Ignacio Pallarés

Ignacio’s experience includes advising:

Private Equity

• Platinum Equity on the €5.6 billion sale of Urbaser to Blackstone and EQT
• Ambienta on the acquisition of Agronova Biotech to Magnum Capital Partners
• Platinum Equity on acquiring:
  • Héroux-Devtek, a leading international manufacturer of aerospace products
  • Urbaser, one of the world’s largest environmental services providers, from China Tianying for an enterprise value of approximately US$4.2 billion
  • Iberconsa, a global provider of frozen seafood products
• Triton Partners on acquiring Fertiberia, a Spain-based company that manufactures and markets fertilizers and agricultural chemicals, from Grupo Villar Mir
• The Carlyle Group on acquiring:
  • A majority stake in Garnica Group, a leading global manufacturer of premium plywood solutions, from ICG
  • Altadia Group, a leading Spanish ceramic products manufacturer, for €1.9 billion
  • A majority stake in Codorníu, the oldest family-owned cava producer in Spain
  • Gleva Cellars, a major wine producer based in Spain
  • Digitex Informática Holding, a business process outsourcing services provider in Spain and Latin America
  • Applus Servicios Tecnológicos, Spain’s largest inspection, certification, and technological services company, for €1.48 million
• Solum Partners on acquiring Agrupa Lettuce, a leading Spanish agricultural holding company
• L Catterton on:
  • Selling El Ganso, a major Madrid-based fashion brand
  • Acquiring an 80% stake in Goiko Grill, a fast-casual restaurant chain headquartered in Madrid
• Partners Group on:
  • Creating a joint venture with Medan Capital Partners to invest in residential properties in Spain and Portugal
  • Creating a €400 million joint venture with Dunas Capital to invest in real estate assets in Spain
  • Selling its stake in Softonic, a Spain-based operator of a software downloading website
  • Creating the joint venture Aristeas Logística, a platform for investing in logistic real estate assets

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Doctrine, the European leader in legal AI, in the acquisition of Maite.ai, Spain’s leading legal AI platform
• Telefonica on selling:
  • 100% of the share capital of Telefónica Móviles Chile to NJJ and Millicom
  • Its controlling stake in Colombia Telecomunicaciones (Coltel) to Millicom
  • Its business in Argentina to TELECOM Argentina
  • A majority stake in Pangeaco, its Peruvian wholesale fiber optic company, to KKR and Entel Perú 
  • Its business in El Salvador to General International Telecom 
  • A majority stake in its fiber optic network in Chile and Colombia to KKR
  • Telefónica Costa Rica, one of Costa Rica’s largest mobile service providers, to Liberty Latin America
• Prosegur Cash, a Spanish-listed company, on acquiring a majority stake in the ChangeGroup, an international group dedicated to foreign exchange activities
• Sener and Masdar on selling Torresol Energy Investments, a company in the thermosolar energy industry, to Q-Energy
• X-Elio Energy, a Spain-based renewable energy services provider, on :
  • Its joint venture with Nature Infrastructure Capital and subsequent acquisition of a majority stake in Eco-Stor, a leading energy storage company 
  • Selling its solar asset portfolio to China Three Gorges
• Repsol, a Spanish energy company, on:
  • Acquiring a 40% stake in Bunge Ibérica and setting up a joint venture for the production of biofuels
  • Selling a 49% stake in Generación y Suministro de Energía to Pontegadea
  • Acquiring 100% of the share capital of Asterion Energies and its subsidiaries in Spain, France, and Italy
  • Selling its upstream business in Ecuador to New Stratus Energy 
  • Selling a 49% stake in the Valdesolar photovoltaic project to The Renewables Infrastructure Group 
  • Selling a 49% stake in its Delta wind farm portfolio to Pontegadea