Miguel Ángel López Mateo
Miguel Ángel López Mateo is co-head of the Agribusiness area of Garrigues since the creation of the practice by the firm. As global co-director, he coordinates the food & drinks activity of all our national and international offices. He has wide experience in M&A, leading teams in Spain, Portugal and in several Latam countries where he has advised a large number of transactions for the acquisition and for the divestment of companies and assets (such as farmland, warehouses, bottling plants, etc), carve-outs, LBOs and MBOs. He usually works with national and international PE funds, advising private equity investors from the pre-investment stages of the projects, during the build-up, restructuring add-ons and portfolios and in all sort of exits, including secondary buy-outs. Advising the day-to-day management of food companies, Miguel Ángel is one of the most reputed experts in areas such as Food Chain laws, and the reference advisor of national associations and federations such as FEPEX. He is equity partner since 2018. Miguel Ángel studied at Universidad de Murcia, at University of London (PGC) and at UC Berkeley (LLM, with High Honors, being awarded "Best Oral Argument"). · Garrigues
About
Co-head of Garrigues' Agribusiness practice and global co-director coordinating food & drinks activity across the firm's national and international offices, with extensive experience in M&A, private equity and real estate transactions in Spain, Portugal and several Latin American countries. He advises multinational groups, PE funds and industry associations on food chain regulation and agribusiness matters.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- Universidad de Murcia
- University of London (PGC)
- University of California, Berkeley (LLM, High Honors)
Admissions
- Member of the Bar Association in Murcia