About
Pablo González Mosqueira is an M&A partner at Freshfields and leads the firm's private equity practice in Spain. With over two decades of experience in corporate law, he is one of the leading lawyers in mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions in the Spanish market.
His practice combines deep technical expertise with a strategic approach, enabling him to guide private equity houses, financial sponsors and major corporate clients through the most complex and high-profile transactions in a wide range of sectors. Pablo is also highly experienced in public M&A transactions, including public takeover bids, acquisitions and disposals of minority stakes, capital increases and other corporate transactions.
Pablo is fluent in Spanish and English, with basic French.
Additional Information
Matters handled prior to joining Freshfields
- Advising Liberty Media Corporation on the acquisition of Dorna, the commercial rights holder and organiser of MotoGP racing championships;
- Advising CVC Capital Partners on the acquisition of a 20% stake in Naturgy, and on its subsequent exit;
- Advising CVC Capital Partners on the acquisition of Monbake;
- Advising CVC Capital Partners on the acquisition of Neolith;
- Advising CVC Capital Partners on its investment in Abertis, and on its subsequent exit;
- Advising Antin Infrastructure Partners on the acquisition of SwiftAir;
- Advising Antin Infrastructure Partners on its public takeover bid for Opdenergy;
- Advising Providence Strategic Growth (PSG) on the investment and strategic combination between CoverManager and Zenchef;
- Advising Tikehau Capital on the acquisition of EYSA Group;
- Advising Tikehau Capital on the acquisition of Juan Navarro García;
- Advising Fremman Capital on the acquisition of a 35% stake in AGQ Labs;
- Advising Fremman Capital on the acquisition of Palex, and on its subsequent sale (and reinvestment) to Apax;
- Advising Fremman Capital on the acquisition of HT Medica;
- Advising Fremman Capital on the acquisition of The Natural Fruit Company;
- Advising Odevo (participated by CVC) on the acquisition of Portik Group;
- Advising Sancus Capital on the acquisition of Castlelake’s 49% stake in Hotei Properties and its public takeover bid for Hotei Properties;
- Advising a Swiss consortium backed by White Summit Capital, IST3 Investment Foundation and Reichmuth Infrastructure on the acquisition of Renewable Power International Partners (RPIP);
- Advising Swiss infrastructure asset manager Reichmuth Infrastructure and Amundi Energy Transition on their co-investment in N-Sun Energy, a solar photovoltaic investment platform launched by Alantra and Solarig;
- Advising Swiss pension fund IST (IST3 Infrastruktur Global) on the acquisition of Bestinver’s Spanish renewable energy platform;
- Advising Crédit Mutuel on the sale of its Spanish insurance business (Groupe Assurances du Crédit Mutuel España);
- Advising Crédit Mutuel on the sale of Targobank;
- Advising Banco Santander on the acquisition of Banco Popular in the context of its resolution process;
- Advising Banco Santander on the sale of a 49% stake held by Banco Popular in WiZink to Värde Partners, and on the acquisition of WiZink’s credit cards business in Spain and Portugal;
- Advising Banco Santander on the acquisition of the ATMs located in Banco Popular's branches from EAC (Euro Automatic Cash), a JV between Banco Popular and Crédit Mutuel;
- Advising Banco Santander on the buyback of its global headquarters in Spain;
- Advising LetterOne on its public takeover bid for DIA;
- Advising Blackstone on the acquisition and its public takeover bid for Testa;
- Advising Oaktree Capital on the acquisition of Eolia, and on its subsequent sale to AIMCo;
- Advising DIA on the sale of its business in Portugal and the sale of 224 retail stores in Spain to Alcampo/Auchan, and on the sale of its business in Brazil;
- Advising Iberdrola on the sale of a minority stake in Siemens Gamesa to Siemens;
- Advising APG on the acquisition of a 5% stake in Exolum;
- Advising E.ON on its public takeover bid for Endesa, on the acquisition of various energy assets (including distribution assets, renewable assets, and CCGT power plants) in Spain and rest of Europe, and on the subsequent sale of all its assets in Spain and Portugal; and
- Advising ProA Capital on the sale of Delafruit.
Recognised by Chambers in Corporate/M&A: High-End Capability and Private Equity
— Chambers Europe/Global 2026
Pablo González Mosqueira
Partner
Madrid Office
Torre Europa
Paseo de la Castellana, 95
Madrid 28046