White & Case LLP
With extensive experience in ‘all areas of corporate and commercial law, including M&A and commercial contracts’, White & Case LLP acts for a diverse client roster of private equity houses, financial institutions, and industrial players in multijurisdictional transactions across the worlds of energy, TMT, infrastructure and healthcare (among others). The practice experienced considerable growth in headcount over the past year: Javier Monzón and Álvaro Manzanos joined from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in June 2022 bringing a wealth of experience in M&A in the healthcare, private equity and real estate sectors, while former Herbert Smith Freehills LLP partners Ignacio Paz and Pablo García-Nieto arrived in July 2023, strengthening the firm’s capabilities in energy and infrastructure-related deals. Leading the team is Juan Manuel de Remedios, who focuses on corporate law and capital markets offerings. Widely recommended by clients, Yoko Takagi ‘operates at the forefront of colossal investments, divestments, and complex transactions involving listed companies’.
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Testimonials
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‘Ignacio Paz: knowledge of the energy sector and its regulations, aware of the latest developments and trends. Great commercial vision and constructive approach in negotiations.’
‘Yoko Takagi operates at the forefront of colossal investments, divestments, and complex transactions involving listed companies.'
‘The team led by partner Yoko Takagi is outstanding, her team is very cohesive and they create a great relationship with the client. They get fully involved, following the partner's example. Yoko addresses both the business team's commercial needs and legal concerns.'
‘Yoko Takagi is a brilliant lawyer, exceptionally intelligent, and at the same time extraordinarily commercial and approachable. Her ability to synthesise and explain complex situations and their impact on the business, to negotiate and deal with all aspects of the transaction, and her very high legal technical skills provide peace of mind to the client.'
‘The White & Case corporate team is made up of a group of great professionals, with great work capacity and technical knowledge.'
‘The firm covers all areas of corporate and commercial law, including M&A and commercial contracts. Lawyers have extensive experience in dealing with tech companies and funds.'
‘White & Case's commercial and M&A partners demonstrate solid knowledge and, above all, creativity to understand the complexities of a transaction and provide the best technical and business solution. In the various situations that we have found ourselves in, I have always considered the partners as an integral and internal part of the team.'
‘Yoko Takagi is a strategic thinker. She takes very complex issues and distils them down. Pragmatic and has a calming influence on the team, board of directors and counterparties. A strong ally and thoughtful advocate. She is just amazing.’
Key clients
- Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners
- Masdar
- Waterland Private Equity
- MEDIAN Unternehmensgruppe
- Naviera Bandama
- Tikers Content Factory S.L.
- Blantyre Capital
- Quirónsalud
- Lenders to Apollo
- Axa - Swiss Life
- Global Technical Realty
- Pugdalia
- Serena Industrial Partners
- Biosynex, S.A.
Work highlights
- Advising Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP) on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Valoriza Servicios Medioambientales, S.A. (Valoriza) from Spanish construction group Sacyr S.A. (Sacyr) for a total consideration (enterprise value, including debt) of €734m.
- Acted for Naviera Bandama and the Armas family, the majority shareholders of Naviera Bandama, in the context of a corporate restructuring transaction relating to NAT.
- Assisted Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) in the formation of a joint venture with Iberdrola to jointly develop and operate project “Baltic Eagle”, a 476 MW offshore wind farm located in the German Baltic Sea near the island of Rügen.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Juan Manuel de Remedios