Cuatrecasas is the leading law firm in the Iberian mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market based on the number of deals it advised on in 2017, according to Mergermarket, a financial information agency that monitors the legal sector. The ranking published by this prestigious publication shows that Cuatrecasas advised on 91 M&A deals on the Iberian Peninsula, with a total value of $6,920 million (€6,216 million).

By jurisdictions, Cuatrecasas advised on 79 deals in Spain, with a total value of around €6,000 million; and 16 in Portugal, with a total value of €600 million. These values position the law firm presided over by Rafael Fontana as the most active in the Iberian market.

This is the fifth consecutive year that Mergermarket has positioned Cuatrecasas as the leading law firm in the Iberian market by the number of deals it advised on. The Bloomberg Business and Thomson Reuters rankings also recognized Cuatrecasas as the most active law firm in deals of this type in 2017.

Deals highlighted by Mergermarket

Spain

Advice to Towerbrook, Torreal and Península on acquiring Aernnova; Centerbridge on the sale of Vela Energy to Sonnedix for €600 million; and 3i on the sale of Grupo Mémora Servicios Funerarios to Ontario.

Portugal

Advice to Saeta Yield on acquiring Lestenergia for €186 million; Alantra Private Equity on the sale of Probos to German group Dollken-Kunststoffverarbeitung/Surteco for €99 million; and Artá Capital on acquiring Gascan from Explorer for €70 million.

Cuatrecasas in the European top rankings

The Mergermarket report also positions Cuatrecasas in the Top 20 European law firms by deal count, being the only Iberian law firm in this ranking.

Mergermarket criteria

In its rankings, Mergermarket only considers M&A deals valued at over $5 million (€4.37 million) in which over 30% of the holding is traded; this second criterion is not applied for deals valued at over $100 million (€87.59 million).

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