José María Jiménez-Laiglesia

Mr. Jiménez-Laiglesia’s experience includes representing:

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Grail, a healthcare company, in its planned acquisition by Illumina for US$8 billion
• Platinum Equity on the acquisition of Urbaser, a leading provider of environmental services, from China Tianying Inc. for an enterprise value of approximately €3.5 billion
• Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) in the all-cash voluntary friendly tender offer by SIX Group, the Swiss financial markets infrastructure operator, for €2.8 billion
• The Carlyle Group in merger control aspects related to its acquisition of a minority stake in Cepsa for US$4.8 billion
• KKR in the acquisition of distressed industrial company Grupo Gallardo and its subsequent sale to Spanish holding Cristian Lay
• Triton Partners in the merger clearance by the European Commission for the acquisition of Fertiberia
• Genstar Capital and its portfolio company BBB Industries in the acquisition of a 100% stake in M&R Precision Parts, an automotive components manufacturer, from Abac Capital

Antitrust & Competition

• Ferrovial before the CNMC in a competition case concerning a potential infringement in the construction market
• Repsol in several antitrust matters both in Spain and in the EU 
• Urbaser in a CNMC investigation on the waste management and transportation market
• Egeda in the context of tariff setting of intellectual property rights of audiovisual producers subject to collective management
• Logista before the CNMC in relation to an investigation involving an exchange of information in the cigarette manufacturing and distribution market in Spain
• Mastercard in competition matters before the CNMC and regulatory issues concerning payment services in Spain 
• Santillana (PRISA) in a CNMC investigation on the publishing industry in Spain