Debtwire Direct Lending Forum 2023
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The Savoy, London
18
May
Panel: Regional focus - Southern Europe
Replete with dry powder from the past 24 months, direct lenders have routinely stepped in to provide private debt options in Southern Europe. One such example was Advent International’s EUR 430m floating rate note to partially finance its acquisition of Italian ingredients manufacturer, IRCA, but switched to a senior acquisition package provided by CVC Credit Partners as public credit markets turned. This panel will review:
- What is the deal pipeline in Southern Europe for direct lenders?
- What are the key issues for issuers and investors in the region?
- What are the trends in documentation in the region?
- What are the differences in the direct lending deal pipelines in Italy and Spain?
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SpeakersAlonso Torre de Silva Managing Director, Madrid Ares Asset Management
Leticia Ruenes Managing Director, Head of Spain Pemberton Asset Management
Leticia Bueno Partner Oquendo Capital
Antonio Sánchez-Valles Managing Director- Financial Sponsors Coverage BBVA
Luis Felipe Castellanos Managing Partner Alantra Private Debt
Evis Progonati Deputy Managing Editor Debtwire ABS
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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.
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.
Antonio has 18 years of experience in Leveraged and Structured Finance (Securitisation and Asset backed Lending). Before joining BBVA in 2011, Antonio spent 7 years at The Royal Bank of Scotland, working in the Leveraged Finance team and prior to that, 4 years at Société Générale in the Structured Finance team. At RBS, Antonio was Senior Director of the Leveraged Finance team for Spain & Portugal. Within BBVA’s Financial Sponsors group, Antonio is in charge of Private Equity Funds coverage.
Luis Felipe Castellanos, holds more than 30 years of international experience in structured credit & asset management. Prior to joining Alantra, Luis Felipe was Partner at PwC, in charge of the debt advisory practice in Spain. In the past, he has also been Managing Director at European Capital, a €2.8bn European mezzanine debt fund, Head of Leveraged Finance at BNP Paribas Spain, and a Director of Project Finance at BNP Paribas in New York and Paris offices.