Enrique Fayos de Arizón

A selection of Enrique’s experience includes advising:

FSR and State Aid

• A Sovereign Wealth Fund and a US tech company on various strategic competition and regulatory issues in connection with the Foreign Subsidies Regulation
• Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company (SALIC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), on FSR and merger control of its agreement to increase its stake in Olam Agri for approximately US$1.78 billion, including a call option to acquire the remaining interest within three years*
• Louis Dreyfus Company on obtaining FSR clearance for the acquisition of Viterra’s grains and oilseeds activities in Hungary and Poland* 
• Hartree Partners on obtaining FSR clearance for its acquisition of the majority of ED&F Man’s A2 and B1 senior secured legacy debt and its acquisition of ED&F Man Commodities’ Volcafe (coffee), Liquid Products (molasses, animal feeds, and fish oil) and Sugar divisions*
• ABN AMRO on obtaining FSR clearance for its acquisition of Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe from Fosun International Limited*
• Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners on obtaining FSR clearance for its planned investment in Salcef Group via a binding agreement with Finhold, the company’s majority shareholder*
• An EU Member State on two State aid notifications relating to the closure of coal mines and the construction of a nuclear power plant, including FSR-related considerations*
• A Scandinavian hotel chain on an aid scheme to compensate for losses caused by measures to minimize the spread of COVID-19

Merger Control

• MGM in connection with its US$9 billion acquisition by a multinational technology company
• HHI in its appeal litigation before the General Court against the EU prohibition decision of its contemplated acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
• Singapore Airlines Cargo and Singapore Airlines (SQ) on appeal before the General Court and the European Court of Justice of the re-adopted European Commission fining decision in the Air Cargo cartel
• The Carlyle Group in obtaining global merger clearances in relation to:
  • Its acquisition of Altadia Group
  • Its acquisition of Grupo Garnica
• Comdata in obtaining global merger clearances in relation to its merger with Konecta
• Saudi Aramco on obtaining merger control clearance for its acquisition of Blue Hydrogen Industrial Gases Company (BHIG), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air Products Qudra*

Antitrust and Regulatory

• A major semiconductor company in ongoing abuse of dominance proceedings by the European Commission and several other competition authorities
• A major technology company on various strategic regulatory issues in connection with the Digital Markets Act

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham