Elena Martínez de Luco is an associate in the Madrid office of Latham & Watkins. She advises Spanish and international clients on a full spectrum of M&A and private equity transactions.

She has experience advising on:

  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Asset acquisitions
  • Joint venture investments

Elena’s experience includes advising: 

  • Platinum Equity on the €5.6 billion sale of Urbaser to Blackstone and EQT
  • NATO Innovation Fund and Join Capital on their lead investment in Kreios Space, a Spanish aerospace technology startup
  • The shareholders of Compañía Auxiliar al Cargo Express (CACESA) on its sale to CTT Expresso
  • Burda Principal Investments on a Series A financing round in Imperia SCM Consulting, a company specializing in supply chain management software solutions
  • Amadeus IT Group on the acquisition of Forward Data, a Spain-based company specialized in travel data analysis  
  • The shareholders of Smartgroup, Cloud 101, and B2Com on the sale of up to 100% of their shares to Queka Real Partners
  • Lighthouse Intelligence on the acquisition of The Hotels Network, a Spain-based company engaged in the development and operation of a software-as-a-service solution for hotels
  • Three Hills Capital Partners on an indirect equity and debt investment in Twentyfour Seven Group, a leading production services company 
  • TeamSystem SpA on the acquisition of Software del Sol and Billin, two Spanish developers of accounting software for small and medium-sized enterprises
  • Farmfront Group, controlled by Carlyle investment funds, on the acquisition of RKD Irrigación and Irrimec Group, two irrigation system companies
  • The shareholders of Grupo Gransolar on the sale of 100% of the company’s share capital to Trilantic in a €420 million leveraged buyout transaction
  • IMG on the acquisition of the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament and Acciona Open de España golf tournament
  • Seaya, Cathay, Drake, and Luxor on selling their respective stakes in Glovo to Delivery Hero for €720 million

Bar Qualification

  • Spain (Abogado)

Education

  • LL.M. in Legal Practice, Universidad Carlos III - Madrid, 2019
  • Dual Degree Program in Business Administration and Management (ADE) and Law (E-3), Universidad Pontificia Comillas, 2018