Law firms in Portugal are seeing a substantial increase in employment-related work arising from the resurgence in mergers and acquisitions, though cost-efficiency will continue to be a major concern for companies, according to Benjamim Mendes,
Garrigues advised French industrial clothing rental company Elis on its acquisition of Spain’s Indusal Navarra, which was advised by Uría Menéndez on the deal.
Baker McKenzie acted for water company Oxital Aguas on its acquisition by Aquarbe.
RCD – Rousaud Costas Duran acted for Siroco Capital on the €2.7 million acquisition of the El Conjuro windfarm in Granada.
Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira advised Soho House Group on the opening of its first hotel in Spain.
Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) advised Celeo Concesiones e Inversiones – wholly owned by Spanish infrastructure and energy company Grupo Elecnor – on the €41.6 million refinancing of eight photovoltaic plants with a total installed capacity of 15.3 MW.
Allen & Overy is advising Lone Star on the proposed IPO of Spanish housing developer Neinor.
SRS Advogados advised Vinci Energies on its acquisition of Portuguese infrastructure and managed services company Novabase IMS.
Herbert Smith Freehills acted for Magnum Capital Industrial Partners on its acquisition of Industrias de Transformación de Andoain (ITASA), according to Mergermarket.
