EXPERIENCE

Lina’s experience includes advising:

• On a wide range of structured finance transactions and structured products including CLOs, derivatives, repo and securities lending transactions, and securitizations across a variety of asset classes and asset-backed financing 
• CLO managers on their European transactions, including BlackRock, Blackstone Credit, and Carlyle 
• Bank arrangers on European CLO transactions, including Deutsche Bank, Citibank, and Jefferies 
• US asset managers in relation to the establishment of CLO risk retention funds 
• The ad hoc group of senior lenders to Vue Cinemas in relation to its c. €1 billion debt and equity restructuring 
• Alcentra and KKR in relation to the recapitalisation of global professional services provider Equiom, pursuant to which Alcentra became majority owner
• Vivo Energy, on its acquisition of a 74% shareholding in Engen from Petronas, in a transaction creating one of Africa’s largest energy distribution companies 
• SATS Ltd. on its acquisition of Worldwide Flight Services, a France-based provider of air cargo logistics, ground handling, and technical services
• BenevolentAI, a leading clinical-stage AI-enabled drug discovery company, on its US$1.5 billion business combination with Odyssey Acquisition S.A., a Euronext-Amsterdam listed special purpose acquisition company
• EIG Global Energy Partners, on its acquisition of a 25% stake in Repsol Upstream, a Spain-based exploration and production company
• Authentic Brands Group on its strategic partnership with David Beckham to co-own and manage Beckham's global brand
• The mandated lead arrangers and the underwriters of the financing relating to the acquisition of the Element Materials Technology Group by Temasek from Bridgepoint