People
Ignacio Hornedo
Biography
Ignacio is Managing Partner of Spain. After 20 years of experience, Ignacio combines particular expertise on private capital transactions with special focus in the energy and infrastructure sectors.
His practice encompasses all aspects of corporate transactions including M&A, disposals, private equity, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations and commercial contracts. He has acted on both domestic and cross-border deals for private capital investors, development platforms and large corporates. Ignacio has been lecturing Civil and Corporate Law at the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE) since 2015 and is also a member of its post-graduate examination board. In addition, he is recognized as one of the most relevant Spanish lawyers in the main legal directories, such as Chambers & Partners, IFLR1000, and Legal 500.
Practice areas
- Corporate and M&A
- Private equity
- M and A JVs and corporate reorganizations
Sectors
- Private capital
- Private equity
- Mining and metals
- Energy
- Infrastructure and transport
- Renewables
- Carbon capture and storage
- Energy networks
Selected experience
- Intermediate Capital Group on the investment of a 30% stake in Grupo J. Uriach, S.L. carried out through: (i) an acquisition of shares; and (ii) a share capital increase to partially finance the acquisition of the French company PAM Invest- Ineldea Santé SAS.
- Bruc on the purchase of 8 companies that own photovoltaic projects for a total of 400MWs in Andalusia, promoted by Magtel. With this deal, we have supported Bruc in purchasing more than 20 photovoltaic projects with a total capacity of 1,150MW in the past three years. This transaction marks another milestone in their ambitious growth strategy in the renewable energy sector.
- Intermediate Capital Group on the sale of Garnica to The Carlyle Group.
- A public petroleum and natural gas company on a joint venture with Petronor in relation to the construction and operation of a demonstration plant for the synthesis of renewable products from green hydrogen and captured CO2, at the Muskiz location (Bizkaia).
- A leading shipping company on Green Marine Fuel Corridors including green hydrogen to ammonia and methanol plants. This includes all regulatory aspects (RED II and RFNBO) and the development, construction and financing of a series of giga-projects in numerous jurisdictions, including Spain.
- Cegid on the acquisition of Grupo Primavera, a transaction which strengthens its position as a leading provider of business management solutions in the cloud and creates a combined company valued at approximately EUR 6,8 billion.
- Intermediate Capital Group on the 2000 million Euros project to create a global gigant CX and BPO, through the acquisition of Comdata by Konecta.
- British Telecommunications on the sale of its Spanish managed ICT services business to Portobello Capital.
- Amixa and Aurica Capital on the sale of STI Norland, one of the world's leading manufacturers and installers of trackers for solar power plants, to Array Technologies Inc.
- Sandfire on the 1.6 billion project to acquire Matsa, Spain's largest mine.
Education
- Degree, Law, ICADE, 2005
Admissions
- Lawyer, Spain, 2005
Languages
- English
- Spanish