Legal advice on banking and finance law and restructuring

Companies may need financing to drive their growth, undertake new investments or weather periods of economic difficulty. Taking appropriate legal advice from the outset of the transaction makes it possible to structure it properly, reduce risk and protect the interests of all parties involved.

Restructurings, in turn, come into play when a company faces economic difficulty and needs to renegotiate its debt or reorganise its business in order to preserve its viability.

At Noguera Sebastián we advise financial institutions, companies and investors on both financing transactions and corporate restructuring processes, analysing each case individually in order to design solutions suited to the client's situation.

Finance lawyers

Financing and refinancing transactions call for legal planning that safeguards their viability and gives certainty to all parties involved. Our advice covers both the preparation of new financing transactions and the review or renegotiation of existing structures.

We provide legal advice on corporate finance, acquisition finance, project finance and real estate finance. We also advise on the creation of guarantees and security interests, and on debt refinancing processes, seeking alternatives that improve the company's financial position.

Restructuring lawyers

When a company is going through economic difficulty it is essential to act quickly in order to identify the options available. In that context, we advise debtors and creditors alike on the design and implementation of restructuring plans, including their court sanction where necessary. Our aim is to facilitate solutions that preserve the continuity of the business wherever possible and protect our clients' interests.

We also act in operational and financial restructurings, distressed M&A transactions, the sale of going-concern business units and negotiations with financial and trade creditors. Working alongside the firm's other practice areas, we provide comprehensive advice where these transactions have corporate, tax or insolvency implications.

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These are some of the legal services we provide in this area:

Advice on corporate finance and acquisition finance.
Project finance and real estate finance.
Creation of guarantees and security interests.
Debt refinancing.
Design and implementation of restructuring plans.
Court sanction of restructuring plans.
Advice to companies, creditors and investors in situations of financial distress.
Operational restructuring and restructuring of the capital structure.
Distressed M&A transactions.
Sale of going-concern business units.
Negotiations with financial and trade creditors.

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transactions

Throughout their professional careers, our lawyers have participated in, among others, the following transactions:

Advising a Spanish energy company on a financing transaction with a total value of €340 million, structured through the issue of €250 million in Senior Unsecured Notes and a €90 million multi-currency revolving credit facility (Revolving Credit Facility, RCF).
Advising a listed company on a €5 billion capital increase through an accelerated placement (accelerated bookbuilding), aimed at financing its investment plan.
Refinancing and reorganisation of the financial indebtedness of several Spanish corporate groups for more than €100 million.
Advising a Spanish listed company on the execution of a financing agreement and its subsequent refinancing for conversion into green financing (green loan).
Preparation of a restructuring plan for a Spanish company involving a total amount exceeding €190 million, which culminated in its court approval. The measures implemented included a capital reduction and subsequent capital increase with new money, the assignment of interim financing and the capitalisation of debt held by certain creditors that agreed to participate in such financing.
Preparation of a convertible loan agreement for the acquisition of a Spanish company.

At Noguera Sebastián, we advise companies and their management teams throughout financial restructuring processes, designing solutions tailored to each situation and aimed at preserving the viability and continuity of the business. Our advice includes analysing the financial structure, negotiating with creditors and defining and implementing the measures required to reorganise debt and strengthen the company's financial position.