Carmen Burgos

Carmen is a partner in the corporate and M&A department in Madrid, with extensive experience in private equity, general M&A, and joint ventures, including commercial agreements for domestic and international clients. She focuses on the consumer, telecom, media, and technology sectors.

Chambers ranked her as a top lawyer in corporate and private equity in Spain, praising her technical expertise and solution-oriented approach. Clients describe her as highly commercial, hands-on, and a strong negotiator who seeks the best deals while highlighting risks and offering solutions. She is known for her reliability, intelligence, and ability to deliver legal services efficiently. Carmen is also ranked as “next generation partner” in private equity as well as in commercial, corporate and M&A by Legal 500.

Likewise, Carmen has been the first woman to lead the Spanish TTR star M&A lawyers' ranking published by El Confidencial (2024).

Work highlights

Carmen has led or advised on many market-leading deals. These include:

• Advising Permira on the €2.2bn sale to EQT of a majority stake in Universidad Europea, as well as on its acquisition of a stake in AltamarCAM.
• Advising Ardian and the minority shareholders on the transfer to CVC Capital Partners of Monbake, as well as on the subsequent add-on of La Niña del Sur. She also advised on the previous acquisition of Monbake by Ardian.
• Advising Actis on the acquisition from Asterion of a portfolio of 11 data centers in Chile, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Mexico and USA.
• Advising Vauban Infrastructure Partners and Credit Agricole Assurance on the €2.5bn acquisition of a 45% stake of the rural fiber of Telefónica, Bluevía Fibra.
• Advising Crédit Agricole Assurances and Energy Infrastructure Partners on the €905m acquisition of a 25% stake in Repsol Renovables from Repsol.

• Advising IVIRMA’s shareholders on the €3bn sale of the company to KKR – the biggest transaction in the Spanish Private Equity sector in 2023.

Carmen has had several management responsibilities in the Madrid office, including being one of the Knowledge & Learning Partners, one of the Recruiting Partners in the Madrid office and the MSC Staffer.

Carmen studied Law and Business (E-3) at Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid (Spain).

In addition to Spanish and English, Carmen advises frequently in French and has a good knowledge of Portuguese.