Pedro Pérez-Llorca

Pedro Pérez-Llorca has more than 30 years’ experience as a lawyer and has become one of the leading experts in mergers and acquisitions, particularly those involving listed companies.
He has been involved in the Spanish market’s main takeover bids over the past 25 years, including Aldeasa, Cortefiel, Endesa, Abertis, Europac, Euskaltel, Naturgy and Mediaset.
He also took part in the largest privatisation and IPO of the past 20 years, AENA, and in many of the market’s major mergers and acquisitions, including the merger of Coca-Cola’s bottlers and Banco Santander’s acquisition of Banco Popular.
He has played an important role in the firm’s growth, particularly in its corporate practice

His legal practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions. He has been involved in some of the largest cross-border deals involving Spanish parties. Among others, he has advised:

• CVC Capital Partners on its acquisition of a 20.07% stake in Gas Natural from Repsol (2018) €3,800 million;
• CVC Capital Partners and PAI Partners on the acquisition and restructuring of Grupo Cortefiel (2017) €1,000 million (enterprise value);
• Banco Santander on its acquisition of 100% of Banco Popular (2017) €7,000 million;
• Coca-Cola Enterprises on the integration of three Coca-Cola bottlers (operating in the UK, France, Benelux, Scandinavia, Germany, Spain and Portugal) to create Coca-Cola European Partners (2015) and its subsequent IPO (2016) €20,000 million;
• Aena on its privatisation and IPO (2014-2015) €20,000 million (enterprise value).