Jaime Grau is an associate in the Finance Department of the Madrid office of Latham & Watkins.

Mr. Grau represents national and international sponsors, corporate borrowers, issuers, banks, credit funds, and other financial institutions from several industries across a broad range of transactions, including complex cross-border leverage financings and alternative financings, among other financing transactions. He has also assisted companies on refinancing and restructuring processes and frequently works with the high yield team to seamlessly execute bank/bond financings.

Mr. Grau’s experience includes advising: 

  • Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas, in connection with the €500 million senior secured notes offering due 2029 and the refinancing of the Eroski group debt 
  • Deutsche Bank in the financing for the acquisition by Morgan Stanley of the 100% share capital of Valoriza Servicios Medioambientales, the former environmental services subsidiary of the Sacyr group 
  • The Plastic Energy Group in the refinancing of its debt 
  • The Lenders in the CHF580 million refinancing of Swiss Towers AG, the Swiss subsidiary of the Cellnex Group
  • The senior creditors’ committee on the restructuring and recapitalization of Pronovias, the Spanish wedding and occasion wear business 
  • Finerge Group on its platform refinancing 
  • Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) in the financing for the acquisition of Atlas Renewable Energy from Actis 
  • TA Associates in the financing for the acquisition of the esPublico group, a Spanish group of companies that develop legal and economic content platforms 
  • Promotora de Informaciones, S.A. and several companies of the Prisa Group on the refinancing and amendment of its syndicated financial debt 
  • The Carlyle Group on the financing for the acquisition of the Altadia Group from an affiliate of Lone Star Funds 
  • ArchiMed in the financing for the acquisition of Spanish pharmaceutical company Suanfarma 
  • Platinum Equity on the financing for the €3.5 billion acquisition of Urbaser, the leading Spanish waste management company with operations in 25 countries 

Bar Qualification

  • Spain (Abogado)

Education

  • LL.M. in Legal Practice & Business Law, ICADE - Universidad Pontificia de Comillas - Madrid, 2022
  • Bachelor's Degree in Law & Business Administration, ICADE - Universidad Pontificia de Comillas - Madrid, 2020

Languages Spoken

  • English