Joaquín Echánove
DLA Piper
DLA Piper
Client SatisfactionDLA Piper’s corporate and M&A practice in Spain benefits from the firm’s extensive international network, making it well positioned to advise on multijurisdictional transactions across a variety of industries, including regulated sectors such as telecoms, energy, and healthcare. Practice head Jose Maria Gil-Robles is the go-to counsel for private equity investors and hedge funds. Other key practitioners include Joaquín Echánove, who frequently handles PE and M&A matters, as well as transactions in the renewable energy sector, and Enrique Chamorro, known for his expertise in cross-border M&A and corporate restructurings.
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Key clients
- Grupo Trinity
- Boldyn Networks
- Gunvor Group
- Adamo Telecom Iberia
- Labanalysis
- Heidelberg
- Stylitics
- Linden Capital Partners
- SD Worx
- Team.blue
- Oquendo Capital
- La Mancha Farms Pistachos
- Kingsley Gate
- Cerberus
- GP Bullhound
Work highlights
- Advising Trinity Group on the acquisition of Beauty by Dia, a company that manages Clarel business.
- Advising Gunvor Group on the acquisition of 75% of Spain-based Bahía de Bizkaia Electricidad (BBE), a 785MW combined cycle power plant located in Bilbao, Spain, from BP Gas Marketing, a subsidiary of BP (British Petroleum).
- Advising Boldyn Networks, a UK-based entity engaged in providing telecoms services, on the acquisition of Cellnex Telecom's private networks business unit in Finland, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
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Practice head
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José María Gil-Robles