Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Armando is a partner and head of our Madrid finance practice with wide expertise in all kinds of structured finance transactions. He advises banks, debt funds, institutional lenders, alternative lenders, borrowers and sponsors on all type of structured finance transactions such as acquisition and leveraged finance, real estate finance, project finance, restructuring and refinancing transactions, with special focus in the private equity, energy, infrastructure and real estate sectors.

In addition, Armando is highly experienced in working with our clients on multi-jurisdictional transactions, coordinating the advice provided by our lawyers in all involved jurisdictions and supervising the work produced by local counsels when required.

During his career, he has been involved in some of the most relevant financing transactions in the Spanish market, as well as in the most significant restructuring and refinancing transactions. Moreover, he has very significant experience in advising in distress transactions, including the identification of potential issues as well as the legal structuring and the design of the work-out strategy of the transaction.