Ori Assa advises Spanish and international clients on a full spectrum of M&A and private equity transactions.

Ori leverages his commercial approach to dealmaking and global perspective to guide leading corporates, private equity firms, and their portfolio companies on:

  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Private equity transactions
  • Matters with a Latin America nexus

He is global leader of the firm’s Hispanic/Latin American Lawyers Group. Ori previously served on the Mentoring and Recruiting committees. 

Ori’s recent experience includes representing:

M&A

  • KPMG in the sale of its Impulsa business line to Legalitas, a Portobello portfolio company
  • Azbil in the sale of Telstar, a Spain-based design, manufacturer, and supplier of pharmaceutical and biotech equipment, to Syntegon Technology, a CVC portfolio company
  • Reddit in the acquisition of MeaningCloud Europe, a Spain-based natural language processing software company
  • A financial advisor in the tender offer launched by Telefonica over the listed entity Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG to acquire up to 28.19% of its shares
  • Globalia Corporación Empresarial in the sale of an 80% interest in Air Europa, a Spain-based airline service provider, to International Airlines Group
  • Square in the acquisition of Verse, a Spanish peer-to-peer payments app
  • Telefónica in a major carve-out of all its Central America (Panama, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Costa Rica) telecom assets for €2 billion
  • Teijin Limited in the acquisition of Inapal Plasticos SA, the Portugal-based manufacturer of plastic parts for the automotive sector
  • Solarpack, which specializes in photovoltaic solar energy, in its €110 million IPO

Private Equity

  • Three Hills Capital Partners in the indirect equity and debt investment in Twentyfour Seven Group, a leading production services company, and related debt refinancing
  • Mubadala Capital in the investment of a majority stake in Grupo Babel, an international business specializing in digital transformation
  • Archimed in the acquisition of Suanfarma, a Spanish company specializing in developing, producing, and marketing pharmaceutical and nutritional ingredients 
  • TeamSystem SpA in the acquisition of Software del Sol and Billin, two Spanish developers of accounting software for small and medium-sized enterprises
  • EIG Global Energy Partners in its investment in Prosolia Internacional, a group focused on the solar photovoltaic sector
  • Lineage Logistics, a Bay Grove portfolio company, in the acquisition of Transportes Agustín e Hijos, a Spain-based, family-owned company that provides logistics services
  • TA Associates in the acquisition of esPublico, a Spanish group of companies engaged in developing legal and economic content platforms
  • Brookfield Asset Management in the acquisition of Spanish slate producer Cupa from The Carlyle Group
  • Bain Capital Credit in its investment, alongside Alsea, S.A.B. de C.V. and Alia Capital Partners, in Alsea Europe, a leading European operator of restaurants and coffee shops 
  • Permira in the acquisition of a 60% stake in leading property brokerage platform Engel & Völkers 
  • Inflexion Private Equity Partners in the acquisition of a 40% stake in Auxadi Contables & Consultores, a Spain-based accounting services provider
  • IFM Investors in the:
    • €2.8 billion acquisition of OHL Concessions
    • €1.2 billion sale of 49% of its shares in Organización Proyectos de Infraestructura, S.A.P.I. de C.V.
    • US$1.35 billion takeover bid for OHL México, together with OHL Concesiones
  • Lovell Minnick Partners in an equity investment and debt financing to Trea Asset Management in the context of Banco Madrid Gestión’s acquisition 

Bar Qualification

  • Spain (Abogado)

Education

  • Bachelor's Degree in Law (E-1) and Diploma in International Relations, ICADE - Universidad Pontificia de Comillas - Madrid, 2012
  • LLM in Banking, Corporate and Finance, Fordham University, 2012

Languages Spoken

  • Spanish
  • English
  • Hebrew