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Our knowledge of the numerous economic sectors and particular requirements of each one enables us to provide added value to clients in the execution of their projects, with advice on mergers and acquisitions at the core of CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo’s activity since its foundation. We boast a highly reputable corporate and M&A team of more than 1,000 professionals across 43 countries responsible for presiding over some of the most significant corporate transactions in Spain during recent years.

We offer personalised solutions to all clients whether they are large listed companies or small private entities, advising on areas such as M&A, venture capital, outsourcing, capital markets, group restructuring and privatisation. Our teams are formed by experts in all practice areas and sectors such as banking and finance, consumer products, energy, infrastructure, insurance, the pharmaceutical industry, property and construction, hotels and leisure, technology and the media, enabling us to recognise the unique features of each operation and provide time and cost saving contextualised advice whilst also identifying and preventing any related risks.   

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We have a long-established practice as recognized and highly-regarded specialists with a proven and impressive track record in the field of capital ma
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27/03/2019
CMS European M&A Study 2019
The CMS Cor­por­ate/M&A group is pleased to launch the el­ev­enth edi­tion of our European M&A Study. This year’s Study re­flects data from 458 deals in 2018 on which CMS ad­vised. This is the largest num­ber...
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14/09/2021
CMS M&A European Out­look 2022: Road to re­cov­ery
Septem­ber 2021 We are pleased to provide you with this year’s edi­tion of the “European M&A Out­look”, pub­lished in co-op­er­a­tion with Mer­ger­mar­ket
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13/07/2021
Pro­posed ac­quis­i­tion of Air Europa by IAG: Com­mis­sion opens in-depth in­vest­ig­a­tion
On 29 June 2021, the European Com­mis­sion opened Phase II mer­ger con­trol pro­ceed­ings on IAG's pro­posed ac­quis­i­tion of Air Europa be­cause of its po­ten­tial im­pact on the Span­ish air ser­vices mar­ket. In May...
Law-Now Corporate / M&A
30/06/2021
EU Na­tion­al Com­pet­i­tion Au­thor­it­ies pub­lish joint pa­per on Di­git­al Mar­kets...
The de­bate about the draft Di­git­al Mar­kets Act (DMA) – the European Com­mis­sion's flag­ship pro­ject in the di­git­al sec­tor – is in­tensi­fy­ing. In May, the self-pro­claimed "Friends of an Ef­fect­ive DMA"...
Law-Now Corporate / M&A
01/06/2021
Some leaks can­'t be fixed
“Con­fid­en­tial in­form­a­tion is like an ice cube... give it to the party who has no re­fri­ger­at­or or will not agree to keep it in one, and by the time of the tri­al you have just a pool of wa­ter.” This...
Law-Now Coronavirus (COVID-19)
28/05/2021
“Friends of an ef­fect­ive Di­git­al Mar­kets Act” – France, Ger­many and Neth­er­lands...
On 27-28 May 2021, EU pres­id­ency in­formed mem­ber states at the EU Com­pet­it­ive­ness Coun­cil on pro­gress achieved so far on the Com­mis­sion’s pro­pos­als for a Di­git­al Ser­vices Act (DSA) and a Di­git­al Mar­kets...
Law-Now TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
10/05/2021
Vi­ol­a­tion of mer­ger con­trol pro­ced­ur­al rules: European Com­mis­sion fines...
On 3 May 2021, the European Com­mis­sion fined chem­ic­al maker Sigma-Ald­rich EUR 7.5 mil­lion for provid­ing mis­lead­ing in­form­a­tion dur­ing mer­ger con­trol pro­ceed­ings for Sigma-Ald­rich’s takeover by rival...
Law-Now Corporate / M&A
05/05/2021
CMS ad­vises Macquar­ie Cap­it­al on the ac­quis­i­tion of rur­al fibre op­tic as­sets...
In­ter­na­tion­al law firm CMS ad­vised in­vest­ment fund Macquar­ie Cap­it­al as main in­vestor, to­geth­er with Daiwa En­ergy & In­fra­struc­ture and Ab­er­deen Stand­ard In­vest­ments, on the ac­quis­i­tion of a ma­jor­ity...
Deals
04/05/2021
With Il­lu­mina ac­tion, court to test EU Com­mis­sion's new mer­ger re­fer­ral...
On 29 April 2021, the US life sci­ences com­pany Il­lu­mina con­firmed that it filed an ac­tion be­fore the EU courts ask­ing for an an­nul­ment of the European Com­mis­sion’s de­cision of 19 April 2021 to ac­cept...
Law-Now Corporate / M&A
09/03/2021
New com­pet­i­tion tools for di­git­al mar­kets – Ger­man com­pet­i­tion law vs....
After the new Ger­man com­pet­i­tion law came in­to ef­fect in Janu­ary 2021, ma­jor di­git­al plat­forms are now af­fected by art­icle 19a of the Ger­man Com­pet­i­tion Act. Un­der art­icle 19a, the Ger­man com­pet­i­tion...
Law-Now TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
15/02/2021
The freewill prin­ciple in the com­puls­ory trans­fer pro­vi­sion of shares in...
Guillermo Don­adeu In sev­er­al de­cisions, the De­part­ment of Leg­al Af­fairs (Dir­ec­ción Gen­er­al de Se­gur­id­ad Jur­idica y Fe Pública) has out­lined the lim­its of the freewill prin­ciple for share­hold­ers when...
Publication
09/02/2021
BAT con­clu­sions for large com­bus­tion plants an­nulled – What next?
On 27 Janu­ary 2021 the Gen­er­al Court of the European Uni­on de­clared the so-called BAT con­clu­sions for large com­bus­tion plants an­nulled. It is worth con­sid­er­ing what this rul­ing really means and what it...
Law-Now Energy & Climate Change
02/02/2021
EC Con­sulta­tion on sus­tain­able cor­por­ate gov­ernance: dead­line ap­proach­ing
Key ac­tion point On 26 Oc­to­ber 2020, the European Com­mis­sion launched its pub­lic con­sulta­tion on sus­tain­able cor­por­ate gov­ernance (Con­sulta­tion). The Con­sulta­tion closes on 8 Feb­ru­ary 2021 and we would...
Law-Now Banking & Finance
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