Cuatrecasas boasts a multidisciplinary team with expertise across various aspects of Spanish and EU food law. The firm is well placed to advise on matters related to production, transportation, marketing and advertising within this sector, and earns particular recognition for its corporate M&A, litigation, IP and financial advisory work. With extensive experience in transactional, contractual and contentious matters, Alejandro Negro acts for major food companies on a wide range of issues, including IP and data protection.

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Key clients

  • Lindt
  • Caixabank e Institut Català de Finances
  • Banco Santander
  • BBVA and other financial institutions
  • TGT (Grupo Teodoro García Trabadelo)
  • Grupo Coren
  • Agrovert
  • Corporación Cervino XXI
  • Unovis Asset Management
  • Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
  • CVNE - Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España
  • Liechtenstein Group
  • Piensos Costa
  • Pernod Ricard
  • Compañía General de Compras Agropecuarias (Grupo Valls)
  • Indcresa
  • Serveis i Administracions Masergrup
  • Hendrix Genetics
  • San Alfonso

Work highlights

  • Advising BBVA on a sustainable syndicated financing agreement for Europastry intended for the group’s international expansion to the value of €1bn.
  • Advising Agrovert on the sale of 100% of the capital of Productos Florida.
  • Advising Unovis Asset Management on the €40m Series B investment round for Foods For Tomorrow (Heura).

Other key lawyers

Alejandro Negro, Manuel Folliá