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Christina Rios

Cristina Rios

Partner
Baker & McKenzie Barcelona S.L.P.

Biography

Cristina Rios is a corporate lawyer specialised in M&A and Private Equity in Spain. She has more than 12 years of experience being seen as a go-to expert for M&A and PE work to serve clients in high profile, cross border mandates. Her strong M&A and PE market knowledge is evidenced with specific experience in M&A transactions with a particular focus cross-border M&A deals, family-owned businesses, competitive auctions and mid-market deals including private share and business acquisitions, leveraged buy-outs (LBOs), management buy-outs (MBOs), management buy-ins (MBIs), group reorganizations, private equity/investment funds and financing transactions. She is ranked in Chambers with clients quoting that "Cristina Rios is very responsive and provides great support." "Cristina Rios is dedicated to us as a client, finding solutions to whatever we need.”

Representative Legal Matters

  • Agile: Advised Agile group -involved in delivering products and services that help customers to increase the effectiveness of their digital strategies and digital content- in its c. Eur 100 million acquisition of three companies in USA, LATAM and Spain.
  • KKR/Kito Crosby: Cristina is the legal counsel of choice of the US multinational Kito Crosby (KKR portco) in all legal matters involving cross-border M&A deals in multiple jurisdictions. Cristina also acts as their relationship partner and has lead all Spanish M&A team together with the US lead team in multiple share deals including not only the US but also China, Hong Kong, France and LATAM.
  • Chery Corporation: Cristina lead the negotiation of the multinational corporation's investment in Spain including the negotiation of specific tech-M&A contracts being also involved in coordinating other key workstreams such as antitrust and FDI clearances, IP and brand development, real estate, employment and environmental workstreams.
  • Suma Capital PE Fund: Advise on the acquisition of a controlling stake in a holding company owning a tech-related business in Spain. The deal was structured as an auction share deal bid. The deal value was approximately Eur 8 millon with additional capital commitments for Eur 32 million.
  • FedEX: Advised in all deal aspects and reorganization involving FedEx subsidiaries in Spain to integrate the operations of FedEx and TNT; including corporate; commercial; tax and labour-related advice.

Professional Honors

  • Ranked in Chambers&Partners for Corporate M&A in Barcelona, where the M&A team has been ranked in Band 1 for a number of years.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Spanish qualified lawyer: Barcelona BAR Association.
  • ESADE Alumni.

Admissions

  • Barcelona~Spain (2007)

Education

  • ESADE (Master in International Business Law)
  • University of Barcelona (Law Degree)

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Publications and Presentations

  • Teaching engagements with Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Master Universitario de Abogacía y Práctica Jurídica Mercantil) and ISDE (Master Universitario de Abogacía).
  • Regular speaker on M&A and PE related matters at numerous external and internal conferences.
Baker & McKenzie Barcelona S.L.P. is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.