M&A and strategic transactions in Spain. Test the thesis before capital is committed.
You have decided to grow in Spain through an acquisition, partnership or strategic transaction, or you are about to. We help you test the thesis, sequence the process and coordinate your advisers, with a senior lead who holds the business case at every step.
Book a call →
The deal has advisers. The thesis needs an owner.
Banks, lawyers and auditors do their work: valuation, documentation, due diligence. What is often missing is someone who, on behalf of the business, keeps asking whether the deal still serves the Spanish strategy, and what has to be true the day after closing.
We work on that question. We test the thesis against the Spanish market, sequence what to decide and when, and coordinate your advisers so their work answers the board's decision.
By sector: manufacturing, agriculture and energy · financial services, retail and travel · government, education and healthcare.
Phase 1
Test the thesis
What the deal is meant to achieve in Spain and what evidence would change your mind.
Phase 2
Sequence the process
Decisions, counterparts and advisers, so due diligence answers the questions that matter.
Phase 3
Coordinate your advisers
Aligning your financial, legal and tax advisers with the business case.
Phase 4
Prepare day one
Integration, governance and first post-closing decisions, until your team takes over.
03 / When it fits
When it fits.
Instead of leaving the thesis with the deal adviserTheir incentives and mandate differ from your board's.
Instead of deciding only from headquartersLocal context changes the real value of the deal.
Instead of thinking about integration after closingMany day-one decisions are made, or lost, before signing.
04 / What goes wrong
The expensive mistake is in the thesis. The price comes later.
Typical costly mistakes
- 01Falling for the deal before testing the thesis
- 02Due diligence answering generic questions instead of the board's
- 03Underestimating local counterparts and stakeholders
- 04Leaving integration until after closing
- 05Advisers working in parallel, each with their own business case
Common objections
“We already have a bank and lawyers.”
Good. We coordinate your lawyers, auditors and specialists; we do not replace them. Our role is to make their work serve the decision.
“It is too early to think about integration.”
That is exactly why: what is prepared before signing usually costs far less.
05 / Questions
Frequently asked questions.
Are you an investment bank or regulated financial adviser?
We are senior strategic advisers. We work on the thesis behind the transaction and the day after closing, alongside your financial, legal and tax advisers. They handle valuation, documentation and due diligence.
Do you find companies to buy?
We work on the transaction you are already considering, alongside your advisers. We test the thesis, sequence the process and prepare day one.
How quickly do you reply?
We aim to reply within two business days.
06 / Next step
Book a free 30-minute diagnostic call.
A direct conversation with our Founder & CEO about the transaction you are considering in Spain: where you are, what concerns you and what to decide before committing capital. We aim to reply within two business days. We are a small senior firm. Each mandate is a Year One Partners engagement. Personally led by our Founder & CEO, Xavier Cima, who brings in senior advisors for each client when the mandate requires it or, if the client prefers, recommends senior advisors for the client to engage directly; the decision always rests with the client. Y1P is responsible for the scope, the deliverables and the organisation of its own mandate; advisors the client engages directly are responsible for their own engagement.
Email us to book the callWhat to include
Help us prepare the call.
- 01Company name and website
- 02Home country
- 03Sector
- 04Stage (for example Series A, B or C)
- 05Target date for starting in Spain
Send these details by email to office@yearonepartners.com.
Scope
What we do, and what you get.
We advise boards and CEOs of companies from any market on strategic transactions connected to Spain and Europe. We work in phases: test the thesis, sequence the process, coordinate your advisers and prepare day one. You get a thesis tested against the Spanish market, the sequence of decisions before signing, your board's questions for your advisers' due diligence, and an integration and governance plan for after closing. Your board decides, and your company signs its contracts.