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Diego Rizo

Diego Rizo

Diego Rizo

Diego Rizo

Cargo

Senior Associate

Teléfono

+34 915 829 100

Email

drizo@ga-p.com

Nº de colegiado

115.281 ICAM

Oficina de Madrid

Paseo de la Castellana, 216. 28046 Madrid (Spain)

(+34) 91 582 91 00

madrid@ga-p.com

Diego is a senior associate in the Employment practice at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

He has a double degree in Law and Business Administration (E3) at Comillas Pontifical University – ICADE (Spain). ERASMUS Exchange Program in Law at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. The Hague, (Netherlands). He took an Advanced Course on International Business Transactions at the Center for American and International Law, Dallas (USA).
Diego has participated as an author in several specialised legal publications.

Areas and sectors in which he collaborates

Employment

I have carried out numerous transactions with Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

GA_P advises Diaphanum on an MBO with the entry of Kartesia into its share capital, 2026 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo ha asesorado a un sindicato de prestamistas liderado por Santander y Kutxabank en una financiación sindicada por importe de 200 millones de euros otorgada a All Iron SOCIMI con el objetivo de blindar su estructura de capital e impulsar la ejecución de su estrategia de crecimiento.

GA_P advises on the sale of a majority stake in European Quality Assurance Spain (EQA) to Peninsula Capital, 2026 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo ha asesorado a un pool de 18 entidades bancarias, liderado por BBVA y Banco Santander, en la reorganización de 357 millones de euros de deuda del Grupo Incarlopsa, líder en la industria de productos porcinos en España y principal proveedor cárnico de Mercadona, con una facturación superior a los 1.000 millones de euros.

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo advises PAI Partners on the sale of Grupo Uvesco (BM Supermercados and Super Amara), 2025 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised PAI Partners on the sale of Grupo Uvesco (BM Supermercados and Super Amara) to a consortium of Basque investors led by its CEO (Angel Jareño) and also formed by Stellum Capital, Inveready and Indar (Kutxabank), amongst others. GA_P advised PAI at every step of the legal process.

GA_P advises Oakley Capital on the acquisition of a majority stake in Paraty Tech, 2025 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Oakley Capital, through its vehicle Oakley Capital Fund VI, on the acquisition of a majority stake in Paraty Tech, a company specialising in hotel booking software, with a presence not only in the Iberian Peninsula but also in Latin America and the USA.

GA_P advises Making Science on the sale of its cloud and cybersecurity business unit to Lutech, 2025 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised the Making Science group, whose parent company is listed on BME Growth and currently has more than 1,200 employees and a technological presence and development in 15 markets, on the sale of two Spanish companies that make up its cloud and cybersecurity business unit in Spain to Lutech, a leading Italian group in digital services and artificial intelligence.

GA_P advised Kartesia and GTO Partners on the acquisition of Smarttech to Ayesa, 2024 – The GA_P team was formed by Álvaro Mateo, Andrés Castro and Marta del Toro from Corporate; Aitor Soloeta and Luis Cuesta from Tax; Isabela Crespo and Isabel Bandín from IP; Vanessa Fernández-Lledó and Paloma de Carlos from White Collar Crime and Internal Investigations and Diego Rizo from Employment.

GA_P advises the partners of fintech Unnax on the sale of the company to PSG Equity, 2023 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised the partners of fintech company Unnax in the sale of the company to PSG Equity fund. Unnax was founded in 2016 with the aim of accelerating digital transformation in the financial sector, becoming one of the European leaders in Open Finance solutions, with a significant presence in Latin America. The…

GA_P advises Lamosa on the purchase of the flat ceramic business from Roca, 2021 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Mexico’s Grupo Lamosa on the acquisition of Roca’s flat ceramic business for €220 million. Lamosa is one of the world’s leading ceramic tile manufacturers. The operation includes the indirect acquisition of the Roca Group’s subsidiaries in this business, with a presence in Spain, the USA and Brazil, and the subsequent…

He joins Gómez-Acebo & Pombo in 2013.

2012 | Erasmus in Law at the Hague University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands).

2013 | Double degree in Law and Business Administration and Management at Comillas Pontifical University – ICADE (Spain).

2018 | Advanced Course on International Business Transactions by the Center for American and International Law, Dallas (USA).

Member of Madrid Bar Association (since 2013).

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GA_P advises Diaphanum on an MBO with the entry of Kartesia into its share capital

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo ha asesorado a un sindicato de prestamistas liderado por Santander y Kutxabank en una financiación sindicada por importe de 200 millones de euros otorgada a All Iron SOCIMI con el objetivo de blindar su estructura de capital e impulsar la ejecución de su estrategia de crecimiento.

David González, Clara Rivero, Ana Martínez-Pina, Javier Vinuesa, Rocío Arias, Jesús Tallos, Diego Rizo, Carlos de la Luna, Carlota Mazzuchelli

GA_P advises on the sale of a majority stake in European Quality Assurance Spain (EQA) to Peninsula Capital

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo ha asesorado a un pool de 18 entidades bancarias, liderado por BBVA y Banco Santander, en la reorganización de 357 millones de euros de deuda del Grupo Incarlopsa, líder en la industria de productos porcinos en España y principal proveedor cárnico de Mercadona, con una facturación superior a los 1.000 millones de euros.

