CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo is recognised “more as an M&A firm” rather than a capital markets firm, according to its peers. “They do more on M&A work, but not as much as capital markets and structured finance & securitisation,” says one peer, while another adds: “They provide reasonable service [in the equity capital markets]....
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CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo is recognised “more as an M&A firm” rather than a capital markets firm, according to its peers. “They do more on M&A work, but not as much as capital markets and structured finance & securitisation,” says one peer, while another adds: “They provide reasonable service [in the equity capital markets].”
An on-going mandate saw Carlos Peña involved advising a group of companies, including Verallia, Thales, Lafarge and Schneider on the implementation of employees shares offerings.
Another client Lazard España also called in the firm as Peña provided investment advice on the regulatory issues, on the placement of securities and other investment activities.
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The M&A team at CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo has gone through lots of in-house restructuring rather than focusing on their M&A deals, according to one observer. “They've done good to build up the team, the team has been recruiting a lot of people, and they were more focused on themselves,” says one observer....
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The M&A team at CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo has gone through lots of in-house restructuring rather than focusing on their M&A deals, according to one observer. “They've done good to build up the team, the team has been recruiting a lot of people, and they were more focused on themselves,” says one observer.
One M&A highlight last year saw César Albiñana work alongside Luis Miguel de Dios advising Iberdrola Renovables on its merger with Iberdrola. The mandate, priced at €11 billion approximately, is still ongoing.
Another notable deal saw Carlos Peña leading the team advising LIoyds Bank on several transactions worth in total €394 million. One instance saw the team advise LIoyds on the purchase of Easynet while another was to advise the bank on the substitution of the previously granted securities and the granting of new securities over shares in the Spanish company Virgin Active España.
Elsewhere in the renewable energy sector, the firm wasted no time acting for Inversiones Empresariales Vapat on its 49% stake €93 million sale to the RREEF infrastructure fund, a division of Deutsche Bank’s asset management division. The mandate involved the sale of the stake spread in three companies operating five wind farms in Castilla-León with an installed capacity of more than 200 MW.
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CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo has involved in a number of infrastructure projects. One example saw José Antonio Rodríguez and Abraham Nájera led the team advised La Caixa on the financing of the construction and exploitation of the Alicante General Hospital car parking....
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CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo has involved in a number of infrastructure projects. One example saw José Antonio Rodríguez and Abraham Nájera led the team advised La Caixa on the financing of the construction and exploitation of the Alicante General Hospital car parking.
Elsewhere Caja Madrid called in the firm when the team advised the bank on the financing of the building and exploitation of a semi-public school in San Martín de la Vega in Madrid.
Again the team acted for Caja Madrid as well as Banco Santander on a similar mandate when they advised on the financing of another semi-public school in Parla in Madrid.
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CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo was involved in a number of substantial restructuring and insolvency mandates last year, including head partner Juan Ignacio Fernández-Aguado acting for SOS Cuetara on insolvency proceedings worth €250 million.
Another highlight saw Fernández-Aguado advise Caja Madrid on a number of insolvency proceedings involving Prodico, Grupo Dico Empresarial and Atlantis to name but a few....
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CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo was involved in a number of substantial restructuring and insolvency mandates last year, including head partner Juan Ignacio Fernández-Aguado acting for SOS Cuetara on insolvency proceedings worth €250 million.
Another highlight saw Fernández-Aguado advise Caja Madrid on a number of insolvency proceedings involving Prodico, Grupo Dico Empresarial and Atlantis to name but a few. The mandate was valued at €150 million.
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