Ashurst today announces that it has appointed Fernando Navarro as a partner in its global finance division. Fernando will be based in the firm’s Madrid office and joins from Cuatrecasas.
Fernando specialises in advising private and public companies on financing transactions, both through syndicated and bilateral loans, and issues of a broad range of debt instruments. He also has experience in derivatives, debt restructuring, direct lending, alternative funding, purchase and sale of debt portfolios and debt trading. Before joining Cuatrecasas in 2003, he was in-house counsel at Santander Investment and Grupo Ahorro CorporaciĆ³n.
Eduardo Gracia, managing partner of Ashurst Spain, commented:
“This appointment reflects Ashurst’s ambition to continue to deliver a top-tier service to our clients. Fernando brings with him a wealth of experience and market knowledge that will boost our already well-established finance practice. He will further enhance the scale and depth of our offering and we look forward to welcoming him to the team.”
Fernando Navarro added:
“I am delighted to be joining Ashurst and to further develop the firm’s finance capability. I am very much looking forward to working with an already very strong team and help clients achieve their most challenging global objectives.”
Source: www.ashurst.com