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Francisco Bachiller Ströhlein

Legal Director
About

Francisco (Paco) is a Legal Director in the Corporate/M&A practice in Spain advising on all areas of corporate law with a particular focus on national and cross-border M&A, joint ventures, private equity investments, and venture capital. His experience includes private share and business acquisitions/disposals, domestic and multi-jurisdictional, private equity investments, corporate venture capital investments, and joint ventures/strategic alliances, and corporate reorganizations, covering all industries such as technology, consumer goods, life sciences/healthcare, industrials, and infrastructure (including energy and renewables), and media, and entertainment.

At DLA Piper he has acted for numerous corporates, PE investors, funds, and (corporate) venture capitalists.

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising SDW on the acquisitions in Spain, including Integrho, a supplier of payroll software for the local Spanish market.
  • Advising Infravia Capital Partners on its potential acquisition of HT Medica, a leading Spanish provider of radiology and diagnostic imaging services.
  • Advising Infravia Capital Partners on Paack's EUR 200 + 50 million financings. Paack offers a a pioneering ecommerce delivery solution.
  • Advising The Olayan Group on the acquisition of Trivalor XXI, S.L. holder of title over various buildings located in Spain.
  • Advising Paladin Capital on its 30 million investment in IriusRisk, the world's leading Open Threat Modeling platform.
  • Advising Kingsley Gate on the acquisition of Seeliger y Conde, a leading executive talent recruitment firm in Spain.
  • Advising BIG Language Solutions, LLC on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Lawlinguists S.r.l. and, indirectly, its subsidiaries Lawlinguists International SL and Lawlinguists Deutschland GmbH
  • Advising Infravia Capital Partners on its lead investment of 65m of Stratio BD, Europe’s leading data fabric provider, together with Adara.
  • Advising Top Tier Capital Partners on its investment in Typeform (software company specializing in online forms and polls) in the 135 million Series C funding led by Sofina, together with General Atlantic and other returning investors.
  • Advising Rakuten Capital on various financing rounds in global delivery app, Glovo.
  • Advising Rakuten Capital and Seaya and others on their investment in Hundredrooms, and apartment meta-search engine.
  • Advising Advent on its majority stake acquisition (together with Cemex, key strategic partner) of Neoris, a digital transformation consultancy company.
  • Advising Fever on various acquisitions (domestic and cross-border).
  • Advising Emeritus, the global leader in making high-quality education accessible and affordable to individuals, companies, and governments around the world, on its acquisition of Global Alumni, Euro-american Edtech.
  • Advising PE backed Masair, air cargo and logistics services provider, on its minority investment in ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance) airline and lease specialist, Galistair.
  • Advising Elevar and Imaginable Futures on their investments in Latam Edtech, Grupo Vida.
  • Advising GP Bullhound on its lead Series A investment in Busuu, a language learning platform on web, iOS and Android that allows users to interact with native speakers.
  • Advising IDC Ventures on its investment Series C investment in Byhours, a hotel rental marketplace.
  • Advising Aquila Capital on a joint venture for the development of a paneuropean data centre portfolio.
  • Advising Afr-ix Telecom S.L. on the new submarine cable between Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Greece and Cyprus with Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt.
  • Advising Brookfield Asset Management on the acquisition of logistics assets in Spain.
  • Advising Infravia Capital Partners on its potential acquisition of HT Medica, a leading Spanish provider of radiology and diagnostic imaging services.
  • Advising Ellalink on the Ellalink submarine cable system linking Portugal and Brazil, through a joint venture with Marguerite.
  • Advising Islalink on its agreement with EXA Infrastructure for the IONIAN Submarine System that connects Crotone, Italy, with Preveza, Greece.
  • Advising Macquarie Infrastructure Partners V, an Americas-focused, unlisted infrastructure fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management (MAM), on its acquisition of 50% of Odinsa’s stake in airport concessionaries in Ecuador and Colombia.
  • Advising Lineage Logistics Holdings, LLC, the world’s largest and most innovative temperature-controlled logistics company, backed by financial sponsor Bay Grove Management Company, LLC, on the acquisition of Frinavarra and Frioastur, leading temperature-controlled logistics service providers in Spain offering advanced food logistics services to production, trading, transport and retail customers.
Languages
  • German
  • Spanish
  • English
Education
  • Columbia University School of Law, New York, NY, LL.M., May 2012
  • Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE), Madrid, Spain, Licenciado en Derecho y Diplomatura en Relaciones Internacionales, June 2009
  • Eberhart-Karls Uuniversität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Erasmus Scholarship, February 2008

Seminars

  • Proposed for Iberian Lawyer 40 under 40 awards (2020).
  • Lectures and debates at to Spanish law faculties.
  • M&A seminars (internal and external).
  • Member of DLA Piper’s “Project Excellence” initiative for the standardisation of agreements and corporate documents.
  • Refinancing and judicial composition/settlement agreements.
  • Seminar at ICADE presenting DLA and case study for students.
  • General corporate and other (team-building) workshops.

Prior Experience

  • July 2017 - present - DLA Piper (Madrid)
  • September 2012 - July 2017 - International law firm (Madrid)
  • September 2009 - July 2011 - International law firm (Madrid - Lawyer)
  • July 2008 - September 2008 - International law firm (Madrid/London - Internship)
  • July 2006 - September 2006 - Choice Hotels International, Inc. (Washington D.C. - Summer intern Legal Dpt.)

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Member of the Madrid Bar Association (Colegio de Abogados de Madrid) and part of Columbia University's Alumni association.
  • Member of the lawyers hiring committee of the firm.

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