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General Atlantic Completes Acquisition of Minority Stake in Santander Asset Management
- Client News
- December 23, 2013
Paul, Weiss client General Atlantic, together with Warburg Pincus, completed its acquisition of a 50 percent stake in Santander Asset Management for €1.02 billion. Santander Asset Management is the asset management unit of Spanish retail and commercial bank Banco Santander, with operations primarily in Europe and Latin America.
The Paul, Weiss team included corporate partners Matthew Abbott, David Lakhdhir, Dale Sarro and Mark Wlazlo and counsel Amran Hussein, Didier Malaquin and Nathan Pusey; and tax partner Richard Bronstein.