Bird & Bird acts for a wide range of Spanish and international clients across the food and beverages industry. Offering advice on IP, competition, data protection and transactional matters, the group is regularly retained by biotech and agriscience, manufacturers, food supply chain companies, retailers and distributors. Lourdes Ayala takes the lead on corporate and M&A work, while Antonio Cueto focuses on IP issues. IP is also a key specialism for Manuel Lobato, who possesses a strong track record in patent litigation before the Spanish courts, and Mariano Santos, who handles trade mark prosecution matters.
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Key clients
- Globalfeed
- DZ Licores, S.L.
- Programma 101
- Fertinagro Biotech
- Bacardi Group
- Aora Health, S.L.
- Costa Coffee
- Foodbox
- Hard Rock Limited
- KRAFT HEINZ Company
- KFC Restaurants Spain, S.L.
- Llaollao España S.L.
- Pizzaexpress (Franchises) Limited
- Hormel Foods Corporation
Work highlights
- Advising Fertinagro Biotech on the sale of 50% of the share capital of GlobalFeed to OCP Group, a global phosphate-based products plant and animal nutrition producer.
- Advised Italian fund Programma 101, as lead investor, on the acquisition of a minority stake in the Spanish company Coffee is Incapto, S.L.
- Assisting LLAOLLAO, the yoghurt ice-cream retailer, with the update of its local and international franchise agreements structure.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Lourdes Ayala, Antonio Cueto, Manuel Lobato, Mariano Santos