In the press
Twenty years in the deal pages.
Coverage of Germán Rovira’s work — from co-founding Eneas Corporate Finance in 2003 to advising on cross-border deals and sitting on the board of a listed company. Most articles are in Spanish; the summaries are ours.
Featured
Where it started
B&Class Business · Madrid · No. 06 · 2004
Rovira y Smith: “Queremos seguir siendo líderes en el mercado”
A full-length interview with the two founders of Eneas Corporate Finance, eight months after leaving PricewaterhouseCoopers: why they started their own firm, and the services they built it around — competitive sale processes, buy-side searches for international groups, advice to private equity funds and management teams, and strategic and financial advisory.
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La Gaceta de los Negocios · 26 January 2004
Dos grupos británicos negocian un pacto con Eneas
Two British groups negotiate a minority stake in Eneas, the new mid-market M&A boutique led by Germán Rovira and Juan Carlos Smith. In just two months it had built a book of eight mandates — three sell-side and five buy-side — all led by private equity funds.
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January 2004
Cinco Días
Dos jóvenes ex directivos de PwC crean su propia empresa de consultoría
The launch of Eneas, founded by Germán Rovira and Juan Carlos Smith after leading the corporate advisory practice at PwC, where they worked on transactions such as Cosecheros Abastecedores, Transportes Gómez and Isolux.
26 January 2004
La Gaceta de los Negocios
Dos grupos británicos negocian un pacto con Eneas
Two British groups in talks to take a minority stake in the new boutique, focused on the mid-market: deals between €10 million and €500 million (see Featured above).
February 2004
Cinco Días
Tiburones a los 30
A profile of Eneas and its founders. It recalls the Isolux management buy-out (€200 million), which Rovira and Smith proposed while at PwC, and Germán’s view of the job: “When someone is selling their company, they are doing the deal of their life.”
2004
B&Class Business
Rovira y Smith: “Queremos seguir siendo líderes en el mercado”
Interview with the two founders of Eneas Corporate Finance (see Featured above).
February 2010
elEconomista · Europa Press
EMS España vende a Aelia su negocio europeo de ‘duty free’ portuario
EMS Ship Supply sells its European port duty-free business — 15 stores in Spain, Portugal and Croatia — to Aelia (Lagardère Services). Eneas Corporate Finance acted as financial adviser.
October 2010
El Confidencial
Lion Capital viene a comerse los restaurantes italianos de Corpfin
Cites Eneas Corporate Finance’s report on the Spanish mid-market M&A market: after two years of near-inactivity, investment in the first half of 2010 topped €1.2 billion, up almost 50% year on year.
November 2010
TodoPyme
Fusiones y Adquisiciones en el middle market español
A feature built on Eneas Corporate Finance’s market report: deal volume, the role of bank financing, the sectors attracting investment and the outlook for debt restructurings.
2012
Eurohold
Eurohold incorpora a Germán Rovira en su despacho de Madrid
Germán joins the Madrid office of Eurohold as a partner.
March 2013
Expansión
Montebalito nombra dos nuevos consejeros
Germán is appointed to the board of Montebalito, a company listed on the Spanish stock exchange.
November 2024
El Español
Metagestión da entrada en su consejo a Santiago Moro
Profiles Germán as the former head of Houlihan Lokey in Spain and, before that, of Banca Leonardo, as he leaves the board of the asset manager Metagestión.
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