María José Descalzo

Ms. Descalzo's experience includes advising:

• Brookfield Asset Management in the acquisition of the Cupa Group, leader in the natural slate and stone business, from The Carlyle Group 
• IMG in the acquisition of the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament and the Acciona Open de España golf tournament
• Repsol, a Spanish energy company, in the:
  • 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
  • Acquisition of the low-emission generation assets and supply of power and gas retail business of Viesgo España, a Spanish company engaged in generation and distribution of electricity*
• Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) in the acquisition of Atlas Renewable Energy from Actis
• Ecoener, a wind, hydro, and photovoltaic energy operator, in its IPO for a capitalization of c. €350 million
• RIC Energy in the sale of a 1 GW Solar PV greenfield portfolio to Lightsource BP
• US power company on the sale of two concentrated solar power plants located in Extremadura*
• Elecnor in the acquisition of a stake in Wayra, an Ecuadorian company with local oil exploitation interests*
• APG in the joint venture with Elecnor regarding the development of power transportation lines in Brazil and Chile and Elecnor’s solar PV business in Spain*
• A foreign fund in the acquisition of a wind and solar PV greenfield portfolio of c. 700 MW*
• CNIC and GT Fund in the acquisition from infrastructure funds managed by Goldman Sachs of a stake in Redexis Gas and Redexis Finance, Spain’s second largest gas transportation and third largest LPG distribution company*
• Allianz Capital Partners and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) on its acquisition of a 20% stake in Gas Natural Fenosa’s natural gas distribution business in Spain*
• ContourGlobal in:
  • The acquisition of Acciona’s 250MW CSP portfolio, made up of five CSP facilities*
  • The sale-down of a 49% stake in the 250 MW CSP portfolio acquired from Acciona to Credit Suisse Infrastructure Partners*
  • The acquisition of a 800 MW combined cycle from Naturgy*
• Isolux in the sale of T-Solar, the largest solar PV portfolio in Spain to I-Squared Capital*
• Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners in:
  • The acquisition of a natural gas distribution business from Gas Natural SDG, S.A. through a competitive tender*
  • Its disposal of Madrileña Red de Gas, S.A.U. to a consortium formed by Gingko Tree, PGGM and EDF in 2015*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham