Santiago Prieto Vazquez

Partner

Santiago is a partner at SOCIOS, Oaklins’ member firm in Spain. He has acted as team leader in a broad range of transactions for both private equity clients, including Alantra, Artá Capital, Chequers, Cinven, Collins Capital, Columna Capital, HIG, Nazca and PAI Partners, as well as industrial clients such as Cinfa, Comsa-Emte, Domus Vi, Endeka, Energy House, Grupo Isastur, Grupo Hemosa, Mutua Madrileña, Inspired Education Group, Eurocebollas, Palex Medical, Printeos, Royo Group, Sanitas, SAPA Group and Torrecid. Santiago has particular expertise in industrial sectors, ranging from labels, plastic packaging, automotive components and natural ingredients to bathroom furniture, tiles and flooring solutions. He also has transaction experience in engineering services, car rental, nursing homes, medical equipment distribution, electrical energy trading and the food industry. In the label and packaging sectors, Santiago led acquisitions for one of the leading European label manufacturers in Spain, the UK and France, and he has coordinated the sale of a number of plastic packaging companies to strategic investors, including Jokey Group and Envaplaster. Recent deals he has advised on include the acquisition of a majority stake in Grupo Hispamoldes, a benchmark player in the Spanish thermoplastic injection molding segment and in the manufacture of injection molds and tools, by SAPA Group, one of Europe’s leading makers of specialist next-generation parts for the sustainable mobility industry. He also led the sale of a 45% stake in Eurocebollas, a leading company in the design, development, production and commercialization of ready-to-use natural ingredients and solutions, to Portobello Capital.

Prior to joining SOCIOS in 2014, Santiago worked in Deloitte’s transaction services department, with responsibility in field work for valuation assignments when advising large Spanish companies. He also worked at Inveravante in its private equity investment department, focusing on the acquisition of medium-sized companies. Santiago has a postgraduate degree in banking and finance from the Universidad de A Coruña together with a business administration diploma.