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Miguel Ángel López Mateo

Miguel Ángel López Mateo is co-head of the Agribusiness area of Garrigues since the creation of the practice by the firm. As global co-director, he coordinates the food & drinks activity of all our national and international offices. He has wide experience in M&A, leading teams in Spain, Portugal and in several Latam countries where he has advised a large number of transactions for the acquisition and for the divestment of companies and assets (such as farmland, warehouses, bottling plants, etc), carve-outs, LBOs and MBOs. He usually works with national and international PE funds, advising private equity investors from the pre-investment stages of the projects, during the build-up, restructuring add-ons and portfolios and in all sort of exits, including secondary buy-outs. Advising the day-to-day management of food companies, Miguel Ángel is one of the most reputed experts in areas such as Food Chain laws, and the reference advisor of national associations and federations such as FEPEX. He is equity partner since 2018. Miguel Ángel studied at Universidad de Murcia, at University of London (PGC) and at UC Berkeley (LLM, with High Honors, being awarded "Best Oral Argument").

David Sanz Pérez

David Sanz is a partner in Garrigues' Administrative Law Department and is responsible for environmental law matters in the Barcelona office. He has extensive experience in providing legal advice to companies and Public Administrations on public procurement, the environment and regulated sectors. In addition to the lines of work described above, he also provides general advice on administrative law (disciplinary proceedings, contentious-administrative proceedings, expropriations, public domain and special properties, etc.). He holds a degree in Law from the University of Barcelona, a PhD in Administrative Law and has been recognised as a researcher (cum laude). Professor at the University of Barcelona since 1995 and author of several publications in his area of specialisation. He lectures at various university institutions and participates as a speaker at conferences, seminars, master's and postgraduate courses in his speciality. He also takes part in research projects promoted by the Department of Administrative Law at the University of Barcelona.

Jose Ramón Tenor

José Ramón is a partner in the Corporate/Commercial Law Department at the Seville office. He co-manages Agribusiness and Food at Garrigues. He practices in the areas of corporate/commercial law, mainly in connection with M&A, commercial contracts in general and company and corporate law. He specializes in corporate law. He has participated in negotiating and formalizing agreements recording the sale and purchase, merger and integration of companies, shareholder agreements and protocols, joint venture, investment and divestment agreements, managing due diligence teams, coordinating with respect to financing for acquisitions. He is secretary to the board of directors and governing boards at several companies.