Ori Assa advises national and international clients on general corporate matters as well as on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and corporate finance transactions, including debt and equity capital markets offerings.

Mr. Assa's recent experience includes representing:

  • A financial advisor, in the tender offer launched by Telefonica over the listed entity Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG, in order to acquire up to 28.19% of its shares
  • Globalia Corporación Empresarial in the sale of an 80% interest in Air Europa, a Spain-based airline service provider, to International Airlines Group (IAG)
  • EIG Global Energy Partners in its investment in Prosolia Internacional, a group specialized in the solar photovoltaic sector
  • TA Associates in the acquisition of esPublico, a Spanish group of companies engaged in the development of legal and economic content platforms
  • Reddit in the acquisition of MeaningCloud Europe, a Spain-based natural language processing software company
  • Brookfield Asset Management in the acquisition of Spanish slate producer Cupa from The Carlyle Group 
  • Bain Capital Credit in its investment, alongside Alsea, S.A.B. de C.V. and Alia Capital Partners, in Alsea Europe, a leading European operator of restaurants and coffee shops 
  • Archimed in the acquisition of Suanfarma, a Spanish company specialising in the development, production and marketing of pharmaceutical and nutritional ingredients 
  • Permira in the acquisition of a 60% stake in leading property brokerage platform Engel & Völkers 
  • TeamSystem SpA  in the acquisition of Software del Sol and Billin, two Spanish developers of accounting software for SMEs 
  • Inflexion Private Equity Partners in the acquisition of a 40% stake in Auxadi Contables & Consultores, a Spain-based accounting services provider
  • Square in the acquisition of Verse, a Spanish peer-to-peer payments app 
  • Telefónica in a major carve out of all its Central America (Panama, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Costa Rica) telecom assets for €2 billion 
  • Teijin Limited in the acquisition of Inapal Plasticos SA, the Portugal based manufacturer of plastic parts for the automotive sector 
  • Solarpack in its IPO, specialized in photovoltaic solar energy for a total value of €110 million 
  • IFM Investors in:
    • The acquisition of OHL Concessions for €2.8 billion 
    • The sale of 49% of its shares in Organización Proyectos de Infraestructura, S.A.P.I. de C.V. for €1.2 billion 
    • The Takeover Bid of OHL México, together with OHL Concesiones, for US$1.35 billion 
  • Lovell Minnick Partners in an equity investment and debt financing to Trea Asset Management, in the context of the acquisition of Banco Madrid Gestión

Bar Qualification

  • Spain (Abogado)

Education

  • Bachelor's Degree in Law (E-1) and Diploma in International Relations, ICADE - Universidad Pontificia de Comillas - Madrid, 2012
  • LLM in Banking, Corporate and Finance, Fordham University, 2012

Languages Spoken

  • Spanish
  • English
  • Hebrew