Álvaro Manzanos
Álvaro Manzanos
Álvaro Manzanos
Álvaro Manzanos

Biography

Álvaro Manzanos is a partner in the Firm´s Global M&A / Corporate Group in Madrid.

His areas of practice include cross-border and domestic private M&A and private equity transactions, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and transactional corporate work for a range of listed and unlisted clients, including corporates, private equity houses and sovereign and pension funds.

Álvaro has participated in many of the most significant private M&A and private equity transactions executed in Spain over the last ten years.

Experience

Some representative examples of Álvaro's experience include advising:

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP) on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Valoriza Servicios Medioambientales, S.A. from Spanish construction group Sacyr S.A. (Sacyr).

Waterland Private Equity on its acquisition of 50% of the shares of Montronic Vic, S.L.

Naviera Bandama, S.L. and the Armas family in the restructuring transaction over Naviera Armas Trasmediterranea (NAT), one of the main shipping/ commercial ferry operators in Spain.

Blantyre Capital on its acquisition of a majority stake in the Spanish transport group ESP Solutions.

China Tianying on the sale of Urbaser to Platinum Equity*.

Merlin Properties on the sale of its portfolio of bank branches and singular buildings to BBVA*.

Suez group on the separation of its air quality and treatment infrastructure businesses in Spain*.

Novartis on the transfer to Siegfried of two sites located in Spain dedicated to the manufacturing of pharmaceutical products*.

CRCC on the acquisition of a controlling stake in Aldesa*.

Merlin Properties on the joint venture with a US developer of data centers for the creation and operation of a portfolio of data centers*.

Orient Hontai Capital on the acquisition of a majority stake in Imagina Media Audiovisual*.

Bahrain Mumtalakat on its investment in Premo*.

King Street Capital Management on the acquisition of a portfolio of VTC licenses*.

CPPIB on the rollover of its investment in Dorna Sports*.

Novartis on the corporate restructuring and subsequent separation of its eyecare division Alcon*.

Azora and its managed real estate fund Lazora on the sale of Lazora to new investors*.

China Tianying on the acquisition of Urbaser from ACS*.

Merlin Properties on its integration with Metrovacesa*.

Novartis on the corporate restructuring and swaps with GlaxoSmithKline*.

Merlin Properties on the acquisition of a controlling stake in Testa Inmuebles en Renta*.

Warburg Pincus on the Spanish aspects of the acquisition of Accelya*.

Hologic Iberia on the acquisition of a controlling stake in Emsor*.

OTPP and PSP Investments on the acquisition of a portfolio of renewable energy and water infrastructure assets*.

CPPIB on its investment alongside Apollo in Altamira Asset Management*.

Hispania Activos Inmobiliarios on the acquisition of a majority stake in ONCISA*.

Solaria Energía on the implementation of a financing program with Societe Generale*.

Endemol group on the Spanish aspects of various global corporate restructurings*.

Doughty Hanson on the sale of a majority stake in Grupo Hospitalario Quirón to CVC and IDC Salud*.

Triton Partners on the acquisition of Befesa from Abengoa*.

EQT on the acquisition of Acciona Aparcamientos from Acciona*.

*Experience prior to joining White & Case

Spain
BA
Law
Universidad Pontificia de Comillas

(ICADE), Madrid, Spain

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