Marcos Fernández-Rico Núñez

Marcos areas of expertise include M&A transactions (advising industrial clients and private equity funds alike); hedge funds and other distressed operators in the sale and purchase of loan portfolios (both performing and non-performing, secured and unsecured), real estate assets, corporate debt, incentive plans to key managers, shares in companies declared to be insolvent (or at risk of being so declared); corporate advice on private companies; and business reorganization processes (mergers, spin-offs, etc.) at national level as well as those with an international dimension. 

Marcos professional experience encompasses approaching, analyzing, negotiating and formalizing sale and purchase transactions (involving shares, businesses or a combination of both, as well as distressed debt).

Marco’s experience includes, among others:

• Carlyle Group
  • on the acquisition of 39% stake in Jeanología, a leading company in sustainable and efficient finishing technologies for textile, coding, packaging, and other industrial applications
  • on the acquisition of Bimba & Lola
• JB Capital Markets and Kartesia Advisors on the acquisition of a minority stake and debt position in Vitaldent from ICG
• Magnum Industrial Partners
  • on the acquisition of Indiba, a company specialised in the design, manufacture and distribution of products and devices for use by medical, physiotherapy and beauty specialists, through a competitive auction process
  • on the sale of Prodigo Inversiones, via Prodigo Luxembourg to Laboratorios Cinfa
  • on the disposal of Iberchem, a group of companies involved in the production of fragances and flavours, to Euroazeo
  • on the acquisition of Iberchem, a group of companies involved in the production of fragances and flavours
  • on the acquisition of a majority stake in ITA Clinic BCN, a leading company in the Spanish healthcare sector, located in Barcelona, Spain
  • on the sale of 100% of Geriatros Group to PAI Partners
  • on the €90 million refinancing of the corporate debt of Grupo Iberchem, granted by a syndicate of financial entities led by Natixis
  • on the acquisition of Centro Médico Teknon, a leading hospital in the Spanish private healthcare sector
  • on the sale of  Centro Médico Teknon, a leading hospital in the Spanish private healthcare sector
  • on the acquisition of Indiba, a company specialised in the design, manufacture and distribution of products and devices for use by medical, physiotherapy and beauty specialists, through a competitive auction process
  • on the €60 million acquisition of Lexer 2001, one of the key players in mass litigation legal services and debt recovery
  • on the acquisition of Cobralia Servicios de Recuperación, a debt recovery platform
• Trilantic Capital Partners on the acquisition of 100% of Pachá Group, a leading company in the entertainment sector, owned by the Urgell family
• RREEF Infrastructure
  • on the disposal of  Autovía del Camino, a Spanish concessionaire company dedicated to the construction, maintenance and operation of a highway in the North of Spain
  • on all legal aspects related to the €400 million acquisition of a majority stake in Autovía del Camino, a Spanish toll road concessionaire in Navarra, North of Spain
• Nazca Capital
  • on its divestment in the IMOncology Group (former Grupo IMO), a leading Spanish radiotherapy and oncology group
  • on the acquisition of a majority stake in Grupo IMO, a leading oncology group
  • on the estimated €45 million acquisition of Diater, a Spanish biopharma company specialised in the treatment of allergies with immunotherapy, from Grupo Ferrer, a leading group in Barcelona
• H.I.G. European Capital Partners Spain
  • on the acquisition of Sistemas e Imagen Publicitaria and Impursa, two Spanish companies primarily devoted to the marketing and advertising sector
  • on all legal aspects related to the acquisition of Impursa, an advertising company leader in outdoor and urban furniture, subsidiary of Redext Group
  • on the disposal of Tres60 Group to Mediapro
  • on the acquisition of Impactmedia, a company focused on advertising in shopping malls
• IDCSalud, a healthcare group owned by the British private equity firm CVC Capital Partners,and the managers
  • on its acquisition of 100% of Clínica Ruber and the Ruber Internacional Hospital (Grupo Ruber) in Madrid, Spain
  • on the merger with Clínica Rotger, a leading healthcare company in Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Background

He has a law degree and a diploma in Business administration and management by the Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE) de Madrid. He also holds a master's degree in Law (LLM) by Instituto de Empresa (Spain) and a master's degree in Business law by Boston College University (USA). He is a professor at IE teaching various programs (cross-border M&A, private equity, among others).

He speaks Spanish and English.

Prior to joining the firm, he worked at another international law firm in Madrid.

He is a member of the Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de Madrid (ICAM – Madrid Bar Association).