Vara Varea, Manuel

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

Bar Admissions

• Madrid, Spain

Education

• U of Comillas ICADE - Spain

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)

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Websites

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