Samir is a partner in the Corporate / M&A department and a lead member of the Private Equity practice group.
He specializes in cross-border M&A, private equity and infrastructure transactions.
He has been consistently involved as lead partner in many of the leading, high-end transactions which have taken place in the Spanish market in the last years.
- Jacobs Holding on the acquisition of ILERNA
- idealista and its shareholders, EQT, Apax, Oakley, and the founder-led management team, on the sale of a majority stake in idealista to Cinven.
- Cinven on the acquisition of Amara Nzero.
- The management team of Universidad Europea on the sale of a majority stake in Universidad Europea by Permira to EQT.
- Trilantic Europe on the sale of the Pacha Group (excluding the Lio business line and other assets) to FIVE Holdings.
- Permira on the acquisition of Neuraxpharm.
- Neuraxpharm, a portfolio company of Permira, on the sale of Inke to Keensight Capital.
- Ardian on the sale of ASR Wind to Naturgy.
- Cinven on the acquisition of a majority stake in RB Iberia.
- Restaurant Brands Iberia, a portfolio company of Cinven, on the acquisition of 158 Burger King restaurants from lbersol.
- EQT on the voluntary takeover bid over Solarpack Corporación Tecnológica.
- EQT on the takeover bid over Parques Reunidos in consortium with Groupe Bruxelles Lambert and Corporación Financiera Alba.
- Brookfield on its investment, together with Partners Group, in Aparca.
- Brookfield on the acquisition of DIF's 80% stake in the vehicle co-invested by Iridium (ACS) holding a portfolio of 5 Spanish concessions.
- Brookfield on the acquisition of 80% of Iridium's equity holdings in the concessionaire and operator of Hospital de Toledo.
- Advent International on the sale of Maxam to Rhone Capital following our previous advice on its acquisition.
- KKR and Artá Capital on the acquisition of Grupo Alvic FR Mobiliario and its subsidiaries from its founding shareholders.
- KKR on the acquisition of a 40% stake in Telxius from Telefónica.
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Contact details
- Clifford Chance, Madrid
- +34915909475
- Email me
- Speaks Spanish and English
- Practice area M&A corporate
- Sector Energy & resources, Sovereign wealth, Private equity, Infrastructure investors
Career and qualifications
- Universidad Pontificia Comillas – ICADE, Madrid (Law Degree) 2003
Professional bodies
- Member of the Madrid Bar Association
Awards and citations
- Member of the Madrid Bar Association
- Ranked as Band 1 in Private Equity and Band 3 in Corporate/M&A: High-end capability Chambers Europe 2024: Private Equity & Corporate/M&A
- Ranked as Leading Partner in Private Equity
Legal 500 2024: Private Equity - "Samir Azzouzi: I have rarely seen such an outstanding, hands-on leader within the practice. He demonstrates a great ability to simplify complex matters into more digestible items of negotiation."
- "Samir Azzouzi has done a fantastic job with us. Very elaborate preparation of documents, and a lot of help in review and negotiation with the counterparty."
Ranked as Leading Partner in Private Equity
Legal 500 2024: Private Equity