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Grafton Corporate Development appoints Álvaro Quintanilla as Director of Mergers and Acquisitions for the North zone

Ulises Vegas — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 09:02:10 +0000

Grafton Corporate Development firm specialized in the execution of corporate operations, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), with extensive experience in international transactions has appointed Álvaro Quintanilla as Director of M&A for the North of Spain.

Álvaro Quintanilla has a degree in Business Administration and Management from the Universidad Comercial de Deusto and has extensive experience in advising on corporate mergers and acquisitions. He has developed his more than 10 years of professional career in the industrial, services and real estate development sectors.

At Grafton Corporate Development, he will be in charge of contributing to the growth of the firm and executing the corporate operations carried out in his delegation, which is headquartered in Bilbao. “I am very pleased to join Grafton at a time when the business and industrial fabric has improved its appeal as a focus for mergers and acquisitions, and in our area in particular. As a dealmaker, I will be in charge of meeting the needs of our clients’ corporate operations in this territory, ”says Álvaro Quintanilla.

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Expectations regarding Brexit …

Ulises Vegas — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 09:05:21 +0000

In the short term, the Brexit decision will have a negative impact on M&A in the rest of 2016 derived from the uncertainty regarding the collaboration model with the EU, bilateral negotiations of the countless trade agreements in force and the deadlines for the implementation of Brexit. Another immediate consequence will be a lengthening of the execution deadlines in M&A operations or even cancellation of ongoing processes. [/ Fusion_text]

In the medium term, it is expected that Brexit would cause assets located in the US to have a greater demand by part of investors. The turmoil in the market would cause IPOs to be reduced as well. [/ Fusion_text]

However, there are possibilities for generating crossborder M&A opportunities in this context, where UK or EU companies wish to divest strategically their respective investees derived from uncertainty, preference for other markets, model change, applicable legal or tax legislation, etc.

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Awaiting the M&A boom

Ulises Vegas — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 12:11:59 +0000

After a low start to the year in the number and value of M&A transactions, derived from the uncertainty in the markets, the effect of Brexit, the slowdown of the Chinese economy, among others, a period of strong recovery is expected, derived from interest rates negatives and the generosity of the ECB. [/ fusion_text]

While PE funds have been generating a huge amount of cash to invest in in recent months, the essential difficulty is identifying targets to invest or acquire. In these circumstances, it is an ideal time to increase debt levels or substitute financing at lower rates. On the other hand, companies are seeing positive signs in their orders, sales and results after years of crisis in the eurozone. [/ Fusion_text]

With these ingredients, an imminent wave of M&A operations is expected in the final part of 2016. The complexity for investors will be derived from the different angles to be considered in operations, decisions in relation to sectors or geographical areas, as elements that will be more critical than ever.

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