Panel: Iberian Private Debt Landscape
Replete with dry powder from the past 24 months, direct lenders have routinely stepped in to provide private debt options in Southern Europe. This panel will review:
- What is the deal pipeline in Iberia for direct lenders?
- What are the key issues for issuers and investors in the region?
- What are the differences in the direct lending deal pipelines in Portugal and Spain?
- How is the fundraising environment for direct lenders?
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SpeakersLeticia Ruenes Managing Director, Head of Spain Pemberton Asset Management
Daniel Herrero Founding Partner Oquendo Capital
Alonso Torre de Silva Managing Director, Madrid Ares Asset Management
Borja Oyarzábal President and Founding Partner Tresmares Capital
Rupert Cocke Senior Editor, Head of Iberian Coverage Mergermarket
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Managing Director, Head of Spain
Leticia Ruenes is Head of Spain, responsible for developing Pemberton’s growing presence in the Spanish market and opening the office in Madrid.
Leticia joined Pemberton in 2020. Before that she spent 17 years at RBS / Natwest Bank where she held several roles including latterly Head of the European Structured Finance Portfolio, overseeing LBOs, infra and project finance assets in Europe. Prior to this she had been Global Head of project finance portfolio and distribution, and Director in the leveraged finance origination team in Spain. Before joining RBS in 2003, she was part of the M&A team at ING.
Leticia has over 20 years’ experience in investment banking, leveraged loans and European corporate and credit markets. She is a CFA Charterholder and graduated from ICADE University in Spain with a double degree in Law and Business Administration.
Daniel is a founding partner at Oquendo Capital and has over 20 years of experience in financing and advising Spanish middle market companies.
In 2002, Daniel founded Oquendo Corporate, an independent M&A firm focused on the Spanish mid-market where he advised on more than 15 transactions for an aggregate amount of over Euro 1.500 million. Daniel was previously a partner at Quabbala Asesores, an independent strategic consulting firm that provided advice to large Spanish corporates. Between 1995 and 2000, Daniel developed his career in London, where he held different positions in the M&A teams at Deutsche Bank, Bankers Trust and Merrill Lynch.
Daniel speaks English and Spanish and has a degree in Economics and Business Administration from CUNEF.
Managing Director
Madrid
Mr. Torre de Silva is a Managing Director in the Ares Credit Group, where he focuses on European direct lending. Prior to joining Ares in 2019, Mr. Torre de Silva was Head of structured acquisition finance and technology, media and telecommunications for Iberia at ING, where he focused on managing the Madrid Leveraged Finance and Technology, Media and Telecommunications Team. Previously, Mr. Torre de Silva was Founding Partner of Mercurio Credit Partners, Investment Director at European Capital and Leveraged Finance Director at Societe Generale. Mr. Torre de Silva holds a B.A. from Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Business Administration and an M.B.A. from IESE Business School.