Sofía is an associate in the Corporate Department in the Madrid office of Latham & Watkins.

Sofía advises Spanish and international clients from different industries on M&A, general corporate matters, and private equity transactions.

She has extensive experience in real estate transactions, representing private equity funds and financial institutions , as well as real estate asset management and servicing entities.

She has experience advising on the following areas:

  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Private equity
  • Real estate

Sofía's experience includes advising/representing:

  • StepStone on its joint venture with Greykite to acquire a controlling interest in Vitalia Home from CVC and Portobello Capital
  • ActivumSG on the acquisition of luxury hotel Fairmont La Hacienda and its two adjacent golf courses
  • Hyatt Hotels Corporation on the acquisition of 50% of Bahía Principe Hotels & Resorts from Grupo Piñero
  • Goldman Sachs on the financing for the acquisition of six performing and re-performing loan portfolios by Balbec Capital Management
  • Aedas Homes on the acquisition of Promociones y Propiedades Inmobiliarias Espacio (PRIESA) from Grupo Villar Mir
  • Apollo on the acquisition of a portfolio of secured NPLs from CaixaBank (Project Oxygen)
  • Cerberus on the acquisition of a portfolio of secured NPLs in Spain from CaixaBank

Bar Qualification

  • Spain (Abogado)

Education

  • Dual LLM in Legal Practice and International Advocacy, Universidad Carlos III - Madrid, 2023
  • BBA in Business Administration, University of Barcelona, 2022
  • LLB in Law, University of Barcelona, 2022

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Catalan
  • Spanish