Laura del Olmo
Associate, Madrid
Biography
Overview
Laura is an associate in the Corporate Department of the Madrid office.
Her practice is focused on corporate law, especially public and private M&A, equity and debt capital markets, private equity and corporate finance in a number of different industries.
Bars and Courts
Madrid Bar
Education
Master in Legal Practice, ICADE
Universidad Pontificia de Comillas
Bachelor Degree in Law
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Exchange Semester
University of Liverpool
United Kingdom
Languages
Spanish
English
Experience
Laura's representative transactions include assistance to:
- AI Candelaria (Spain), S.A. in an offering of US$600 million in aggregate principal amount of its 5.750% senior secured notes due 2033 and a purchase of US$375 million in aggregate principal amount of its 7.500% senior secured notes due 2028 pursuant to a tender offer. The offering of the new notes and the tender offer were structured to constitute an intermediated exchange offer, with Credit Suisse acting as purchaser of the existing notes. AI Candelaria used the remaining funds from the note offering (i) to pay a portion of the purchase price for its acquisition of an additional 5% interest in Oleoducto Central S.A., owner and operator of the largest crude oil pipeline in Colombia, (ii) to pay premiums, fees and expenses in connection with the tender offer and consent solicitation and the note offering and (iii) for general corporate purposes. AI Candelaria is a Spanish holding company whose primary asset is an ownership interest in Oleoducto Central S.A..
- Angelini Pharma S.p.A., international pharmaceutical company part of the privately held Italian Angelini Group, in connection with the acquisition of Arvelle Therapeutics Group, a Dutch/Swiss-based biopharmaceutical company focused on bringing innovative treatments to patients suffering from CNS disorders, holding exclusive license to commercialize cenobamate in the European Union and other countries in the European Economic Area (Switzerland and the United Kingdom), for a total aggregate valuation of the acquisition of up to US$960 million.
- Arjun Infrastructure Partners, an independent asset management company dedictated to infrastructure investments, on its acquisition of 49% of CI III Monegros Energy Holdco SLU, which is the owner of 12 onshore wind farms with a total installed capacity of 487 MW located in Aragon, Spain, from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.
- CVC Capital Partners on its acquisition, with minority co-investor Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), of a majority stake in the international agencies of BlueFocus Intelligent Communications Group Co., Ltd., a leading publicly-traded Chinese marketing services conglomerate. BlueFocus will retain a minority interest. The acquisition encompasses Vision 7 International Inc., a fully integrated marketing communications platform headquartered in Canada and including several leading advertising and marketing agencies in Canada, the United States and Europe; We Are Very Social, Ltd., a global social creative agency headquartered in London; Fuse Project LLC, a fully integrated product design agency in San Francisco; and Metta Communications Ltd., a Hong-Kong based full-service marketing agency.