Guillermo Guerra about the proxy solicitor | El Economista

In this article in El Economista’s Private Equity section, Guillermo Guerra, partner at Mercantil and coordinator of Capital Markets at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, gives his opinion on the role of the proxy solicitor. According to Guillermo, this role in supporting listed companies in some of the latest transactions “has been essential”.

“In transactions such as those of Zardoya Otis or Europac, squeeze-out has been applied because the required acceptance thresholds have been reached,” concludes Guerra. In his opinion, “it is already common to count on these figures when considering a corporate transaction and, in particular, when there is a diversified shareholding structure with a high penetration of foreign investors”, says Guillermo.

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