Riesgo, Luis

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• Spanish

Lawyer Overview

Luis Riesgo has acted as the principal lawyer on M&A/takeovers, buyouts, restructuring, and private equity transactions in 20 years of practice, including many complex multicountry acquisitions. He is Partner-in-Charge of the Madrid Office and chairs Jones Day's Latin America Practice.

Luis has served as the lead lawyer in a wide variety of high-profile strategic transactions, including: France Telecom in its $7.7 billion acquisition of Amena, then Spain's third largest mobile telecoms company; Orange in its $432 million acquisition of the internet service provider Ya.com from Deutsche Telecom AG; Trader Classified Media on the $742 million sale to Schibsted of its assets across Europe and Latin America; and the acquisition of the jobs site Infojobs by Anuntis Segundamano.

Other companies with which Luis has worked on substantial matters include Dole Food, Electricité de France, ING Bank NV, Lafarge, RHJI International, and Sener Grupo de Ingeniería. His transactional practice spans a range of industries, including aerospace, automotive, energy and renewable energy, electronics, internet media, and telecoms.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity
• Capital Markets
• M&A
• Nordic Practice
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Buyouts
• Fund Formation
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer

Representative Cases

• Atlas Copco acquires Guimera
• Atlas Copco obtains competition law clearance in Spain to acquire Puska Pneumatic , (2009)
• Cascades merges with Reno De Medici for $101 million , (2009)
• CVC Capital invests in Food Service Project S.L.
• Electricité de France sells ASA Abfall Service for $269 million
• Enaco S.A acquired by Caprabo
• Endesa acquires carbon emission trading company Asin Holdings , (2010)
• Fides Capital acquires Plasticos Vitrificados Arlanzon
• France Télécom acquires Amena for $7.7 billion , (2009)
• Granville Baird Capital acquire stake in Controlex Espana Prevencion de Riesgos SL
• Orange, S.A. acquires Ya.com , (2009)
• RHJ International SA acquires Tafime SA
• Sener Grupo de Ingenieria acquires Turbo 2000
• SWSCapital Telecomunicaciones forms joint venture, Autobytel Spain
• Trader Classified Media acquires Anuntis S.L.
• Trader Classified Media forms joint venture with Trajin
• Trader Classified Media N.V. acquires InfoJobs SA
• Trader Classified Media sells European and Latin American subsidiaries for $742 million , (2009)

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

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