Ana Calvo

Representative infrastructure, energy, waste and water matters include advising:

• General Mills on its acquisition of Edgard & Cooper, one of Europe's leading independent premium pet food brands.
• SSE Renewables on Spanish Public Law and FDI aspects related to the purchase, to Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, of its existing European renewable energy onshore wind plataform for a consideration of EUR 580 million.
• Repsol on the sale of a 25% stake, to Crédit Agricole Assurances and Switzerland-based investment manager Energy Infrastructure Partners (EIP), of its renewable energy business, consisting of windfarms, photovoltaic facilities and hydro projects, with a total installed capacity of approximately 2,280 MW.
• APG Asset Management on regulatory aspects impacting toll road concessions related to its acquisition of an interest in Itinere Infraestructuras, together with Corsair Infrastructure Partners, for EUR 1.3bn.
• CPP Investments, on regulatory and contentious aspects related to the purchase of a 24.99% stake in FCC Servicios Medio Ambiente, the environmental services division of Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, S.A. (FCC), a diversified conglomerate listed in Spain, for EUR 965m.
• HOCHTIEF on its EUR 18bn joint bid for Abertis, one of the leading international operators in toll road management, after agreement reached among ACS and Atlantia.
• China Tianying on regulatory matters related to its acquisition the leading environmental solutions entity Urbaser from ACS as well as on its sale to Platinum for EUR 3.5 billion.
• OTTP and PSP Investments on regulatory matters related to their EUR 1.6bn joint acquisition of a portfolio of renewable energy (wind, solar and water infrastructure assets), known as Cubico, from Banco Santander.
• Eurus Energy Europe (owned by Toyota Corporation) in an international arbitration against Spain under the Energy Charter Treaty.
• Ferroatlantica (Villar Mir Group) on several regulatory and environmental matters relating to: (i) its hydroelectric power plants in Spain; and (ii) on the development of a regasification terminal and two combined cycle power plants in Spain.
• CRCC on the acquisition of a controlling stake in Aldesa.
• Armonea on the sale of several nursing homes in the context of public concessions awarded by regional health authorities.
• Metro de Madrid on several public tenders regarding the acquisition of railway rolling stock and on a number of rebalancing claims lodged by concessionaires of Metro de Madrid's subway stations.
• EQT on the sale of a stake in SAUR, specialized in water management, to a consortium composed of global infrastructure fund manager DIF Capital Partners and the Dutch pension fund service provider PGGM.

Representative matters in the telecommunications sector include advising:

• Ufinet (Cinven) on several regulatory issues related to its fiber optic network in the gas transmission network in Spain.
• Cinven, KKR and Providence in their consortium investment relating to a EUR 3bn voluntary public bid for the entire share capital of MÁSMÓVIL IBERCOM, the fourth largest telecommunications operator in Spain.
• Orient Hontai Capital on the acquisition of a majority stake in Imagina Media Audiovisual.

Selected matters in the life sciences, environmental and consumer protection sectors include:

• KKR on regulatory aspects arising from: (i) its purchase of world leader fertility group IVI-RMA for a consideration of EUR 3 billion and the subsequent divestment of certain clinics; and (ii) its purchase of fertility group GeneraLife.
• Novartis on the transfer to Siegfried of two sites located in Spain dedicated to the manufacturing of pharmaceutical products.
• Bayer in the context of public liability claims from defective products.
• Meta regarding the implementation in Spain of the EU Price Indication Directive and the relevant transposed/corresponding national laws, in connection with Instagram advertisements.
• Kimberly Clark on environmental questions associated with packaging.
• Primark on labelling matters applying to cosmetics and other consumer goods placed in the Spanish market.

Selected FDI matters include advising:

• Cinven, KKR and Providence on the FDI process connected to their consortium investment relating to a EUR 3bn voluntary public bid for the entire share capital of MÁSMÓVIL IBERCOM, the fourth largest telecommunications operator in Spain.
• APG Asset Management on the FDI analysis and process in its acquisition of an interest in Itinere Infraestructuras, a major Spanish infrastructure management company.
• CPP Investments, on the FDI authorization process related to the purchase of a 24.99% stake in FCC Servicios Medio Ambiente Holding, SAU, the environmental services division of Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, S.A. (FCC), a diversified conglomerate listed in Spain for EUR 965m.
• Permira on its investment in Adevinta ASA and its Spanish subsidiaries.
• London Stock Exchange Group on FDI aspects of its acquisition of Refinitiv.

*Experience prior to joining White & Case