Carmen Jara
Carmen was previously Of Counsel in the Madrid office's finance practice and has recently taken on the role of the practice's Head of Transaction Management.
She has extensive experience in structured finance transactions, advising banks, alternative lenders, borrowers, and sponsors on the structuring and implementation of finance deals. Her expertise spans acquisition and leveraged finance, real estate finance, project finance, and refinancing transactions, with a particular focus on the private equity, energy, infrastructure, and real estate sectors. She also has considerable experience advising on distressed transactions and restructuring processes. Throughout her career, Carmen has played a key role in some of the most significant financing transactions in the Spanish market.
Her expertise is highlighted in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 and Best Lawyers for Banking and Finance since 2022:
- Carmen Jara offers expertise in debt restructuring transactions as well as acquisition and corporate finance mandates on behalf of well-known national and international lenders. "She works well.", Chambers Global 2024 – Spain (Banking and finance)
- "Carmen Jara has a strong capacity to deliver and get things done in due time.", Chambers Europe 2023 – Spain (Banking and finance)
- Carmen Jara enters the rankings following recognition for her involvement in real estate refinancing deals as well as acquisition and emergency finance mandates on behalf of well-known national and international lenders. Clients report: 'She always has a constructive attitude in negotiations. Having her with us we feel very safe and very comfortable.', Chambers Europe 2022 – Spain (Banking & finance)
Background
She has a dual degree in Law and Business administration (E-3) by Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE) in Madrid. She speaks Spanish and English. She is admitted in the Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de Madrid (ICAM – Madrid Bar Association).
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- a syndicate of lenders including Banco Santander, BBVA, Intesa Sanpaolo, BNP, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and HSBC on a corporate financing through an RCF line granted to Indra Sistemas, a Spanish information technology and defense systems company listed on the Bolsa de Madrid and a constituent of the IBEX 35 index
- Healthcare Activos Group on the €350 million term loan and €40 million RCF financings, granted by a syndicate of lenders led by CACIB and BNP Paribas, for the purposes of refinancing all the previous existing debt of the group and financing future healthcare asset acquisitions (Financing deal of the Year 2022: South of Europe in the Real Estate Capital Europe Awards)
- Magnum Industrial Partners on the financing, granted by BBVA, for the acquisition of a stake in SunMedia, one of the largest AdTech companies in Spain
- Banco Santander, Banco de Sabadell and Caixabank, as creditors, on the restructuring of the debt of Naviera Armas, a Spanish leading maritime transport company. The transaction is one of the largest restructuring processes currently ongoing in the Spanish market
- Banco Santander and a syndicate of financial institutions (including, among others, BBVA, Bankinter, Banco Sabadell, Bankia, Mutua, etc.) on the €220 million loan and bond financing (including bank lending and institutional tranches) granted to Ence Energía for the purposes of refinancing the existing indebtedness of the group and financing certain additional financing needs (add-ons tranche, project finance tranche, etc.) of the group
