GA_P advises Meridiam on the acquisition of a 15% stake in Autopista del Sol Concesionaria Española (Ausol)

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo advised, through Infratoll Concesiones, S.A., a company controlled by the French fund Meridiam, on the acquisition of 15% of Ausol for €110.8 million from Ferrovial, through Cintra. As a result of this transaction, Infratoll Concesiones, S.A. became the sole shareholder of Ausol.

The transaction is the result of the Cintra company exercising the put option it had on these shares since 2019, when it sold 65% of Ausol to the same French fund.

Meridiam is a Paris-based global investor and asset manager specialising in the development, financing and management of long-term public infrastructure projects. Founded in 2005, Meridiam invests in public infrastructure in Europe, North America and Africa.

The advisors on the transaction were: Fernando Igartua, partner in the Banking and Finance practice, Mariana Díaz-Moro, partner in the Tax practice, Irene Carreño Álvarez and Sergio Gómez, associates in the Commercial practice, and María Fanego and Cecilia Herreros, associates in the Banking and Finance practice.