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The Reuben Brothers Edge Ahead in the Bid for Santander’s Ciudad Financiera

22 October 2018 – Eje Prime

The Reuben brothers are in pole position in the race for Santander’s Ciudad Financiera. Their company, Reuben Brothers, has submitted the best offer for the headquarters that the Botín family’s bank owns in Boadilla del Monte (Madrid).

The other two companies bidding in the operation, which is reportedly worth around €3 billion, are AGC and Banco Santander itself. Those three players are the only ones that submitted bids for the Ciudad Financiera on Friday, the deadline for the submission of final offers.

The sale of Santander’s headquarters is part of the insolvency proceedings in which the former owner of the asset, Marme Inversiones, is immersed. The brothers Simon and David Reuben, with the support of JP Morgan, have sent the highest bid to the court, followed by AGC and Santander, according to Vozpópuli.

The envelopes are going to be opened between Wednesday and Thursday of this week, nevertheless, the sale could still be postponed for a little longer by the courts. Not in vain, the Santander Group claims that it has the right of first refusal in the operation, which means that it could improve on the offer that emerges victorious from the bid this week. Neither the Reuben Brothers nor AGC consider that the bank holds this option; they argue that this matter was already resolved during the bankruptcy proceedings.

Original story: Eje Prime

Translation: Carmel Drake