About
Arturo is a senior associate in the global transactions group in the Madrid office. He specialises in domestic and cross-border financing transactions of all kinds, with particular focus on leveraged, acquisition, real estate and corporate financings as well as debt restructurings.
Arturo has deep expertise advising private equity funds, banks, alternative capital providers, sovereign wealth funds and corporates (from investment grade to highly leveraged) on a wide range of transactions across the financing spectrum and industry sectors.
He combines deep local knowledge with cross-border experience in global transactions.
Additional Information
Arturo's experience includes advising:
- Banco Santander, Caixabank, Credit Agricole, Natixis and Société Générale, as Bookrunners, MLAs and Original Lenders, on the €2bn Spanish law facilities agreement to finance the acquisition of a 20% stake in Naturgy by an special purpose vehicle incorporated at the direction of CVC Capital Partners Limited
- Cinven on the €2.9bn acquisition of a stake in Idealista as well as on the €400m recap financing
- Criteria Caixa and Société Générale (deal counsel) on a €1,650m term loan and revolving financing and on a €750m term loan financing
- CarVal Investors on the acquisition through a Luxembourg SPV of the economic interests and property rights arising from a portfolio of 3,500 Spanish mortgage loans backed by residential assets from Abanca and its subsequent transfer to a public Spanish public securitisation fund which issued €310.5m notes rated by S&P and KBRA and listed in AIAF Spanish fixed income securities market
- Deutsche Bank, BBVA and National Australian Bank on the €212.5m financing to fund the acquisition by an SPV incorporated at the direction of IFM Investors of the Spanish airport equipment company Air Rail, including an up to €100m facility for new acquisitions and capex
- Agrolimen on a syndicated 1,235bn term loan financing and revolving facilities for general corporate purposes, capex and the refinancing of existing financing
- Azora/GIC (through its JV company Brisa Desarrollos) including corporate financings, subscription lines and real estate financings for the construction and development of several residential properties
- HBX (Hotelbeds) on the refinancing of its existing indebtedness through the execution of a EUR 1.6bn syndicated facilities agreement in the context of the IPO and its listing on the Spanish stock exchanges
- Aleatica (IFM) on a €640m term loan and revolving financing to finance acquisitions, refinancing existing debt and general corporate and working purposes
- A syndicate of lenders in the negotiation process for the restructuring of Grupo Ezentis, including the creation of a steering committee and the negotiation of various stand stills and the bases of a court sanctioned restructuring plan.
- On complex and significant restructurings such as Leoni, AccorInvest, Lecta, Getronics, CWT or Bulb Energy
Arturo Dauffi
Senior Associate
Madrid Office
Torre Europa
Paseo de la Castellana, 95
Madrid 28046