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Venture Capital

“The team has very strong technical capabilities as well as excellent commercial skills.”

Chambers & Partners Europe 2024 (Band 1)

Our Venture Capital team enjoys the highest recognition from leading legal directories Chambers & Partners and Legal500. We are the most active firm in operations of this type in Spain according to TTR data.

We have been pioneers in advising venture capital operations in Spain, both from the side of start-ups and from the side of funds or industrial companies that have begun to invest in this type of companies through venture capital operations. We have extensive experience in the sector, particularly in relation to technology companies, for which we have a specialized team in industrial and intellectual property and new technologies. Our point of view is eminently practical and focused on our clients’ business, which we know in depth.

Our advice covers:

Or investment contracts, shareholder agreements, option plans, ratchets, technology license agreements, among others (legal advice to investors, managers, and founders).

Areas

Corporate and M&A

Sectors

Private Equity

Meet the team

Álex Pujol

Partner

apujol@ga-p.com

Corporate and M&A

Barcelona, (+34) 93 415 74 00

David González

David González

Partner

dgonzalez@ga-p.com

Corporate and M&A

Madrid, (+34) 91 582 91 00

Álex Pujol

Partner

apujol@ga-p.com

Corporate and M&A

Barcelona, (+34) 93 415 74 00

David González

David González

Partner

dgonzalez@ga-p.com

Corporate and M&A

Madrid, (+34) 91 582 91 00

Andrea Esbrí

Senior associate

aesbri@ga-p.com

Corporate and M&A

Barcelona, (+34) 93 415 74 00

Andrés Castro

Senior Associate

acastro@ga-p.com

Corporate and M&A

Madrid, (+34) 91 582 91 00

Bárbara Saínz de Vicuña

Bárbara Saínz de Vicuña

Counsel

bsainz@ga-p.com

Intellectual Property

Madrid, (+34) 91 582 91 00

Isabel Bandín

Senior associate

ibandin@ga-p.com

Intellectual Property

Londres, +44 (0) 20 7329 5407

Inés López Seco

Inés López Seco

Associate

iseco@ga-p.com

Madrid, (+34) 91 582 91 00

Andrea Esbrí

Senior associate

aesbri@ga-p.com

Corporate and M&A

Barcelona, (+34) 93 415 74 00

Andrés Castro

Senior Associate

acastro@ga-p.com

Corporate and M&A

Madrid, (+34) 91 582 91 00

Bárbara Saínz de Vicuña

Bárbara Saínz de Vicuña

Counsel

bsainz@ga-p.com

Intellectual Property

Madrid, (+34) 91 582 91 00

Isabel Bandín

Senior associate

ibandin@ga-p.com

Intellectual Property

Londres, +44 (0) 20 7329 5407

Inés López Seco

Inés López Seco

Associate

iseco@ga-p.com

Madrid, (+34) 91 582 91 00

Acknowledgements

We are recognised nationally and internationally for our legal services, management, client service, innovation and technical excellence.

Chambers & Partners, Europe 2024 – Venture Capital

“The team has very strong technical capabilities as well as excellent commercial skills.”

Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Private Equity: Venture Capital

Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Private Equity: Venture Capital

“he manages all the expectations of his clients well and provides excellent feedback based on his wide and cross-sectional experience.”

Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Private Equity: Venture Capital

Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Private Equity: Venture Capital

News

Ranking M&A first half of 2024 | Expansión

The Firm is positioned among the most active firms in M&A in Spain in the first half of 2024, according to Expansión.

GA_P advises Housfy in a 30 million Euro Series B round of financing

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GA_P advises Visma on the acquisition of Woffu

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GA_P advises DoveConviene on the acquisition of Tiendeo

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GA_P advises Nauta Capital in a financing round at Loyal Guru

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Nauta Capital in a financing round in Loyal Guru. The round has been led by venture capital firm Nauta Capital and underwritten by existing investor Greycroft Partners. Loyal Guru, with base in Barcelona, is a company dedicated to develop a specialised platform for supermarkets that enables them to intelligently use…

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Álvaro Mateo Sixto

GA_P advises the partners of BUSUU on its sale to the listed company CHEGG

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised the partners of BUSUU on its sale to the American education technology company listed on the NYSE, CHEGG. The amount of the acquisition was €385 million, which makes it one of the most relevant exits in the history of the Spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem. BUSUU is a language learning technology platform…

Álvaro Mateo Sixto, Borja González Elejabarrieta, Jesús Tallos, Bárbara Saínz de Vicuña, Eduardo Martínez-Matosas

GA_P advises Bonsai Partners on Lodgify’s new financing round

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Álvaro Mateo Sixto

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo at South Summit

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Álvaro Mateo Sixto

GA_P advises Colvin on a 45 million euro financing round

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GA_P advises private equity fund Balderton Capital on a financing round for Cobee

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GA_P advised Holded Technologies partners on the sale of the company to Visma Group

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Holded Technologies, S.L. partners on the sale of the company to the Norwegian listed company Visma Group. The transaction comes five years after the firm’s trajectory began and after having raised more than 26 million dollars in Spanish and international funds. Holded was founded in 2016 to create a cloud…

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo’s Corporate team in the latest magazine of Capital & Corporate

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Álvaro Mateo Sixto

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