Pablo Fernández Cortijo, Carolina Posse Van Der Laat, Nicolás Zúñiga, Diego Rizo

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo advises PAI Partners on the sale of Grupo Uvesco (BM Supermercados and Super Amara)

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised PAI Partners on the sale of Grupo Uvesco (BM Supermercados and Super Amara) to a consortium of Basque investors led by its CEO (Angel Jareño) and also formed by Stellum Capital, Inveready and Indar (Kutxabank), amongst others. GA_P advised PAI at every step of the legal process.

Pablo Fernández Cortijo, Andrés Castro, , Andrew Ward, Luis Cuesta, Carles Armiño, Rafael Espinosa, Carmen García, Diego Rizo, Carmen Abad, Beatriz García-Ferrer, Fernando Trigo, Marta Rey, Isabel Bandín, Marta Martínez-Almeida

GA_P advises Oakley Capital on the acquisition of a majority stake in Paraty Tech

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Oakley Capital, through its vehicle Oakley Capital Fund VI, on the acquisition of a majority stake in Paraty Tech, a company specialising in hotel booking software, with a presence not only in the Iberian Peninsula but also in Latin America and the USA.

Pablo Fernández Cortijo, Diana Linage, Inés López Seco, Andrew Ward, Jesús Antonio Urriza, Álvaro Obregón, Marina Carreño, Diego Rizo, Beatriz García-Ferrer, Bárbara Saínz de Vicuña, Claudia Pérez, Jaime Hidalgo

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo shortlisted for Employment National Firm of the Year | IEL Awards 2025

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo shortlisted for Employment National Firm of the Year at the International Employment Lawyer Awards 2025, recognising the excellence and leadership of law firms in employment law in Spain.

Ignacio del Fraile, Pablo Santos, Borja González Elejabarrieta, Juan Antonio de Lanzas, Lourdes Escassi, J. Manuel Luis Carrasco, Delia Castaños, Clara Molina, Diego Rizo, Jesús Tallos,

GA_P advises Making Science on the sale of its cloud and cybersecurity business unit to Lutech

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised the Making Science group, whose parent company is listed on BME Growth and currently has more than 1,200 employees and a technological presence and development in 15 markets, on the sale of two Spanish companies that make up its cloud and cybersecurity business unit in Spain to Lutech, a leading Italian group in digital services and artificial intelligence.

Álvaro Mateo Sixto, Carolina Posse Van Der Laat, Andrew Ward, Jesús Antonio Urriza, Diego Rizo, José Ramón Pérez, Bárbara Saínz de Vicuña

GA_P advised Kartesia and GTO Partners on the acquisition of Smarttech to Ayesa

The GA_P team was formed by Álvaro Mateo, Andrés Castro and Marta del Toro from Corporate; Aitor Soloeta and Luis Cuesta from Tax; Isabela Crespo and Isabel Bandín from IP; Vanessa Fernández-Lledó and Paloma de Carlos from White Collar Crime and Internal Investigations and Diego Rizo from Employment.

Álvaro Mateo Sixto, Andrés Castro, Luis Cuesta, Aitor Soloeta, Isabel Bandín, , Vanessa Fernández-Lledó, Diego Rizo

They won’t move me from the beach: this is the battle of the ‘last Mohicans’ of teleworking | El País

This article published by El País reviews the most recent rulings on teleworking. Diego Rizo, lawyer of Labour Law at the firm, explains that teleworking must have objective reasons for companies and for the worker: “The requests must be reasonable and proportionate in relation to the needs of conciliation of the worker and the organisational…

GA_P advises the partners of fintech Unnax on the sale of the company to PSG Equity

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised the partners of fintech company Unnax in the sale of the company to PSG Equity fund. Unnax was founded in 2016 with the aim of accelerating digital transformation in the financial sector, becoming one of the European leaders in Open Finance solutions, with a significant presence in Latin America. The…

Álvaro Mateo Sixto, Carolina Posse Van Der Laat, Diego Rizo

GA_P advises Lamosa on the purchase of the flat ceramic business from Roca

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Mexico’s Grupo Lamosa on the acquisition of Roca’s flat ceramic business for €220 million. Lamosa is one of the world’s leading ceramic tile manufacturers. The operation includes the indirect acquisition of the Roca Group’s subsidiaries in this business, with a presence in Spain, the USA and Brazil, and the subsequent…

Pablo Fernández Cortijo, Constantino Pérez, Andrés Castro, Santiago Gómez-Acebo, Irene Fernández Puyol, Marta Rey, , Isabel Bandín, , , Carla Fandiño, Iñigo Igartua, Miguel Troncoso, Ignacio del Fraile, Diego Rizo, Claudia Gálvez, Marta Martínez-Almeida