Bird & Bird’s finance and financial regulation practice ‘offers first-class technical service in banking and finance’, earning recognition for its expertise in structured finance, distressed portfolio deals, asset finance, as well as refinancing and restructuring work. José Luis Lorente Howell advises domestic and international clients on regulatory and transactional matters, with a special focus on lender-side instructions. The practice was further strengthened by Fernando Gutiérrez’s arrival in August 2023; Gutiérrez joined from Dentons bringing a wealth of experience in project, real estate, asset and fund finance.
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‘This is a firm that offers first-class technical service in banking and finance.'
Key clients
- BMO Bank
- Job&Talent USA Inc
- Spotahome
- SB Properties
- FRV Solar Holdings XVIII, SLU
- Interbridge
- Onate
- Lobo Leasing Limited
- Bike Ocasion SL
- Vamos Motor Company SL
- Fiduciam Nominees Ltd
- Cabify España SL Unipersonal
- One Beyond Spain SL Unipersonal
- The Bank of Nova Scotia
- WOW TEL HOLDINGS SL
- RP Global
Work highlights
- Advising The Bank of Nova Scotia and other members of a syndicate of financial institutions on the negotiation and execution of a Spanish-law governed security package in relation to the Canadian group NATT.
- Advising US financial entity BMO Bank under a $100m credit agreement entered into between, among others, OHLA USA, Inc. as borrower, certain subsidiaries of the borrower as guarantors, the lenders party thereto from time to time, and BMO as administrative agent and sole lead arranger, governed by the laws of the State of New York.
- Advising Jobandtalent USA, INC. and its subsidiary in Spain Jobs and Talent, S.L.in connection with the fourth amendment and restatement agreement related to the refinancing and accession of new Spanish guarantor affiliates to a $100m facilities agreement granted by a syndicate of BlackRock funds led by Alter Domus Trustees (UK) Limited as a security agent.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
José Luis Lorente Howell, Fernando Gutiérrez Rizaldos