Lucía de Bustos is an associate in the Madrid office of Latham & Watkins. She advises national and international clients from a variety of industries on mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters.

She has experience advising on:

  • Mergers and acquisitions 
  • Private equity
  • Capital markets

Lucia’s experience includes advising:

  • ProA Capital on:
    • The acquisition of isEazy, a Spanish group of companies primarily engaged in developing and selling B2B e-learning solutions
    • The sale of a majority stake in the Solitium group to Koesio International
  • Warburg Pincus on its US$1 billion investment in Global Eggs, the largest multinational producer and distributor of table eggs
  • Mubadala Capital on the investment of a majority stake in Grupo Babel, an international business specializing in digital transformation
  • G2.com, one of the world’s largest software marketplaces, on its acquisition of the “Gartner Digital Markets” business from Gartner
  • Kensing on the acquisition of Advanced Organic Materials, a pioneering producer of non-GMO plant-based vitamin E and phytosterols 
  • TA Associates on the acquisition of the esPublico group, a Spanish group of companies engaged in the development legal and economic content platforms
  • Air Europa and Globalia in connection with the minority investment of Turkish Airlines in Air Europa
  • Brookfield Asset Management on the acquisition of Spanish slate producer Cupa from The Carlyle Group
  • Repsol, a Spanish energy company, on the:
    • Acquisition of a 40% stake in Bunge Ibérica and subsequent creation of a joint venture for the production of biofuels
    • Acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Asterion Energies and its subsidiaries located in Spain, France, and Italy 
    • 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
    • Sale of a 49% stake in Generación y Suministro de Energía to Pontegadea
    • The hybridization project between Repsol and Forestalia Group comprising a wind farm project with an aggregate capacity of 805 MW and the Escatrón combined cycle thermoelectric power plant 
  • Société Centrale Des Boissons Gazeuses, a subsidiary of Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company, on the acquisition of Voltic and West Africa Refreshments, two Coca-Cola bottlers in Ghana
  • Cox, a vertically and horizontally integrated water and energy utility, on its IPO on the Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, and Valencia Stock Exchanges
  • Opdenergy, an independent renewable energy producer focused on solar photovoltaic and wind energy technologies, on its debut on the First Market of the Spanish Stock Exchange

Bar Qualification

  • Spain (Abogado)

Education

  • LL.M. in Business Law, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
  • Bachelor's Degree in Law (E-1) and Diploma in Business Administration, Universidad Pontificia Comillas

Languages Spoken

  • English