Clifford Chance acts for Crédit Agricole on €3.3bn Banco Santander deal

Clifford Chance advised Crédit Agricole on the combination of its asset management and securities deposit and custody business with that of Banco Santander.

The new combined business will hold €3.34 billion under custody and €1.83 billion of managed assets.

The operation involved a team of more than 100 lawyers working in more than ten jurisdictions.

The Madrid-based Clifford Chance lawyers advising on the deal included: Jaime Sanchez, Didac Severino, Carlos Carrera, Cristina Armada, Diego Doménech, Fernando Cerdá, Fernando Escribano, Fenando Giménez Alvear, Isabel Palacios, Juan Cuerva, Marc Casas, María Aguayo, María Begoña Barrantes, María Luisa Alonso, Miguel Odriozola, Mireia Águila, Natalia García, Natalia López, Nicolas Cubero, Pablo Hernández, Patricia Puertas, Roberto Grau and Yolanda Azanza.