Elena Rodriguez

Elena is a counsel in the corporate and M&A department in Madrid. Elena’s main area of expertise is corporate law, having worked on different M&A transactions, private equity deals, joint ventures and restructuring (including both corporate and finance), both cross-border and local transactions. Elena also has experience in general legal corporate advice and in corporate related matters advising both Spanish and international clients.

Chambers ranks her as an "associate to watch" in private equity. Clients say that “she has the ability to translate problems into documents." and “It is great to work with her as she can explain those complex concepts and make them simple. And she always has the business in mind” 

Work highlights

Elena's experience include:

• Vauban and Crédit Agricole Assurances: advising on the €2.5bn acquisition of a 45% in Bluevía, the Spanish rural fibre company of Telefónica.
• Tensile Capital Management and Portobello Capital: advising on the acquisition of petrol station operator Plenoil.
• Q-Energy: advising on the €1bn sale of a renewable portfolio to Verbund.
• CVC, as majority shareholder of Deoleo, S.A., the largest olive oil producer in the world, as well as Deoleo, S.A. (and its subsidiaries in more than a dozen different jurisdictions): advising on all corporate matters in relation to the redefining of its capital and finance structure, in particular, a €575,000,000 debt restructuring and a €50m capital increase.
• Carlyle: advising on the sale of a majority stake in Logoplaste to OTPP (she also advised on the previous acquisition).
• Carlyle: advising on the acquisition of a 40% stake in Cepsa from Mubadala.

• Prosolia: advising on a financing granted by EIG and implemented through a preferred debt instrument and warrants. 
• ProA Capital and Familia Arango: advising on the sale of a minority stake to Grupo Vips and Alsea.
• ProA Capital: advising on the acquisition of a majority stake in La Casa de las Carcasas.
• ProA Capital: advising on the acquisition of a majority stake in Solitium and Pastas Gallo.
• BNP Paribas: advising on the acquisition by BNP Paribas Securities Services and BNP Paribas Asset Management of a 22.5% strategic stake in Allfunds Bank.
• Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan: advising on the acquisition by Mémora of Servicios Funerarios Montero and the attempted acquisition of Aguas de Valencia.
• Portobello: advising on the acquisition of Condis Supermercats from the Condal Family.
• First Reserve: advising on the acquisition from Renovalia of various wind farms.
• Macquarie: advising on the acquisition of E.ON’s business in Spain and Portugal.
• Bestinver: advising on the acquisition of 100% of the shares of (i) Fidentiis Gestión SGIIC, S.A. and (ii) Fidentiis Equities SV, S.A.
• Banco Santander and Intesa Sanpaolo: advising Banco Santander and Intesa Sanpaolo in the sale of a 100% stake in Allfunds to H&F.

Elena holds a degree in Law and Business Administration from Pablo de Olavide University in Seville. She began her career in 2011 at Uría Menéndez and joined Linklaters in September 2012.