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Enrique Chamorro

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About

Enrique is a Partner in the M&A and Private Equity team at DLA Piper Spain, representative of the Latin America Committee and responsible for the cross border corporate matters and M&A transactions between DLA Piper’s International platform and the Latin America region.

He specializes in M&A, Private Equity, Search Funds and Venture Capital, and in particular has broad experience in cross border transactions and corporate restructurings. He focuses in sectors such as technology, education, real estate and retail.

He has developed his professional career working in the cities of Madrid, Prague, London, Sᾶo Paulo and Bogotá. Also, he has worked in the Corporate Departments of some leading international law firms.

Enrique has represented companies such as CVC Capital Partners, KKR, Oaktree Capital, Cerberus PAI Partners, Sun Capital, Portobello, Nazca, MCH, Kraft Foods and Michelin.

Areas of Expertise

M&A, Private Equity, Search Funds, Venture Capital and Corporate Restructuring.

MAJOR TRANSACTIONS

  • Advising CVC Capital Partners, on the sale of Quironsalud, Spain's largest private healthcare group, to Fresenius SE, Europe’s biggest publicly traded health-care provider, for EUR5.76bn.
  • Advising KKR and EMK Capital, on the sale of the educational group Cognita for GBP2.1bn.
  • Advising Abengoa on the sale of Befesa Group to Triton Partners for a value of EUR1.07bn.
  • Advising Kraft Cadbury group regarding EU cross-border merger for a value of USD1.03bn.
  • Advising CVC Capital Partners on the acquisition of 29.9% of the share capital in Deoleo and take-over bid up to 100% for a value of EUR951m.
  • Advising CVC Capital Partners on the acquisition of Capio Sanidad for a value of EUR930m.
  • Advising KKR on the sale of Ursa to Lone Star for a value of EUR400m.
  • Advising Oaktree Capital on the sale of Panrico, S.A. to the Bimbo Group for EUR238m.
  • Advising PAI Partners on the acquisition of Geriatros group from Magnum Partners for EUR210.
  • Advising Sun Capital Partners on the acquisition from Vista Capital of Famosa for EUR189m.
  • Advising to CVC Capital Partners on the acquisition of R Galicia de Cable for EUR157m.
  • Advising Bregal Capital on the sale of a minority stake in Cognita to KKR for GBP150m.
  • Advising Actera Group on the acquisition of Standard Profil in Spain and Turkey for a EUR117m.
  • Advising N+1 on the negotiation regarding the sale of Eolia Gregal de Inversiones, S.C.R., S.A. to Plentium Partners for a value of EUR112m.
  • Advising Portobello Capital on the acquisition of Vitalia Group for EUR100m.
Languages
  • Español
  • Inglés
  • German
  • Portuguese
  • French
  • Arabic
  • Chinese (Mandarin)
Education
  • Harvard University, Boston Course in Law and Economics
  • IE Business School, Madrid, LL.M in Business Law Honors (A+)
  • Universidad San Pablo, CEU, LL.M in Intellectual Property

     

    Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Law Degree

Seminars

Enrique is a regular speaker in the #KnowYourRights programme, organised by the Probono area of our firm together with ACNUR (Spain). In this event, topics on contract law and, specifically, consumer law are discussed.

Additional Qualifications

Enrique is professor at the IE Business School teaching Private Equity, Cross border M&A and Joint Ventures in the LL.M of International Business Law.

He is a regular guest speaker at the Columbia Business School, panelist at INSEAD (Asia campus) and Yale School of Management in the Entrepreneurship through Acquisition - Search Funds programs.

Enrique was a lecturer at IE University and at the Carlos III University (Madrid) teaching corporate law within the Private Law Department.

Memberships

  • Madrid Bar Association

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