{
  "id": 12756921,
  "title": "The president of Burger King is negotiating an alliance with Galán and Costa to bid for the group",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/el-presidente-de-burger-king-negocia-aliarse-con-galan-y-costa-para",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-08T01:16:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Expansion ES",
    "slug": "expansion-es",
    "url": "https://www.expansion.com/empresas/distribucion/2026/10/08/6ac6acc8e5fdea18358b457c.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "Cinven, a British private equity firm, is exploring a new path to exit its investment in Restaurant Brands Europe (RBE), the parent company of Burger King in Spain and Portugal, and Popeyes in Spain and Italy. Gregorio Jiménez, RBE's president and second-largest shareholder, is negotiating an alliance with the families of Ignacio Sánchez Galán, Iberdrola's president, and Costa Cerezuela, owners of Costa Food Group, to structure a bid for RBE. The potential deal, which could value RBE at €2.1-2.5 billion, including debt, may involve Peninsula Capital, Corporación Financiera Alba, and Mubadala as minority investors. Cinven acquired RBE in 2021 and has since more than doubled the company's size.",
  "summary": "The president and second shareholder of RBE wants to form a hard core to buy 51% from Cinven. He seeks to add Peninsula and other investors such as Alba to the consortium, to take the other 49%.",
  "key_points": [
    "Gregorio Jiménez, Burger King president, negotiating alliance with Galán and Costa families",
    "Partnership aims to structure bid for Restaurant Brands Europe (RBE) majority ownership",
    "Potential RBE valuation between €2,100 and €2,500 million with €1,000 million equity"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}