Neil Collen
Partner
Livingstone Madrid
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After graduating from Durham University, Neil joined his family business, and was actively involved in the sale of that groups of companies in a cross-border deal. Neil has lived in Spain since 1985, and working in M&A since 1991. He was the founding partner of what is now Livingstone Spain. He has led deals in a variety of sectors, including construction products, industrial manufacturing, transport and logistics, food and healthcare, many of which have been international in nature. He has been responsible for a significant amount of leverage buy-outs. Neil currently heads the Consumer and Healthcare sectors at Livingstone Spain. He speaks at several prestigious conferences in Spain and also teaches at the IE Business School (Madrid).
Steven Lewis
Partner
Livingstone Madrid
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Steven graduated from the Universtiy of Southern California in Los Angeles (USA) with a business degree and qualified as a Certified Public Accountant with Arthur Andersen in San Francisco and Brussels. He earned an MBA from the London Business School. He has over 20 years experience as a finance director in the oilfield services, logistics and media sectors, where he was involved in a variety of strategic M&A transactions. Since he joined Livingstone in 2005, Steven has been involved in cross border deals involving the United States, England, Belgium and Germany. He has closed transactions in the business services sector and he has many contacts within the Spanish industrial sector.
Ximo Villarroya
Partner
Livingstone Madrid
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After finishing his studies, Ximo began working in the Fundación de Estudios Bursátiles y Financieros (Foundation of Market and Financial Studies), a part of the Valencia Stock Exchange, as a member of the team that developed the Mercado de Futuros de Cítricos (Futures Market for Citrus Products). In 1997 he joined what is now Livingstone, where he began working on M&A activities with Neil Collen. In 2004 he was promoted to Director of the firm and in 2007 he became a partner of the firm alongside Neil Collen. Ximo has had many years experience with private equity in Spain, and has closed deals in facilities management, IT and light manufacturing. Ximo currently heads our IT sector team.
Licenciatura en Ciencias Económicas. Universidad de Valencia
Eva Rodrigo
Director
Livingstone Madrid
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Eva earned a degree in Business Administration from Valencia University (Spain), and she has a Master in Quantitative Finance. Eva started her career in a family company before she joined Bancaja (now called Bankia) in 2004, working on the structuring of capital market financing transactions. In June 2006 she started working in the financial department of a Spanish leading real estate group, structuring the financing of transactions. Since joining Livingstone in 2007, Eva has advised on and led transactions in a wide range of sectors. Eva’s recent transactions include a debt restructuring deal that involved six financial entities and the majority sale of Oro Direct to JZI International.
Elena Buendía
Executive
Livingstone Madrid
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Elena earned a degree in Business Administration from Valencia University (Spain) and a Maîtrise of Commerce from the European Studies Centre of Marseilles (France). After her graduation in 2000, Elena started working at Lladró USA in New York. In 2002, she joined Ernst & Young where she focused on internal audit of financial institutions and afterwards on external audit. In 2007, she started working at Avela Corporate Finance, where she gained experience in M&A, specialising in the Consumer sector. Elena also worked for a brief period in Grupo Multiasistencia as corporate controller. Elena joined Livingstone in May 2011 and she has a specialist focus on the Business Services and Healthcare sectors. She was recently actively involved in the sale and capital raising of Althia Health.
Marta de la Cuadra
Executive
Livingstone Madrid
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Marta graduated in Business Administration from Valencia University (Spain), and she has a Master in Finance and Stock Exchange. After her studies, she started her professional career in a private bank’s management department. Marta joined Livingstone in 2002 and has worked across a wide range of sectors. She has 10 years experience of being involved in all stages of M&A processes focusing on company valuations and process management in the Food, Packaging and Consumer sectors.
Paul Endersby
Executive
Livingstone Madrid
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Paul studied Law at the University of East Anglia, Norwich (UK), and spent a year studying in the Université Jean Moulin,Lyon (France). After graduating Paul joined James Cowper in Reading (UK), where he worked as an Auditor and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2003. The following year Paul moved to the firm’s Corporate Finance department where he worked on transactions for companies from a wide range of sectors. Paul joined Livingstone in 2007, he has recently advised on the saleof a Kimberly Clark manufacturing plant Spain to a consortium of Basque companies and PE fund Ezten; andon the majority sale of Oro Direct to JZI International.
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Elena González
Director of Business Development
Livingstone Madrid
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Elena, earned a degree in Economic Sciences from Hasselt University (Belgium). She started her professional career as an M&A consultant in The Netherlands with Strategy & Finance, B.V. where she gained international experience. Elena joined Livingstone Madrid in 2001 as M&A executive and coordinator for the firm’s international projects. Elena is now responsible for the development of domestic and global transactions working closely with the Livingstone sector teams worldwide. She has over 10 years of experience in cross-border M&A projects in a wide range of sectors, although she has a specific focus on business services and industrial manufacturing sectors. Elena is fluent in English and speaks Dutch and French.
