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Alberto Rubio

He/himSenior Associate
Apart from Alberto's strong legal performance, I would like to point out that he is a guarantee of success ... a great problem-solver.
Debt advisor, corporate finance firm
About

Alberto Rubio is a senior associate in the Finance department of DLA Piper Spain.

Alberto has been actively involved in advising banks, financial institutions and institutional investors, as well as any financed company, both national and international, in the closing of all types of financing operations (corporate financing, acquisition financing (LBOs), real estate financing, project financing, etc.). He has also worked on complex debt refinancing and restructuring processes, both nationally and internationally, and has recently been involved in financing transactions through bond issues (private placements). He is also a member of the Sports Finance group, having advised on some of the major sports and stadium financings in Spain.

Alberto is also accustomed to working on multi-jurisdictional transactions, both leading teams in multiple jurisdictions and supporting the lead counsel (whether in-house or external) with any necessary local input in larger cross-border transactions. He maintains regular contact with several financial advisors active in the Spanish market.

He has contributed to publications on issues related to the granting and documentation of financing transactions in specialised local media.

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising the financial entities in several domestic and international LBOs, setting an example with the advice to a syndicate of Spanish financial entities in a syndicated financing transaction granted to IVI RMA Group, the world's leading reproductive medicine group, for the acquisition of UK-based Create Fertility, as well as to finance certain corporate purposes.
  • Advising a series of investors in several financing transactions (whether via direct lending or bonds issuances) granted to Futbol Club Barcelona for certain general corporate needs and, ultimately, for initiating the development of its new stadium. This transaction is a key transaction within the international sports and entertainment sector.
  • Advising the financial entities in different corporate financing transactions with guarantee from ICO (the State Finance Agency) granted to Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España and Vueling Airlines, to Técnicas Reunidas and to Unión Químico Farmacéutica.
  • Advising either the sponsor or the financial entities in a bunch of project finance transactions for, by way of example, the refurbishment and repositioning of a hotel located in Marbella, the construction, start-up and operation of a wastewater treatment plan in Tarragona or the construction, development and opening to the public of a couple of students residences located in Madrid and Seville.
  • Advising GLP, a leading global investment manager in logistics, in a major real estate financing transaction granted by BNP Paribas and RBC and amounting up to €200M for the investment, acquisition or development of a series of logistics assets located in Spain, Germany and the Netherlands.
  • Advising the French fund Tikehau Investment Management in a series of financing transactions through private placements as the one granted to GTCEISU Construcción for the acquisition of Terratest Group.
Languages
  • Spanish
  • English
Education
  • Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE), Máster en Derecho de la Empresa
  • Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Licenciado en Derecho
  • Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Licenciado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas

Publications

Prior Experience

  • Jul. 2014 - To date Lawyer at DLA Piper Spain
  • Sep. 2013 - Feb. 2014 Professional internship at Heineken
  • Apr. 2013 - May. 2014 Professional internship at KPMG Abogados

Memberships And Affiliations

Member of Madrid´s Bar Association (ICAM)

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