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 Electricité de France, ING Bank NV, RHJI International, Lafarge, Dole Food, 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.

Luis is recognized as a leading lawyer by the Chambers, Legal 500, and Practical Law Company directories.

Areas of Practice

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

Representative Cases

• Acquisition by Caprabo
• Acquisition of Amena
• Acquisition of Anuntis S.L.
• Acquisition of Guimera
• Acquisition of InfoJobs SA
• Acquisition of Tafime SA , (2008)
• Acquisition of the stakes of the main minority shareholders of France Télécom España , (2009)
• Acquisition of Ya.com
• Buyout
• Food Service Project Investment
• Investment in Controlex Espana Prevencion
• Joint Venture with Autobytel
• Joint Venture with Trajin
• Merger with Reno De Medici , (2007)
• Privatization of Turbo 2000
• Sale of ASA Abfall Service
• Sale of European and Latin American subsidiaries

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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