Biography
Carlos Peña is an Associate in the Corporate/M&A Group in Madrid.
His practice focuses on 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.
Experience
Some representative examples of Carlos's experience include assistance to:
Bluestar Elkem International Co., Ltd. S.A. and its relevant affiliates on their acquisition of a majority of the silicones business of Elkem ASA.
A multinational company involved in the processing and trading of agricultural products in a c.US$850m joint venture with one of the largest listed electricity companies in the world, for the production and supply of biofuels.
Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP) on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Valoriza Servicios Medioambientales, S.A. (Valoriza) from Spanish construction group Sacyr S.A. (Sacyr) for a total consideration (enterprise value, including debt) of €734 million.
Charterhouse Capital Partners on its acquisition of c.80% of the shares of Metrodora, S.L. to Magnum Capital for an amount of c. 270 million.
Biosynex S.A. on its acquisition of 80% of the shares of Laboratorios Rhogen, S.L., a company based in Spain, from 3 founders.
NIAM Infrastructure (the infrastructure arm of NIAM, one of northern Europe's leading fund managers) in connection with its acquisition of Bright Sunday, a Swedish "Solar as a Service" company with operations in Spain and Portugal.
Waterland Private Equity on its acquisition of 50% of the shares of Montronic Vic, S.L., a Spanish company whose business consists on the development, manufacture and marketing of electronic control devices and systems and the joint venture to be created with Electronic Manufacturing Holding, S.L., holding the remaining 50% and founder.
Mr. Jaime Vargas, Mr. Alejandro Ahijado and Polimenaje Inversiones, S.L. on the sale of 100% of the share capital of Tikers Content Factory, S.L. to Go Enforce Talent, S.L. (a company participated by the private equity Suma Capital). As part of the sale, Polimenaje Inversiones, S.L. has reinvested in Go Enforce Talent, S.L. and is the owner of c.6% of its share capital.
Hertz Holdings Netherlands 2 B.V. on their European ABS financing.
Conducted pro bono legal research on the right to counsel in criminal justice systems across multiple countries, collaborating with lawyers and legal staff from Amazon for the International Legal Foundation.