Berdonés and Jimeno launch OPA to control 80% of Secuoya

The founders of Secuoya, Raúl Berdona and Pablo Jimeno, executive president and general director, respectively of Secuoya groupThey announce an OPA to acquire the majority of the capital of the content company.

Specifically, the founders of the group announce a public purchase offer of 55% of the capital currently in the hands of Alantra, which added to the current 25%, represents the 80% of the shareholders, with a premium on the current value of the shares of 55.9% and with a company value of 127.5 million euros. In this way, Secuoya is confirmed as the only international group of Spanish action content, with the clear objective of consolidating itself as a global study.

Coinciding with this transformation of the shareholding structure, the company will soon announce the business strategy of the group for the coming years, with a firm purpose: lead the world of Spanish -speaking content production in the world.

This renovation is integrated by the best creative talent and the most prominent producers in the Spanish -speaking market.
Since its implementation, Grupo Secuoya has opted bluntly for internationalization. Today we operate continuously in four markets: the United States, Latin America, Middle East and Europe. It is currently a company with more than 2,000 permanent workers and 10,000 collaborators in our different productions developed in the last year, which operate at their Los Angeles, Miami, Mexico City, Bogotá, Lima, Santiago, Chile, Doha, Abu Dabi and Madrid venues, have more than 500 customers around the world and more than two billion views.

With Secuoya Studios, as the protagonist of the execution of the comprehensive 360º operation strategy of its content business, the company firmly bets on the best talent in Spanish, both at the creative and executive level, with the clear objective of generating the best stories for the global market.

David Martínez, Alfredo Pérez de Albéniz and Eduardo Campoy direct the creative areas of the study, Unscripted, Cinema and Fiction, to which the departments of Stories are added, led by Eduardo Galdo, Production Services y Commercial & Distribution, este último liderado por el equipo de Sergio Pizzalante, located in the Miami office.

The study, chaired by James Costs From the headquarters of Beverly Hills (Los Angeles), it is committed to large local productions with global vision, with the highest standards of Hollywood productions from models of international creation, development and distribution.

Secuoya Studios also provides production services to international projects through the area headed by José María González-Sind. The study has the support of the best VFX, post production and recording equipment, all in a unique audiovisual ecosystem in the world, thanks to World Content City. A pioneer and distributed set platform in four countries, which will enable up to 47 sets making Secuoya Studios unique and differential with the total integration of all processes, since the creation, development, production facilities (sets, cameras, VFX and postproduction) and the distribution of content, with a model similar to that of the great Majors of Hollywood.