Representative Transactions

Mr. Ruiz has played a key role in numerous high-profile transactions, including:

• Acted for a Spanish financial lender in a $600 million acquisition financing for a Colombian company’s tender offer for a Peruvian listed company.
• Represented a Swiss travel conglomerate in various acquisitions of U.S. business operators.
• Advised Mexican sellers on a $250 million sale of a family-owned media and entertainment business to a U.S. network.
• Acted for a Swiss/U.K. chemical conglomerate through the spin-off of its specialty chemical business.
• Acted for a Spanish-listed security group in a $200 million acquisition of the largest Latin American security group.
• Led the reorganization of Western Hemisphere subsidiaries for a Japanese electronics conglomerate, valued at over $1 billion.
• Advised a Spanish telecommunications company on a $350 million tender offer for a Central American carrier.
• Assisted a U.S. private equity firm with acquiring a Spanish soft drink business.
• Advised on the sale of a manufacturing plant in Spain for a U.S.-listed pharmaceutical company.
• Advised on the sale of a specialty chemical business in Spain for a U.S.-listed chemical group.
• Advised on the bulk sale of a U.S.-listed offshore construction and management company for a Spanish firm.
• Established joint venture manufacturing facilities in China for a Spanish industrial group.
• Advised on the acquisition of a U.S. security solutions company by a Spanish construction company.
• Advised a U.S.-listed company with acquisitions of automotive parts manufacturers in Argentina.
• Assisted a U.S.-listed telecommunications/media company with acquiring 17 cable TV operators in Argentina.
• Advised a U.S.-listed generics company through two acquisitions in Argentina.
• Acted for a Spanish kitchen equipment manufacturer on a $150 million takeover of its U.S. joint venture group.
• Facilitated a joint venture for a U.S. healthcare management company in Barcelona.
• Acted for a Spanish-listed company with acquiring U.S. vehicle service providers.
• Acted for a Spanish conglomerate in connection with the sale of equity interests for a Guatemalan telecommunications company.
• Advised on acquisitions of a U.S. automobile components group for a Spanish company.
• Acted as lender’s U.S. counsel in connection with the financing of several hotels and resorts in Mexico and the Caribbean.
• Assisted a world leading ports operator in connection with the winning bid for the privatization of the port in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Advised a Spanish pharmaceutical group in connection with the acquisition of a SEC registered company, through a statory merger,
• Acted as seller’s counsel on the sale of a manufacturing subsidiary located in North Carolina to a Singapore private equity fund.
• Advised an Argentine private technology group in connection with its joint venture with Argentina’ largest telecommunications conglomerate.
• Advised a Spanish leading e-medical solutions company on the acquisition of a California technology company, with a statutory (squeeze-out) merger.
• Acted as buyer’s counsel for a Spanish railway infrastructure on the acquisition of two companies based in Texas.
• Advised a Spanish family office in connection with the sale of the Standard Lido Hotel in South Beach, Florida.
• Acted as borrower’s counsel to a Peruvian agrobusiness conglomerate in connection with the refinancing of a $111,800,000 loan from Metlife of New York.
• Advised a Spanish family office in connection with the sale of the Laguna Beach Hotel in Laguna Breach, California.
• Acted as counsel to a US/Colombian group on its acquisition of the industrial business of a U.S. company with facilities in North Carolina and Indiana.
• Acted as borrower’s counsel, a Lima-listed Peruvian fishing group on the refinancing of a credit facility from the IADB (World Bank).
• Acted as buyer’s counsel to Europe’s leading optical buying group on three consecutive acquisitions of U.S. companies in the same line of business, involving acquisirion financing in some instances.
• Advised a Spanish (New YorkSE listed) unicorn company, in the electric vehicle charging solutions business, on the acquisition of a California based company.
• Advised a Spanish pharmaceutical company in connection with a U.S. joint venture with a celebrity actress.
• Advised the owners of U.S. company providing airline reservations solutions, with subsidiaries in India, Ireland and New Zealand to a Canadian conglomerate.