Region: Spain
Santander snaps up Wirecard payments platform, with A&O advising
Allen & Overy is advising Santander on its acquisition of Wirecard’s core technology assets, the latest in a series of firesales at the collapsed German payments firm which is facing claims worth over €12 billion.
18 November 2020
Sullivan & Cromwell and Wachtell Lipton advise as PNC buys BBVA USA
Pittsburgh-based PNC has agreed the purchase of Spanish bank BBVA’s US subsidiary – setting off a regulatory approvals process that will extend into the Biden administration.
18 November 2020
Uría Menéndez and Garrigues advising on Caixa-Bankia merger
Board members of CaixaBank have approved its €3.8 billion purchase of domestic counterpart Bankia – in a deal it says will make its non-performing loan ratio the lowest in Spain.
22 September 2020
“A step towards returning to normality”: European short-selling bans lifted
Six European countries are ending short-selling bans imposed at the outset of the covid-19 crisis.
20 May 2020
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