Ignacio Pallarés

Mr. Pallarés' experience includes advising:

Private Equity

• Platinum Equity in the:
  • Acquisition of Urbaser, one of the world’s largest providers of environmental services, from China Tianying Inc. for an enterprise value of approximately US$4.2 billion
  • Acquisition of Iberconsa, a global provider of frozen seafood products
• Triton Partners in the acquisition of Fertiberia, a Spain-based company that manufactures and markets fertilizers and agricultural chemicals, from Grupo Villar Mir
• The Carlyle Group in the:
  • Acquisition of Altadia Group, a leading Spanish ceramic products manufacturer
  • Acquisition of a majority stake in Codorníu, the oldest family-owned cava producer in Spain
  • Acquisition of Gleva Cellars, a major wine producer based in Spain
  • Acquisition of Digitex Informática Holding, a provider of business process outsourcing services in Spain and Latin America
  • Acquisition of Applus Servicios Tecnológicos, the largest Spanish inspection, certification, and technological services company, for €1.480 million
• L Catterton in the:
  • Sale of El Ganso, a major Madrid-based fashion brand
  • Acquisition of an 80% stake in Goiko Grill, a fast-casual restaurant chain headquartered in Madrid
• Partners Group in the:
  • Creation of a joint venture with Dunas Capital to invest in real estate assets in Spain
  • Sale of its stake in Softonic, a Spain-based operator of a software downloading website
  • Creation of the joint venture Aristeas Logística, a platform for investment in logistic real estate assets

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Telefonica in the:
  • Sale of their business in El Salvador to General International Telecom 
  • Sale of a majority stake of its its fibre optic network in Chile and Colombia to KKR
  • Sale of Telefónica Costa Rica, one of Costa Rica’s largest mobile service providers, to Liberty Latin America
• Sener and Masdar in the sale of Torresol Energy Investments, a company engaged in the thermosolar energy industry, to Q-Energy
• X-Elio Energy, a Spain-based provider of renewable energy services, in the sale of its portfolio of solar assets to China Three Gorges
• Iberdrola in its sale of a 40% stake in East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm to Green Investment Group Limited
• Cerner Corporation, a US-based information technology company, in its US$1.3 billion acquisition of Germany-headquartered Siemens AG’s hospital information system solution
• Repsol, a Spanish energy company, in the:
  • Sale of its upstream business in Ecuador to New Stratus Energy 
  • Sale of a 49% stake in the Valdesolar photovoltaic project to The Renewables Infrastructure Group 
  • Sale of a 49% stake in its Delta wind farm portfolio to Pontegadea
  • Placing agreement of 5% of its treasury stock through an accelerated bookbuilt offering
  • Sale of 40% of its Brazilian subsidiary to Sinopec, a Beijing-based oil and gas enterprise, for US$17.8 billion
  • €2.2 billion disposal of a stake in YPF, an Argentine energy company, to Grupo Petersen, an Argentine conglomerate