Marta Lao

Marta advises her clients in corporate transactions, private equity & venture capital deals, corporate restructurings and general corporate matters, across a wide range of sectors and, in most cases, with an international component. She is ranked by Best Lawyers as a leading lawyer in Spain.
Marta has years of experience acting for international firms (corporates, investment funds and medium-sized enterprises) and also for entrepreneurs in the M&A and Venture Capital space, mainly in the Tech, Media & Communications sector.
Alongside the transactional focus, Marta regularly advises clients in their international expansion projects and in their corporate day-to-day affairs.
Quoted in El Confidencial as a female lawyer rising star in the M&A sector - link to the article here
"I had the chance to be seconded to our Silicon Valley offices from July 2018 to March 2019, providing legal support to US clients within the Western time zone, and connecting them with Osborne Clarke's expert lawyers in Europe and Asia".
Advising fashion platform 21Buttons in sale to Peoople.
Advising Ziff Davies, LLC in acquisition of 100% of The Aberdeen Group, LLC and The Big Willow, Inc + European subsidiaries.
Advising Egmont International Holding A/S a company of the Nordik media group Egmont in the acquisition of a 40% of the Spanish videogame company Mercury Steam Entertainment, S.L.
Advising MMC Ventures as lead investor in $19M finance round in Spanish personal shopping service Lookiero.
Advising MC Girona LLC in the acquisition of 35% of the shares of the Spanish company Girona Futbol Club, S.A.D. from Girona Futbol Group BV.
Advising Vinci Energies in the acquisition of 75% of the Sistem Group to Grupo Solar Lighting.
The European M&A market remained increasingly busy during 2017, despite of the political uncertainty, including national elections in several European...