Spain’s leading experts in tax matters. In an interview with Iberian Lawyer, Rocío Reyero analyses the most relevant current issues on the European tax agenda and, among other things, explains why she is no longer co-head of the firm, which she has been […]
In February 2022, Paula Gomes Freire assumed the mantle of managing partner. After over 25 years at the firm where she has spent her entire career, Iberian Lawyer uncovers this new era of leadership. Gomes Freire will be responsible for ensuring harmony and success at VdA for at least the next four years.
American Express first advised its consumers that they shouldn’t leave home without them, back in 1975, in what was one of the company’s most famous advertising campaigns. The world is a different place today and the Spanish office of AMEX has experienced this change first-hand. It first opened its doors to Spanish customers back in […]
