Fernando Colomina

Mr. Colomina’s experience includes advising:

Leveraged Finance

• Platinum Equity on the €2 billion financing for the acquisition of Urbaser, the leading Spanish waste management company with operations in 25 countries
• The Carlyle Group on the financing for the acquisition of Altadia Group from an affiliate of Lone Star Funds
• The lenders in the Spanish law governed €10 billion financing for Cellnex, Europe's leading independent operator of wireless telecommunications infrastructure 
• The lenders to the consortium of Advent, Cinven, and RAG Foundation on the bank and bond financing for their acquisition of ThyssenKrupp's Elevator Technology business for €17.2 billion
• Aernnova on its covenant-lite refinancing consisting of a €490 million term loan B and a €100 million revolving credit facility 
• The Carlyle Group in the financing of the acquisition of 37.4% of Spanish oil and gas conglomerate Cepsa from Mubadala Investment Company
• Morgan Stanley in the term loan and revolving credit facility in connection with Altran Technologies' €2.6 billion acquisition of Aricent Technologies
• JP Morgan in the €1.4 billion financing of NorteGas Energía Distribución, S.A.U. after its acquisition by Covalis Capital and White Summit Capital, among others
• HomeVi S.A.S. in connection with a €1.1 billion senior facilities agreement
• The Carlyle Group in the financing of the €390 million acquisition of Codorniú
• UBS as the underwriter of the €320 million first and second lien facilities agreement relating to the acquisition of Pronovias

Post IPO Financing

• Triton Partners, as the sponsor, in Befesa’s €636 million post-IPO refinancing
• The lenders on the €750 million refinancing of Parques Reunidos group previous to its IPO
• The lenders on the post-IPO financing of Euskaltel and on the financing for the acquisition of R Cable (Spanish Deal of the Year at the GlobalCapital Loan Awards 2015)
• Applus Services in its IPO refinancing of its existing €850 million corporate indebtedness

High Yield

• Fertiberia, a leading fertilizer and industrial products manufacturer owned by Triton Partners, on the issuance of senior secured bonds in both the Nordic Capital Market and Frankfurt Open Market for €125 million
• Morgan Stanley in connection with an offering of senior secured notes by Lorca Telecom Bondco, S.A.U. to finance the acquisition of Grupo MásMóvil by KKR, Cinven, and Providence 
• The lenders in PortAventura’s issuance of €270 million senior secured notes and €150 million floating rate notes
• Nordic Capital in relation to the financing for its €4.1 billion acquisition of Lindorff Group AB
• JP Morgan Chase, in connection with a high yield offering by Ephios Bondco PLC of €500 million senior secured fixed rate notes due 2022 and €300 million senior secured floating rate notes due 2022 for the acquisition of Labco
• Morgan Stanley as bookrunner on Haya Real Estate’s issuance of €475 million senior secured notes due 2022 and floating rate senior secured notes due 2022
• Morgan Stanley and Santander as bookrunners on Naviera Armas’ issuance of €232 million of floating rate notes due 2023 and €300 million of floating rate senior secured notes due 2024

Alternative Financing

• ArchiMed in the financing for the acquisition of Spanish pharmaceutical company Suanfarma
• H.I.G., as arranger and lender, on a Spanish law governed direct lending financing to Grupo Recoletas, a leading Spanish hospital network
• L Catterton in the financing of the €120 million acquisition of a 80% stake of Goiko Grill
• Eurona in its direct lending financing
• PIMCO in its direct lending transactions with Imagina and Vitaldent
• TA Associates in the direct lending financing of Kiwoko

Project Finance

• Sumitomo, HSBC, and a bank syndicate in the:
  • €177 million credit refinancing for the development of Solacor 1, thermal solar plant located in El Carpio (Córdoba, Spain)
  • €175 million credit refinancing for the development of Solacor 2, thermal solar plant located in El Carpio (Córdoba, Spain)
  • €169 million credit refinancing for the development of Solaben 2, thermal solar plant located in Logrosán (Cáceres, Spain)
  • €171 million credit refinancing for the development of Solaben 3, thermal solar plant located in Logrosán (Cáceres, Spain)
• Torresol Energy in the €540 million refinancing of the existing credit facilities agreement, under the framework of the new energy regulation, for the construction of the Valle 1 and Valle 2 concentrated solar power (CSP) plants in Spain

Restructuring, Insolvency, and Special Situations

• The lenders in connection with the financial restructuring of Europcar Mobility Group, including the implementation of a €670 million financing
• The Ad Hoc Group of bondholders in the bridge financing to Naviera Armas, in the context of its restructuring process
• KKR and Grupo Gallardo on the refinancing of a senior facilities agreement, a second lien facilities agreement and working capital lines, in the context of the distressed sale of Grupo Gallardo to Cristian Lay
• Goldman Sachs as existing lender in Realia Business in their disinvestment through cash payment and debt-for-equity for €791 million
• Eurona in the refinance of its existing debt and in the in-court homologation process  
• Goldman Sachs and Marathon in the €1.45 billion financial restructuring carried out by Promociones Habitat