Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira has reappointed Maria João Ricou as Portugal managing partner after Frederico Pereira Coutinho stepped down from the role for “personal reasons”.
SRS Advogados advised energy company Eni on an accelerated bookbuilding offering of shares corresponding to 4 per cent of the share capital of Galp Energia with an approximate value of €325 million.
Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira’s Lisbon office advised Mutschler Outlet Holding AG on the creation of a joint venture with IKEA for the construction and operation of a designer outlet store in a shopping centre
Ramón y Cajal advised Liberbank on its prospectus for a €3 billion bond issue.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton advised Santander Asset Management on its merger with Italy’s Pioneer Investments.
Portuguese law firm Sérvulo has confirmed it has joined a new international network focusing on the Chinese market.
Garrigues advised private equity group Metric Capital Partners on its investment in Spanish wine and food producer The Haciendas Company (THC).
Foreign investor interest in the Iberian real estate market has led to a ‘hotel boom’, while deals are becoming bigger and more complex – however, the good news is tempered by a shortage of good assets