Susana Santandreu

Susana Santandreu advises clients on EU and Spanish antitrust aspects of mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures. She has been involved in high-profile and in-depth merger control transactions requiring international antitrust merger control approvals, both in Europe and around the world.

Ms. Santandreu regularly represents clients from a diverse range of industries, including aviation, agrochemicals, entertainment and consumer goods.

Her representations include advising:

• Zuber and Mohsin Issa, owners of EG Group, and TDR Capital LLP in their acquisition of a majority stake in ASDA Group Limited from Walmart Inc.
• Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. in its initial US$1 billion acquisition of a 66.7% interest in Silversea Cruises and its subsequent acquisition of the remaining 33.3% interest in the company
• Embraer S.A. in its US$4.2 billion sale of an 80% stake in its commercial aircraft and services business to The Boeing Company
• Adobe Inc. on the antitrust aspects of its proposed (but terminated) US$20 billion acquisition of Figma, Inc.
• International Paper Company in its US$71 million acquisition of two packaging businesses in France and Portugal from DS Smith Plc
• Amadeus IT Group, S.A. in its US$1.5 billion acquisition of TravelClick, Inc. from Thoma Bravo, LLC
• NXP Semiconductors N.V. in its proposed (but terminated) US$47 billion acquisition by Qualcomm Incorporated
• E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company in its US$130 billion merger of equals with The Dow Chemical Company

Ms. Santandreu’s nontransactional experience has included representing a company in a cartel investigation in the automotive sector before the Spanish Competition Authority. She also has been involved in a behavioral matter in relation to allegations of abuse of dominance in the aftermarket services for aircraft engines, which resulted in a successful settlement that led to the withdrawal of the European Commission complaint. Prior to joining Skadden, she worked in the Brussels and Madrid offices of other international law firms.