Vara Varea, Manuel

Jones Day
Paseo de Recoletos 37-41
Planta 5ª
28004 Madrid, Spain
Phone: 34.91.520.3954 (Business Phone)
Fax: 34.91.520.3938 (Business Fax)
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Websites associated with this firm:http://www.jonesday.comSummary
Current Employment Position(s)
Of Counsel
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Lawyer Overview
Manuel Vara has extensive experience advising industrial and venture capital companies regarding national and cross-border M&A/takeovers, buyouts, and private equity transactions across a wide variety of sectors. He also advises on a broad range of joint ventures, restructurings, and corporate governance issues.
Manuel has acted as lead lawyer on a range of transactions, including, in recent years: Caja Madrid's acquisition of a 19 percent interest in Applus Servicios Tecnologicos from Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona and Unión Fenosa; Atlas Copco's acquisition, and subsequent sale, of Guimera; Hudson Highland Group's sale of Spanish subsidiary Highland Partners in a management buyout; and Net Transmit & Receive's group reorganization, including equity investments by Kennet Partners, Atlas Ventures, Elaia Partners, and Debaeque.
Other companies with which Manuel has worked on substantial matters include industrial companies such as Abercrombie & Fitch, CareerBuilder, Celgene, Colt Telecom, Dole Food, Flextronics, Lafarge, Lubrizol, Orange, STERIS, Sumitomo Bakelite, Total, Trader Classified Media, Viessmann, and WL Ross & Co. and venture capital firms such as Ahorro Corporación, Elaia Partners, Fides Capital, and Granville Baird Capital Partners.
Areas of Practice
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity
- M&A
- Buyouts
- Fund Formation
- Venture Capital - Investor
- Venture Capital - Issuer
Representative Cases
- Activa acquires BFI Optilas
- Ahorro Corporacion Financiera acquires Molinare
- Atlas Copco acquires Guimera
- Atlas Copco sells Guimera to Gam Energia Alquiler de Maquinaria , (2009)
- Caja Madrid acquires interest in Applus Servicios Tecnologicos , (2009)
- Dana securitizes receivables , (2009)
- Elaia Partners co-invests in Agnitio , (2009)
- France Télécom acquires Amena for $7.7 billion , (2009)
- Granville Baird Capital acquire stake in Controlex Espana Prevencion de Riesgos SL
- Hudson Highland sells Spanish subsidiary Highland Partners, S.L. in a management buyout
- Inversiones Garcilaso de la Vega, S.L. sells TAPSA , (2009)
- Net Transmit & Receive completes reorganization , (2009)
- Orange, S.A. acquires Ya.com , (2009)
- RHJ International SA acquires Tafime SA
- Sener Grupo de Ingenieria acquires Turbo 2000
- Sumitomo Bakelite acquires Fers Resin
- Trader Classified Media acquires Anuntis S.L.
- Trader Classified Media N.V. acquires InfoJobs SA
- Trader Classified Media sells European and Latin American subsidiaries for $742 million , (2009)
- VPOD.TV places stock with Innovacom
West Practice Categories
Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations, Venture Capital
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Madrid, Spain
Education
- U of Comillas ICADE - Spain
Office Information
Address
Paseo de Recoletos 37-41
Planta 5ª
28004 Madrid, Spain
Phones
34.91.520.3954 (Business Phone)
Faxes
34.91.520.3938 (Business Fax)
Emails
Contact Us (Business Email)



