Luis is an Of Counsel in our banking and finance practice in the Madrid office, specialized in cross-border banking & finance and capital market transactions. He is admitted to practice in New York and Argentina.
Luis has more than 15 years of experience in financial markets and project financing and has represented investment funds, financial institutions, multilateral agencies, commercial and investment banks, tenderers, project companies, developers, issuers, underwriters and sponsors in financial transactions of all kinds, including project financing in energy, infrastructure and PPP projects, sophisticated project bond deals, multicurrency financings, corporate financings, M&A financings and high-yield debt. His expertise in capital markets transactions includes representing issuers, investors, investment funds and financial institutions acting as initial purchasers or placement agents in corporate Rule 144A, Regulation S, Section 4(a)(2) private placements and B Bond financings.
Luis won the 'Rising Star of the Year' award at the IFLR Americas Awards ceremony in 2020 and he has been ranked as 'Recommended Lawyer Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power' by Legal 500 USA in 2021.
Background
Luis obtained his LL.M from New York University Law School, where he was a Hauser Scholar. Prior to that, he obtained a master's degree in oil and gas law from the Law School of the University of Buenos Aires, where he also obtained his law degree. He is admitted to practice in New York and Argentina.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- a syndicate of financial institutions and institutional investors, including BBVA, Banco Santander, ICO, Banca March, Unicaja, Denham Capital, BNP, EDR, LBP AM, and Mutua, among others, in connection with the approximately €190 million financing granted to Magnon Green Energy for the purpose of the refinancing of the existing financial indebtedness of its group and the financing of additional working capital needs of the group.
- a consortium led by China Harbour Engineering Company Limited, SP Ingenieros, Unidad de Infraestructura y Construcciones Asociadas, and Termotécnica Coindustrial in connection with the approximately US$658 million multi-tranche, multi-currency, term loan financing of the Mar 2 toll road project in Colombia.
- a syndicate of financial institutions, including Société Générale, ING Bank NV, BNP Paribas, Natixis, Caja Rural de Navarra, and HSBC Continental Europe, in connection with the approximately €320 million financing granted to Highfield Resources for the development of the Muga potash mine – the largest underground mine in Spain – located between Navarre and Aragon.
