Ignacio Buil
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Specialist in financing and refinancing transactions, advising corporations, financial institutions, hedge funds and private equity funds.
Ignacio Buil is an expert in financing and debt-restructuring transactions (in and out of court) and in negotiating financing and refinancing agreements involving a wide range of capital structures, including LBO refinancing; and project, real estate and corporate finance.
He represents borrowers and lenders, and advises financial institutions, hedge funds and private equity funds on financing and refinancing transactions, and on distressed investment strategies (including loan-to-own and direct lending). He has also participated in several national and multijurisdictional financing transactions and in acquisitions of NPL portfolios.
Since 2017, he is managing partner of the Cuatrecasas London office. Previously, he worked as an associate in the New York office of a leading US law firm, where he represented debtors and creditors in chapter 11 reorganizations, including advising on 363 sales and debtor-in-possession financings.
He is a member of the Madrid Bar Association (2005) and the New York State Bar (2009).
He is an associate professor (profesor asociado) at Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
He is the author of several articles on legal aspects of financing transactions in international publications.
Specialties
Education
Doctor of Laws
Thesis: “Relative contractual subordination and preventive restructuring frameworks” (summa cum laude honors by unanimous decision and special distinction)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2021Master of Laws in Corporation Law (Caja Madrid scholarship)
New York University School of Law, USA, 2008Bachelor of Laws
Universitat de Barcelona, 2005
Directory Mentions
Recommended lawyer
Chambers & Partners (Global and Europe), Legal 500, Leaders League, Global Restructuring Review, IFLR and Best Lawyers in Investment Funds, Banking & Finance and Restructuring & Insolvency
Publications and News
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January 1, 2024Spain - The Art of the Pre-Pack
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November 21, 2023Company restructuring
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September 1, 2023Restructuring plans in Spain
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June 19, 2023Muzinich refinances Ezentis debt with Insyte Instalaciones as new investor
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May 30, 2023The Spanish Insolvency Reform: A Focus on the New Pre-Insolvency System
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December 22, 2022Javier Fontcuberta is new managing partner of Cuatrecasas
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June 30, 2022New restructuring plans
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April 1, 2022The Draft Bill of Amendment of the Insolvency Act for the transposition of Directive 2019/1023
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January 20, 2022Cuatrecasas launches Restructuring, Insolvency and Special Situations specialty practice
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June 29, 2021Cuatrecasas participates in the global restructuring of OHL by advising the ad hoc bondholder group
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June 5, 2020The Spanish Insolvency Regime
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June 4, 2020Cuatrecasas advises WatchGuard Technologies on acquiring Panda Security and refinancing bank debt
Events
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February 6, 2024Private Investments in Spain 2024
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November 22, 2022Private Investments in Spain: Economic and Legal Landscape. A Prospective View
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November 5, 2019Private Investments in Spain: Economic and Legal Landscape before the November 10 general elections