Luis Riesgo

Socio director de la región España/Latinoamérica y de la oficina de São Paulo

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Luis Riesgo es Socio Director de la región España/Latinoamérica y supervisa las oficinas de São Paulo, Madrid y Ciudad de México. También es Socio Director de la oficina de São Paulo. Cuenta con más de 35 años de experiencia asesorando a clientes en fusiones y adquisiciones multijurisdiccionales en Latinoamérica y España, y su experiencia incluye adquisiciones, operaciones de private equity, creación de joint ventures, alianzas estratégicas, acuerdos comerciales e industriales y proyectos de outsourcing.

Luis ha liderado diversas operaciones estratégicas corporativas de gran repercusión incluyendo: la adquisición de Jazztel por parte de Orange por 4.400 millones de dólares, la adquisición de Amena por 7.700 millones de dólares, la venta de Orange Dominicana, su filial en la República Dominicana, por 1.435 millones de dólares, y la adquisición por parte de Schibsted de su negocio de clasificados online en Latinoamérica y España por 742 millones de dólares. Otros clientes con los que Luis ha trabajado en asuntos relevantes incluyen Chevron, CVC Capital Partners, Dole, Electricité de France, Endesa, Gas Natural, Nextel Communications, Riverside, Santander, Schneider Electric y Sener Grupo de Ingeniería.

Su práctica transaccional abarca una amplia gama de sectores, incluyendo el aeroespacial, automovilístico, energía y energías renovables, infraestructuras, Internet media y telecomunicaciones. Luis también asesora a empresas de capital riesgo en sus inversiones y a empresas de banca de inversión en su calidad de asesores financieros en una variedad de operaciones de fusiones y adquisiciones, y a muchas empresas internacionales sobre cómo hacer negocios en América Latina.

Experiencia

  • Red Arbor acquires GenomaworkJones Day advised Red Arbor Holding, S.L. in the acquisition of GenomaWork SpA, a Chilean-based recruitment platform.
  • Orange subsidiary and Vodafone create joint ventureJones Day is advising Orange, S.A. in the creation of a joint venture by subsidiary MasOrange and Vodafone forming the largest FTTH (fibre-to-the-home) network in Europe.
  • Macquarie subsidiary successfully completes acquisition of large parking portfolio from insolvent entityJones Day advised Empark, a subsidiary of Macquarie, in connection with the purchase of a large parking portfolio from Isolux Corsán Aparcamientos, an entity that belongs to a large construction and infrastructure conglomerate that started insolvency proceedings in 2017.
  • Red Arbor, with the support of Vitruvian Partners, acquires the employment sites Catho and OCCJones Day advised Red Arbor Holding, S.L. in the acquisition by Vitruvian of a minority stake in Red Arbor and the concurrent acquisition by Red Arbor of OCC Mexico and Catho from SEEK Limited.
  • Orange and Masmovil combine in €18.6 billion mergerJones Day advised Orange, S.A. ("Orange"), one of the world's leading telecommunications operators, on the combination of their telecom business in Spain with Masmovil, one of the leading telecommunications operators in Spain, for an enterprise value of €18.6 billion (€7.8 billion for Orange Spain and €10.9 billion for Masmovil).
  • Ansys acquires leading particle dynamics simulation software RockyJones Day advised Ansys, Inc. in the acquisition of Engineering Simulation and Scientific Software Rocky DEM, S.L., a leading provider of particular dynamics simulation software with developers in Brazil, Spain, and the United States.
  • Uniphore acquires Emotion Research Labs, S.L.Jones Day represented Uniphore Technologies Inc., an early leader in Conversational Service Automation (CSA), in its acquisition of Emotion Research Labs, S.L., a leading software developer that uses AI and machine learning, to identify emotion and engagement levels in real-time over video-based interactions.
  • Whisbi receives €5 million investment from Cipio PartnersJones Day advised Whisbi in connection with the €5 million investment in Whisbi by Cipio Partners, a private equity fund.
  • Softonic sells 34% stake to U.S. investor Michael Levit and German group EyeoJones Day advised the shareholders of Softonic International S.A. in the sale of a 34% stake to the U.S. investor Michael Levit and German multinational Eyeo.
  • Whisbi Technologies obtains term loan facility and negotiates Share Option AgreementJones Day represented Whisbi Technologies, S.L. in connection with a term loan facility agreement provided by Columbia Lake Partners Growth Lending I (Luxco), S.à.r.l. and negotiation of a Share Option Agreement by virtue of which the shareholders of Whisbi granted a share option right and an equity investment right to Columbia Lake Partners, in connection with the financing granted by them to Whisbi.
  • Pegasus Capital Advisors sells Pure Biofuels del Peru to Valero EnergyJones Day represented Pure Biofuels del Peru S.A.C. in its sale by Pegasus Capital Advisors L.P. to Valero Energy Corporation.
  • Schibsted sells Grupo 20 MinutosJones Day advised Schibsted ASA in the sale of the business of Spanish subsidiary Grupo 20 Minutos, S.L. which is engaged in the business of publishing the free newspaper 20 Minutos both in print and online.
  • Orange successfully completes $4.4 billion tender offer for JazztelJones Day advised Orange SA, a leading global telecommunications company, in connection with the €3.4 billion (US$4.4 billion) friendly tender cash offer at €13 ($16) a share for the acquisition of Jazztel, a listed Spanish company and fourth operator in the telecoms market in Spain.
  • GNF and CEMIG create new company Gas Natural do BrasilJones Day advised Gas Natural Fenosa SDG, S.A. (GNF) in connection with its agreement with Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais (CEMIG), the listed Brazilian electricity company, to create a new company called Gas Natural do Brasil, which will be a platform for the consolidation of assets and investments in natural gas projects in the Brazilian market.
  • Orange (France Telecom) sells Dominican Republic assets to Altice for $1.42 billion (€1.05 billion)Jones Day advised long-standing client Orange, S.A. (France Telecom), a leading global telecommunications company, in connection with the sale of 100 percent of Orange Dominicana S.A., its subsidiary in the Dominican Republic, to Altice, a multinational cable and telecommunications company, for $1.42 billion (€1.05 billion).
  • Grupo Intercom de Capital de Riesgo sold Grupo de Apartamentos Niumba, S.L. to TripAdvisor Ltd.Jones Day advised Grupo Intercom de Capital de Riesgo S.A. in the sale of Grupo de Apartamentos Niumba, S.L. to TripAdvisor Ltd.
  • Grupo Intercom de Capital de Riesgo sold Grupo de Apartamentos Niumba, S.L. to TripAdvisor Ltd.Jones Day advised Grupo Intercom de Capital de Riesgo S.A. in the sale of Grupo de Apartamentos Niumba, S.L. to TripAdvisor Ltd.
  • Partners Group invests in SoftonicJones Day advised Softonic International S.L in the merger with and into Intershare S.L., to create Softonic, a global multiplatform software guide which allows users to explore, download, and manage software applications on multiple devices in more than ten different languages.
  • Schneider Electric acquires CP EletrônicaJones Day advised Schneider Electric Industries SAS in its acquisition of CP Eletrônica S.A.
  • Whisbi Technologies sells stake to Active Venture PartnersJones Day advised Whisbi Technologies, S.L. in connection with the acquisition by Active Venture Partners of a 10% stake through a share capital increase.
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      International Business Roundtable: Pittsburgh in the Global Economy - Doing Business in Europe, Asia, Mexico, and the Middle East

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