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