Garrigues advised IT and engineering consultancy Alten Group on the acquisition of Spanish financial technology consultancy Optimissa.
Pinsent Masons advised New York Stock Exchange-listed Ellomay Capital on the financing of a €192.5 million solar park at Talasol in western Spain.
Vieira de Almeida advised telecommunications company PT Portugal – a subsidiary of Altice Europe – on the sale of a 75 per cent stake in its company Towers of Portugal to a consortium including Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners
Lisbon law firm MLGTS has announced it has agreed a deal to use Luminance’s artificial intelligence technology for due diligence on M&A deals.
Jausas partner Nieves Briz has left the firm to become managing partner of Dentons’ Barcelona office.
CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo advised European pension fund USS on a deal that saw it increase its stake in Redexis Gas to 33.3 per cent.
Uría Menéndez has announced the appointment of Salvador Sánchez-Terán as managing partner.
Retail, real estate and environment-related M&A deals are becoming more common in Spain, though political incertainty could potentially jeopardise deals in future, says José María Gil Robles, partner at Garrigues.
Juan Picón, managing partner of Latham & Watkins’ Madrid office, says the firm will be enhacing its employment, real estate, antitrust and capital markets offering in Spain.
PLMJ advised UK-based GammaDelta Therapeutics on its acquisition of Portuguese company Lymphact – Lymphocyte Activation Technologies.
