Allen & Overy is advising Spanish bottling company Coca-Cola Iberian Partners on its merger with the US company Coca-Cola Enterprises and the German company Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Corporation.

Linklaters advised Spanish telecommunications operator Telecable de Asturias on its acquisition by Zegona for €640m.

Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira has advised the Portuguese defence industry company Empordef, as well as a number of other shareholders, on the privatisation of military technology company Empresa de Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Electró

Six Miranda partners, led by former managing partner Rui Amendoeira, have left the firm to join Lisbon-based Vieira de Almeida (VdA).