Ignacio Gómez-Sancha

Ignacio’s experience includes advising:

Private Equity and M&A

• Apollo on the takeover bid launched over Applus+, a worldwide leader in the testing, inspection, and certification sector
• Bain Capital Credit on the sale of its minority stake in Alsea Europe, leading operator of quick service restaurants and coffee shops
• CVC on its €2 billion strategic investment in LaLiga to set in motion LaLiga Impulso, the project to boost the global growth of LaLiga and its clubs
• Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) on the all-cash voluntary friendly tender offer by SIX Group, the Swiss financial markets infrastructure operator, for €2.8 billion
• KKR on the:
  • Sale of Papresa and Cementos Balboa   
  • Takeover and taking private of Telepizza 
• The Carlyle Group on the mandatory public offering launched for 100% of the shares of Bodegas Bilbaínas, a well-known winery in La Rioja
• Hyatt Hotels on a prospective takeover bid for NH Hoteles
• Orange on acquiring Suma Operador de Telecomunicaciones, a mobile virtual network operator, by means of exercising a right of first refusal

Capital Markets

• Cox, a vertically and horizontally integrated water and energy utility, on its €175 million IPO on the Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, and Valencia Stock Exchanges
• The shareholders of Opdenergy, an independent renewable energy producer, in the takeover bid launched by Antin Infrastructure Partners 
• Ecoener, a wind, hydro, and photovoltaic energy operator, on its €350 million IPO
• Enerside on its €35 million IPO on the BME Growth market
• BofA Securities, as underwriter, on offering Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure’s ordinary shares for US$167.3 million
• Solarpack, a Spanish multinational company specialized in developing photovoltaic systems for solar energy production, on listing its ordinary shares on the Bilbao, Madrid, Barcelona, and Valencia Stock exchanges

Restructuring & Special Situations

• The ad hoc group of bondholders on the €920 billion restructuring of Naviera Armas’ balance sheet 
• The committee of senior secured creditors of Swissport, a global aviation services group, on successfully completing its comprehensive financial restructuring
• The committee of senior secured creditors on reorganizing and restructuring Deoleo’s €575 million debt
• Aernnova, a major aerostructures company and portfolio company of TowerBrook Capital Partners, Peninsula Capital, and Torreal, on its €590 million covenant-lite refinancing 
• Eurona Wireless Telecom and its group on restructuring its debt using judicial homologation of a refinancing agreement