Naiara Rodriguez-Escudero

Ms. Rodríguez-Escudero's experience includes advising:

Corporate Transactions

• KKR in the restructuring and subsequent sale of distressed company Grupo Gallardo
• Cerner Corporation in the sale of its healthcare IT business unit in Spain and Germany to CompuGroup Medical SE
• Skydance in the acquisition of Ilion’s animation production business unit in Spain
• Triton Partners in the acquisition of Fertiberia, a manufacturer of fertilizers and agricultural chemicals, from Grupo Villar Mir
• Platinum Equity in the acquisition of a majority stake in Iberconsa from Portobello Capital
• Square Inc. in the acquisition of Spanish payments start-up Verse
• KKR on the public takeover bid over the shares of Telepizza Group
• Cerberus in the acquisition of 80% of the Spanish real estate business of BBVA
• Carlyle in the €390 million acquisition of a majority stake in Codorniú, a Spanish based wine and cava producer
• L Catterton in the acquisition of an 80% stake in Goiko Grill
• Portobello in the €225 million sale of Multiasistencia to Allianz
• Teladoc in the US$352 million acquisition of Advance Medical

Advice and Counsel

• Spanish bank BBVA in a wide variety of labor matters, including:
  • The Board of Directors’ remuneration committee on the new contractual framework for bank executives ensuring compliance with employment regulations, remuneration rules, and EBA guidelines
  • Drafting new senior executive contracts, including the coordination and execution of these contracts in other countries
  • Coordination of local counsel in a variety of employment matters worldwide for BBVA and its local entities
• A major pharmaceutical company in a whistleblower-related internal investigation
• A major pharmaceutical company in internal investigations resulting from regulatory actions
• Morgan Stanley on day-to-day employment and compensation matters in Spain
• Cinven on day-to-day employment and compensation matters in Spain
• Cerberus on a variety of equity plans for its Spanish operations
• A global media company in a harassment litigation matter in Spain
• A major pharmaceutical company in the closure of certain operations in Spain
• BoAML in a collective suspension of labor contracts in relation to a hotel investment in Spain
• Equatorial Coca Cola Bottling Company in the implementation of an international pension plan
• Altamira Asset Management, S.A. in a collective class action (conflicto colectivo) brough by CCOO seeking the return of 183 employees to Banco Santander; the case was won both at the Spanish High Court (Audiencia Nacional) and Supreme Court