Ivan Rabanillo advises clients on Spanish and international tax aspects of cutting-edge cross-border transactions.

He combines extensive transactional experience and a comprehensive understanding of multijurisdictional market practice to guide Spanish multinational groups and international investors on:

  • M&A and joint ventures
  • Capital markets transactions
  • Banking and structured finance
  • Restructuring and special situations

Qualified to practice in Spain, Brazil, and New York, he approaches each transaction from a global perspective. Ivan devises practical and efficient solutions for clients’ time-sensitive commercial needs.

His experience includes advising:

  • H2B2, a Spanish developer of water-electrolysis-based hydrogen production systems, on its de-SPAC merger with RMG Acquisition Corp. III
  • Repsol Renovables, a Repsol entity, on acquiring Asterion Energies, which manages a 7,700 MW portfolio of renewable assets in Spain, Italy, and France, from European infrastructure fund Asterion Industrial
  • Venture Global on US$7.8 billion in financing to develop phase two of the Plaquemines LNG project
  • TA Associates on acquiring esPúblico, a Spanish group that develops and manages legal and economic content platforms
  • Karnov Group on acquiring the legal information businesses of Thomson Reuters in Spain and Wolters Kluwer in Spain and France
  • Repsol on selling its Ecuador upstream business to New Stratus Energy
  • EIG on acquiring a 25% stake in Repsol Upstream, a global oil and gas exploration and production company, for US$4.8 billion
  • CVC on its €2 billion strategic investment in LaLiga to establish LaLiga Impulso, a project to globally grow LaLiga and its clubs
  • IMG on acquiring the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament and Acciona Open de España golf tournament
  • Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company on its agreement with the Castel Group and AB InBev Africa to jointly operate the Coca-Cola bottling business in Algeria
  • Wallbox on its US$1.5 billion de-SPAC merger with Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. II
  • The lenders on Spanish olive oil giant and CVC portfolio company Deoleo’s debt refinancing
  • Enagás on its co-investment, alongside Blackstone and GIC, to acquire US-listed Tallgrass for approximately US$3.2 billion

Bar Qualification

  • Brazil (Advogado)
  • New York
  • Spain (Abogado)

Education

  • LL.M., New York University, 2007
  • Master in Taxation, Universidad de Barcelona, 2003
  • BA (Law), Universidade Salvador, 2001

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese