Atlantia €16.3 billion acquisition of Abertis Infraestructuras

Overview:

• Atlantia, the Italian toll-road company part of Benetton, has acquired Abertis Infraestructuras for €16.3 billion.
• The deal is the largest M&A deal in Spain for the last 10 years and the merged company would be the largest operator of toll roads.
• Credit Suisse and Mediobanca acted as financial advisers to Atlantia, while BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, Intesa Sanpaolo and UniCredit acted as debt advisers.
• Goldman Sachs acted as an additional financial adviser to Atlantia.
• The deal is a latest in a string of Abertis' acquisitions completed in the past year including: Abertis Infraestructuras €594 million acquisition of A4 Holdings, Abertis Infraestructuras $1 billion acquisition of 50% of Autopista Central and Abertis Infraestructuras acquisition of Sanef.

Katrin Kostadinova - Data analyst