Joining us from Cuatrecasas was Victor Xercavins, who joined us to discuss the relationship between private equity and family businesses in the Spanish market, where recent success stories have helped change the outlook that family businesses have on funds. We also asked Victor what the main challenges were when investing in a family business over other types of company. 

Joining us from T solar was the CEO, Marta Martinez Queimadelos, who highlighted the best tips for doing M&A deals in the Spanish energy market in 2018 and the impact that recent M&A regulations changes have had. 

Helping us to decipher the outlook for M&A in Spain was Juan Orbea, the Head of M&A Iberia at Santander, with multiple sectors in the economy have seen increased interest from investors. 

Discussing the Spanish real estate market was Luis Moreno, Managing Director at Ibero Capital Management, who highlighted the level of interest from foreign investors in the market where the macro perspectives were seen as favorable for investment. 

Sergio Velez, Senior Managing Director, Corporate Finance at FTI Consulting, joined us for a quick coffee and chat to discuss the latest trends and the outlook for the Spanish market.