Bird & Bird advised Gas Natural Fenosa (GNF) on the sale of a 20 per cent stake in GNDB, its Spanish natural gas distribution and transmission business, to a consortium consisting of Allianz Capital Partners and
RCD – Rousaud Costas Duran advised property developer Elix on the creation of a €200 million Spanish real estate investment trust, known as a SOCIMI.
Lisbon-based Garrigues partner João Rosado Correia has left the firm to join Miranda & Associados.
Davis Polk advised BBVA Banco Francés on its $400 million SEC-registered follow-on offering of 75,781,788 ordinary shares of Banco Francés, including ordinary shares sold pursuant to exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.
Herbert Smith Freehills advised Deutsche Asset Management and Antin on the sale of two solar power plants in Granada to renewable energy investor Cubico.
Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) advised a banking syndicate led by Banco Santander on the $202 million financing of a new production unit for Refinería la Pampilla, a subsidiary of Repsol Peru.
Even some of Iberia’s biggest businesses are still not properly addressing the issue of compliance, yet lawyers sometimes face the challenge of convincing them that their reputation could be at risk – meanwhile, doubts persist
