Hugo Hernández-Mancha

Gibson Dunn advised an ad hoc group of noteholders to Oriflame on its comprehensive recapitalization transaction. The fully consensual transaction involved a strategic approximately €520 million balance sheet deleveraging and significant injection of new capital, together with meaningful maturity extensions.~~Our London restructuring team was led by partners Christopher Howard and Matthew Squire and included associates Nick Gilvear and Yinn Lim.~~Partner Kavita Davis and associate Tom Capper advised on financing; partner Hugo Hernández-Mancha on capital markets; partners Sandy Bhogal and James Chandler and associate Jason Richards on tax matters; and partner Michelle Kirschner, of counsel Martin Coombes, and associate Saad Khan on financial regulatory matters.~~Download PDF~~

Jan 5

1 min

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher advised CriteriaCaixa, a shareholder in some of Spain’s largest companies, on the sale of approximately 2.6% of its holding in Cellnex Telecom, a leading operator of wireless telecommunication infrastructures. Gibson Dunn acted alongside Uría Menendez.~~The private placement, which amounted to a total of €612 million, was conducted by J.P. Morgan by means of an accelerated book-building process that was exclusively addressed to qualified investors.~~The Gibson Dunn corporate team advising CriteriaCaixa comprised Hugo Hernández-Mancha and Cason Moore. The Uría Menendez team comprised Alfonso Ventoso, Beatriz Camilleri and Alejandro Samaniego.~~Download PDF~~

Jun 11

1 min

Gibson Dunn advised Neinor Homes, the leading listed residential property developer in Spain, on the issuance of its €325 million senior secured notes due 2030, which was oversubscribed four times. Neinor Homes has issued its second Green Bond, upsizing the initial targeted amount from €300 million to €325 million, and has pledged that it will invest an amount equivalent to 100% of the proceeds in Eligible Green Projects. Neinor Homes intends to allocate €175 million to repay its existing corporate debt facilities and increase its corporate debt by an additional €150 million to fund new growth opportunities and for general corporate purposes including land bank acquisitions, further co-investments and shareholder remuneration. The Gibson Dunn capital markets team advising Neinor Homes was led by London partners Federico Fruhbeck and Hugo Hernández-Mancha, and of counsel Cason Moore. The finance team was led by Kavita Davis. The firm acted alongside Uría Menendez, whose team was led by partner Gabriel Nuñez and associate Manuel Suero Roiz. Download PDF

Nov 8

1 min

President of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Judge Robert Spano, will join Gibson Dunn in London following the end of his term this 31 October 2022. Judge Spano is an acknowledged expert in the field of digital rights, having been involved extra-judicially in extensive policy work in relation to challenges in the areas of disinformation, online content moderation and freedom of expression, and decided some of the landmark judgments in the field. He will join the firm as Of Counsel on 1 January 2023, advising clients on multi-national disputes, particularly in the fields of digital rights, public international law and investor-state arbitration, on business and human rights, ESG (environment, social and governance), and on government affairs and public policy. Commenting on the hire, Philip Rocher, head of the London Dispute Resolution Group at Gibson Dunn, said: “Judge Spano has overseen transformational change at the Court, and has presided over a period of multiple generational human rights challenges for Europe. His role has involved extensive diplomatic and policy engagement with the governments of individual signatory states within the Council of Europe, and with the EU institutions, in particular the European Commission. We are looking forward to having him apply that drive and energy to our clients’ most significant global disputes and regulatory challenges.” Robert’s arrival is part of a period of expansion at Gibson Dunn in London over the past 12 months, with the hires of technology partners Alison Beal and Joel Harrison, private equity partners Isabel Berger, Alice Brogi, Robert Dixon, Federico Fruhbeck, Till Lefranc, and Wim De Vlieger, and capital markets partner Hugo Hernandez-Mancha. Download PDF

Oct 27

1 min

Gibson Dunn recently advised Gran Tierra Energy Inc. in the issuance of an additional $100,000,000 of its 9.500% Senior Secured Amortizing Notes due 2029. This offering is in addition to Gran Tierra Energy Inc.’s previous offering on October 20, 2023 of $487.6 million aggregate principal amount of notes in the same series. Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (GTE: NYSE, TSX) is an independent international energy company currently focused on international oil and natural gas exploration and production with assets currently in Colombia and Ecuador. The transaction involved multiple Gibson Dunn offices across the United States, and complex cross-border considerations including international securities, finance, and tax issues. The Gibson Dunn team included Houston partner Hillary H. Holmes, New York of counsel Rodrigo Surcan, Houston of counsel Justine Robinson, and Houston associates Malakeh Hijazi and Matthew Goldstein. Houston partner Shalla Prichard advised on financing. New York partner Pamela Lawrence Endreny and associate Kate Long advised on tax aspects. London partners Chris Haynes, Hugo Hernández-Mancha, and Kavita Davis, and associate Martin Coombes advised on UK law matters. Singapore associate Alexandra Jones advised on Singapore law matters. Download PDF

Feb 6

1 min