
Garrigues
Client SatisfactionGarrigues has a strong track record in significant private equity acquisitions and disposals. The team is recognised for its broad expertise, with substantial activity across various sectors and the capability to handle the full range of private equity deals, structures, and asset classes. Recent highlights include growth in the business services, consumer, and natural resources sectors. Team head José Manuel Martín has extensive experience in leveraged buyouts and primary and secondary transactions. María Fernández-Picazo focuses on M&A deals involving major private equity stakeholders.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Garrigues is a friendly firm, but at the same time it offers a unique depth of services. The private equity area has a very large market share in the mid-market transaction segment: it truly has a unique capability.'
'The team is technically perfect, always at the service of the client, capable of helping in any negotiation and generating very significant value.'
‘The outstanding people are José Manuel Martín and Estrella Pulido. The partner in charge is José Manuel Martín, who has decades of experience and hundreds of transactions.'
'Focused on customer service, good market knowledge, knowledge updates and good negotiation skills.'
‘Highlighting Laura Muñoz and Elisabet Tarradellas. Excellent professionals. Ability to work, manage complex situations, multitask and deal with all kinds of counterparties.'
‘They have a lot of experience thanks to their different specializations, it is rare that they have not seen some problem that has been raised.'
‘The involvement of the partners is much higher than the average of other similar firms, and they take on the problems as their own.'
Key clients
- Advent International
- Alantra
- Apax
- Arcano Partners
- Ares Management
- Artá Capital
- Blackstone Group, The
- Cerberus
- Corpfin Capital
- CVC
- Diana Capital
- Apheon Capital
- Everwood Capital
- GED Iberian Private Equity
- Growth Partners Capital
- H.I.G. Capital
- ICG
- JB Capital
- Keensight Capital
- KKR
- Label Investments
- Magnum Capital
- MCH Private Equity
- Meridia Capital
- Metric Capital
- Miura Private Equity
- Nazca Capital
- Oakley Capital
- OpCapita
- Oquendo Capital
- PAI Partners
- Planet First Partners
- Platinum Equity
- Portobello Capital
- ProA Capital
- PSG Equity
- Qualitas Equity Partners
- Realza Capital
- Riverside
- Sherpa Capital
- Torreal Private Equity
- Vallis Capital Partners
- Warburg Pincus
- Kharis Capital
Work highlights
- Acted on aale by Label Investments and Cinven of Planasa to EW Group for €900m.
- Acted on acquisition by Apax Partners of a 50% stake in Palex Medical.
- Advised on sale of Nalanda to Once For All by PSG Equity for €330m.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
José Manuel Martín