Houlihan Lokey acquires Spanish firm Fidentiis Capital

With a focus on the mid-market in Spain, Fidentiis provides corporate finance advisory for mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and financing.

The firm was founded in 2015 by its managing partners, Carlos Paramés and Juan Luis Muñoz, and has worked on more than 25 M&A transactions in the Spanish mid-cap segment, including ProA Capital's acquisition of a majority stake in Pastas Gallo; Compañía del Trópico's finance restructuring provided by Kartesia; Riverside's sale of Euromed to Dermapharm; and Falcon Private Holdings' purchase of Halcón Cerámicas.

Following the deal, Carlos Paramés and Juan Luis Muñoz will join Houlihan Lokey as managing directors, reporting to Matteo Manfredi, head of corporate finance for continental Europe. They will work together with managing directors Ignacio Blasco and Manuel Martínez-Fidalgo and their existing corporate finance and financial restructuring teams.

This is the fifth acquisition made by Houlihan Lokey across Europe in the past four years, following the mergers with McQueen and Leonardo & Co in 2015, and BearTooth Advisors and Quayle Munro in 2018.

NYSE-listed Houlihan Lokey is a global investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring and valuation. The firm serves corporations, institutions and governments worldwide, and has offices in the US, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. 

Houlihan Lokey opened its Madrid office in 2013 and advised on numerous Spanish transactions, including the sale of Natra to Investindustrial and the acquisition of Ice Cream Factory Comaker by Ferrero.

Houlihan Lokey and Fidentiis acted as their own advisers on this transaction.

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