Juan Pablo Donado Díez is an associate in the Brussels office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Antitrust & Competition Practice.

Juan advises clients in all areas of EU and UK competition law, including multi-jurisdictional merger control proceedings, state aid, compliance, and foreign investment matters.

Juan has been involved in matters before the European Commission, the UK Competition and Markets Authority, and various other national competition and foreign investment authorities around the world.

Prior to joining Latham, Juan worked as an associate at another international law firm based in Brussels and London.

Juan’s experience includes managing required antitrust and foreign investment approvals for:

  • Scientia Vascular in its US$550 million acquisition by Medtronic
  • GTCR-backed AssuredPartners in its US$13.45 billion sale to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.*
  • Blackstone and Rivean Capital-backed Enstall in its acquisition of Schletter Group, a provider of solar mounting systems, from Avenue Capital Group and Robus Capital Management*
  • TJC in its acquisition of Insulation Technology Group*
  • Thoma Bravo in its US$5.315 billion acquisition of Darktrace*
  • TJC in its US$700 million acquisition of the Commercial Aviation Solutions business of L3Harris Technologies*
  • TJC-backed Communications & Power Industries in the sale of its Electron Device business to TransDigm Group*
  • Cinven in its acquisition of SYNLAB*
  • TJC in its US$1.8 billion acquisition of the Delrin acetal homopolymer business of DuPont*
  • GTCR on its acquisition of a 55% stake in Worldpay, in a transaction valuing the business at US$18.5 billion*
  • Thoma Bravo in the sale of Imperva to Thales for US$3.6 billion*
  • Groupe Bruxelles Lambert in the agreement to combine Webhelp and Concentrix Corporation*
  • Thoma Bravo in its acquisition of Coupa Software*
  • Platinum Equity in its agreement to acquire HarbisonWalker International*
  • Platinum Equity in the acquisition of High Temperature Solutions Business*
  • Bain Capital Private Equity in the €3 billion acquisition and financing for Fedrigoni*
  • Warburg Pincus in the merger of equals with Norstella to form an end-to-end life sciences solutions provider*
  • American Securities and its portfolio company, Prince International Corporation, in the combination of Prince International Corporation, Ferro Corporation, and Chromaflo Technologies*
  • American Securities and its portfolio company, Prince International Corporation, in the US$2.1 billion acquisition of Ferro Corporation*
  • TJC in its investment in Communications & Power Industries*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • Brussels Bar - A List
  • Certificate of Attestation from Law Society of Ireland
  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Practice, University of Law London
    with distinction
  • Graduate Diploma in Law, University of Law London
    with commendation
  • BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, University of York

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Spanish
  • French