Spanish firm Garrigues has advised US private equity fund Apollo Global Management on its purchase of EVO Banco, a unit of nationalised Spanish lender Novagalicia Banco (NGC Banco), for €60m (£50m). 

The deal marks the first time an international private equity fund has bought a Spanish bank, and will require special approval from the Bank of Spain, which Garrigues said was an “important regulatory development at the Spanish and European level”.