Despite a scarcity of assets in the Spanish real estate market, opportunist funds are still looking to complete more ‘imaginative’ deals, while in Portugal, development and tourism-related projects are generating considerable work for lawyers
There has been an unprecedented rise in both transactional and developmental activity in Portugal’s commercial real estate sector in the last 18 months. Indeed, 2015 was a record year, with commercial real estate investment totalling over €1.8
With ‘tier one’ property assets being sold at very high prices, investors need to find good local contacts who can identify the best market opportunities
Spain’s commercial property sector is returning to pre-crisis levels of activity, with €8.8bn invested in the country in 2015. According to a recent report by the global real estate consultant Knight Frank, this represented the
Ontier has announced the opening of two offices in Italy.
A Madrid-based Allen & Overy team advised Life Healthcare Group Holdings on the Spanish aspects of its acquisition of Alliance Medical Group.
Uría Menéndez advised Grupo Emperador subsidiary Bodega Las Copas on the acquisition of brandy and wine producer Domecq from Pernod Ricard.
Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira advised Grupo Industrial Saltillo (GISSA) on a deal to buy Spain-based auto parts maker Grupo Infun.
Uría Menéndez and Slaughter and May advised Banco Santander on its reacquisition a 50 percent stake in its asset management unit from US funds Warburg Pincus and General Atlantic.
