MAWEEKLY · 5 de mayo de 2025

Week 18 (2025) in M&A and Private Equity 🛰️🇪🇸

Weekly collection of transactions (April 28 - May 4)

• FI Group, a Spanish consultancy specializing in innovation funding, has reached an agreement to integrate into the French company EPSA. This strategic move aims to strengthen FI Group’s position in the innovation funding sector, leveraging EPSA’s resources and expertise to enhance service offerings and expand global reach. 1

• SAMY Alliance (Bridgepoint) expands European footprint with aquisition of Intermate. Founded in 2015, Intermate has emerged as a category leader in end-to-end social media marketing, leveraging proprietary technology and a data-driven platform to deliver best-in-class execution and creator-led strategies. 2

• Cibus Capital has acquired a majority stake in PSB Producción Vegetal, a Spanish company specializing in stone fruit breeding and genetics. Founded in 1989 and based in Murcia, PSB boasts a portfolio of 74 patented fruit varieties encompassing peaches, nectarines, apricots, and plums, and is expanding into table grapes and cherries. The company employs advanced molecular marker techniques and hybridization methods to develop varieties with enhanced flavor, disease resistance, and climate adaptability. 3

• Oaktree Capital Management has acquired real estate financing platform Xenia Capital, in a deal that it said will boost its position in the Iberian real estate market. Xenia finances developments across locations in the Iberian region including Madrid, the Costa del Sol and Barcelona. Its portfolio encompasses a diverse range of assets including build-to-rent, residential, co-living, and five-star hotels in tourist hotspots.4

• Prismore Capital (formerly Sonae Capital Industrials), has acquired 100% of Madrid-based Waste Plastic Iberia and 33% of Catalonia’s Greenertis. These companies are developing facilities to convert plastic waste into pyrolytic oil. The first plant, located in Tarragona, has a projected investment of €100 million and is expected to commence operations by the end of 2025. 5

• Greening Group has signed a capital increase agreement with the Mexican company Latina Desarrollos Energéticos, which becomes a shareholder. The deal involves a capital injection of up to €45 million. 6

• Mediterrania Capital Partners, a firm founded and led by Albert Alsina, has completed its full exit from Akdital, Morocco’s leading private healthcare group, through its MC III fund. The private equity firm initially invested in Akdital in March 2020, supporting its expansion from 5 to 35 hospitals, increasing bed capacity to over 2,300, and growing the workforce to 7,000 employees. 7

• Auren, a Spanish professional services firm, has reached an agreement to integrate Estudio Jurídico V2C Abogados, a multidisciplinary law firm with over 25 years of experience. The integration will strengthen Auren’s legal division, particularly in healthcare law and international taxation. In March 2025, Waterland Private Equity, a European investment firm, acquired a significant stake in Auren. This investment reflects a broader trend of increased private equity activity in the professional services sector. 8

• Andbank has reached an agreement to sell its Brazilian fund brokerage to Allfunds. As part of the deal, Andbank will also adopt Allfunds as its global partner for fund distribution. 9

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I am Fran Hidalgo-Barquero, a Partner at Albia IMAP. IMAP is an International Mergers and Acquisitions Partnership with a 50-year track record, more than 500 M&A professionals worldwide and a presence in 50 countries. IMAP has closed over 2,200 transactions valcued at $130bn in the last 10 years and is consistently ranked in the world’s Top 10 M&A advisors (Refinitiv) for mid-market transactions.