Latham Advises Creditors on MEDIAPRO’s Debt Refinancing

Multi-disciplinary team represents the senior creditor committee in the transaction.

June 15, 2022

Latham & Watkins has advised the committee of first lien lenders in relation to the €865 million first and second lien financing arrangements and recapitalisation of the Spanish-headquartered MEDIAPRO Group, a leading group in the European audiovisual sector. 

The recapitalisation involves a capital increase of €620 million and a significant deleveraging of the group’s balance sheet. 

The multi-disciplinary Latham team was led by London finance partners Yen Sum and Bruce Bell, Madrid finance partner Pedro de Rojas, and Madrid Office Managing Partner Ignacio Gómez-Sancha, with London finance associates Jack Isaacs, Hugo Bowkett and Greg Whitaker, and Madrid finance associate Carmen Alonso. Advice was provided on regulatory matters by Madrid partner José María Jiménez-Laiglesia and Madrid counsel José María Alonso. 

 
 
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