The team at Baker McKenzie is a popular choice for foreign and Spanish food industry clients seeking assistance with a wide range of legal matters, including corporate transactions and IP matters. Barcelona-based Cristina Duch, whose areas of expertise include IP, unfair competition and advertising, leads the team alongside Juanjo Corral, a key contact for food companies seeking advice on M&A.
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Key clients
- AmRest Holdings SE
- Black Rifle Coffee Company (BRCC)
- CAPSA/Corporación Alimentaria Peñasanta, S.A. (“Central Lechera Asturiana”)
- Celler Mas Doix
- Corporación Alimentaria Peñasanta, S.A.
- Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentación, S.A. (DIA)
- Gruma-Mission Foods
- Grupo Corporativo Landon
- Industrias Cárnicas Loriente Piqueras, S. A.
- Lidl
- Miquel Alimentació
- Mondeléz
- Unilever
Work highlights
- Advised Industrias Cárnicas Loriente Piqueras, S. A. on the refinancing of the financial indebtedness of Incarlopsa Group by virtue of the sale and leaseback of several industrial assets owned by Incarlopsa and the refinancing of bilateral loans granted by several financial institutions.
- Representing Corporación Alimentaria Peñasanta, S.A. (CAPSA) in its claim before the Spanish Supreme Court against the Spanish Competition Authority’s July 2019 decision, which imposed a €21.8m fine on CAPSA for allegedly participating in information exchanges and coordinating pricing strategies in the dairy sector.
- Advising Gruma-Mission Foods on the negotiation of its first company-level collective bargaining agreement.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Cristina Duch, Juanjo Corral