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Spain : Banking and finance

Jones Day’s chief strengths lie in project and acquisition finance. Highlights included acting for the lenders on the €40m financing of the acquisition of three wind farms. Luis Muñoz heads the team.

Spain : Corporate and M&A

Within Corporate and M&A, Jones Day is a third tier firm,

Jones Day advised Atmel on its recent acquisition of ADD Semiconductor. New clients include Investcorp, which the team advised on its acquisition of Esmalglass from 3i and founders. Federico Merino heads the practice, which recruited Miguel Bermúdez de Castro from DLA Piper LLP.

Spain : Dispute resolution

Within Dispute resolution, Jones Day is a third tier firm,

Jones Day has ‘a good reputation’ and is ‘doing great things’. Mercedes Fernández heads the team, which regularly acts in commercial disputes inside and outside Spain. Many of its cases relate to investments in Latin America.

Spain : EU and competition

Within EU and competition, tier 4

Jones Day continues to represent Centrica in various Supreme Court proceedings contesting the tariff deficit and CO2 assignments implemented by the Spanish government. Other recent work includes advising Atmel on the competition aspects of its acquisition of Advanced Digital Design. Of counsels Raimundo Ortega and Marta Delgado are the key contacts.

Spain : Intellectual property

Within Intellectual property, tier 4

Jones Day’s IP practice mainly focuses on patent litigation. New clients included Zinkia, which the team is representing in litigation against counterfeiters in Turkey. It also advised Atmel on the IP aspects of its acquisition of ADD, and Marvell Technology Group on IP protection and unfair competition. Of counsel Marta Delgado heads the team.

Spain : Projects and energy

Within Projects and energy, Jones Day is a second tier firm,

Jones Day is ‘very good at projects work’. It recently advised Grupo T-Solar Global as one of the sponsors of a $166m project financing of two photovoltaic power plants in Peru, totalling 44MW. It also assisted a group of Spanish banks with the financing of a $135m wind farm in Oklahoma, US. Banking partners Luis Muñoz and Richard Puttré are recommended.

Spain : Real estate

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Spain : TMT

Within TMT, Jones Day is a third tier firm,

Paloma Bru leads Jones Day’s practice, which represented Jazztel in its conflict with Vodafone regarding network access for the provision of MVNO services, and acted for Colt Telecom in a claim against Matrix Technologies concerning premium services.

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