Martinsa-Fadesa, S.A. was one of the main

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and

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groups in

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before the crash of the

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. It was based in

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. In 2007, Promociones y Urbanizaciones Martín, S.A. (Martinsa)

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with Fadesa Inmobiliaria, S.A. (Fadesa) to create Martinsa-Fadesa. The company went in to

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on 15 July 2008 after failing to pay off

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History

Fadesa was founded at the end of the 1970s in

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. It specialized in the development of great projects of protected house. In 1993, its activity outside Galicia begun, initially in

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and then in the rest of communities of Spain. At the moment, the firm is present all over the Spanish territory through twenty delegations and more than fifty

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. In 1999, Fadesa expanded internationally for the first time, entering the

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market, and in 2000 it opened its delegation in

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. At the international level, it participates in projects like the touristic resort of Saīdia,

with a surface of 300,000 square meters. It is also present in a few Eastern European countries such as

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and

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. At the end of 2006 Fadesa achieved sales of €1.281 billion. On December 14, 2007 Fadesa merged with Martinsa, another

and

company, through an

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Financial difficulties

In 2007 Fadesa sold 36% less houses than in 2006, and its debt increased to €5.153 billion due to the crash of the

. On July 14, 2008 Martinsa-Fadesa failed to acquire an additional €150 million in

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to renegotiate €4 billion of its debt. The company lost 70% of its stock value in two days and was advocated to file for

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in Spain's biggest ever corporate default. The firm subsequently presented a labor force adjustment plan which would result in the loss of 23% of its employees. In March 2015, the company filed for bankruptcy, holding assets worth €2.4 billion ($2.7 billion) with debts worth €7.0 billion, making its collapse one of the biggest bankruptcies in Spanish history. Trade of the company stocks were abruptly suspended, leaving no chance for its investors to unload them. The liquidation of the company started the following month. The company was definitely banned from trading on the stock exchange in October 2015. In July 2018, Martinsa-Fadesa entered the final phase of liquidation. The website martinsafadesaliquidacion.es was set up to follow the liquidation process. In November 2018, in the aftermath of the crash, the lawyer Antonia Magdaleno was found responsible for the giant debt of the company and sentenced to 4 years in jail.

Operations

Martinsa-Fadesa had two main divisions — real estate and

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. Real estate is the traditional division through which it engages in the promotion of all types of

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s, whether as a first or second residence. Asset management develops basically

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projects and

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s. It retains the ownership of the

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and outsource the operation to a specialized third party.

Sponsorship

The company was the official sponsor of Spanish football club

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from 2001 to 2008.

References

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