Clifford Chance has advised the US investment firm, Sixth Street, on the acquisition of a 10% share of F.C. Barcelona’s LaLiga TV rights for 25 years and on a subsequent acquisition of an additional 15% share. Last 30 June they closed the first transaction and on 22 July the second one. By this deal, Sixth […]
By Michael Heron At the Milan offices of Eversheds Sutherland, Iberian lawyer interviewed Charlotte Walker-Osborn (pictured), International head of the technology sector and international head of artificial intelligence. The lawyer shared with us her career to date, spanning 23 years. Walker-Osborn is a selfconfessed and proud tech geek. This is something valued most by her […]
By: Ilaria Iaquinta To cut spending. Or at least to contain it. Talking to general counsel which budgets are not, this seems to be one of the top priorities in recent years, for all companies, whatever the sector. But 2022 is for several legal affairs departments in Spain and Portugal a year in which budget […]
Cuatrecasas has advised the steel and aluminium processing firm on its agreement to acquire a 40% stake in the slovakian company Hidria. Hidria is co-creating and enabling the green, emission free mobility of the future by providing the related global breakthrough innovative solutions. It is specialised in industrial and automotive technologies. They develop and manufacture […]
Andersen has advised the real estate developer AQ Acentor on the sale of AQ Vallés to the US investment fund, Franklin Templeton. The AQ Vallés development is a subsidised housing complex located in Santa Perpètua de Mogoda in the Vallès Occidental region, near Barcelona. This development is the only new subsidised housing project being built […]
By: Michael Heron Nuno Castelão, Martim Krupenski, Rita Rendeiro and Raquel Sampaio are the founders of Direito Mental the first and only association focused on promoting mental health in the Portuguese legal community. The irony wasn’t lost on the four founders of Direito Mental. The only time we could find to schedule this interview was […]
Cuatrecasas has advised Ancala Partners on the acquisition of part of Babcock International’s air services business.Ancala Partners is a british fund specialised in infrastructure acquisitions. By this deal, it has agreed its second transaction in Spain after acquiring 49% of Ence’s energy subsidiary. The transaction amounts to €136m and includes assets related to firefighting, air […]
Morais Leitão has advised the joint venture formed by Europi Property Group and Arié Investimentos SGPS on the acquisition from the french group keys of 100% of the share capital of KREP Portugal, SICAFI, the owner of the multipurpose real estate complex located in Lisbon named “LX Factory”. Europi Property Group is a pan-european real […]
By: Irina Wakstein We live in an age of increasing access to and dissemination of information. Different technological tools allow us to know and distribute data that previously would have been unattainable. Technology is always presented as a double-edged sword, where on the one hand it opens doors to new knowledge and information, and on […]
Ramón y Cajal has advised Caja Rural de Aragón in the Cobble Project in which it has transferred to EOS Spain a secured portfolio of 177 doubtful mortgage loans with a total debt of €30m. Caja Rural de Aragón is a cooperative credit institution headquartered in Zaragoza and established in the provinces of Zaragoza, Huesca, […]