Oscar Lopez

oscar.lopez@lw.com

+44.20.7710.4632

Profile

Oscar Lopez is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Capital Markets Practice.

Oscar primarily advises on international capital markets transactions. He has experience representing private equity firms, investment banks and public and private corporate clients in public and private debt and equity transactions, including SEC-registered offerings, acquisition financings, leveraged buyouts, private placements and liability management transactions across a broad range of industries.

Oscar maintains an active pro bono practice representing asylum seekers and serves on the Multicultural Promotion & Attainment Coalition (MPAC).

While in law school, Oscar served as managing and online editor for the Cornell International Law Journal and as managing editor for the Cornell Legal Information Institute.

Experience

Oscar's experience includes representing:

Zenith Vehicles, a portfolio company of Bridgepoint Group plc, in its inaugural offering of £475 million of green senior secured notes and a new £65 million revolving credit facility
BNP Paribas, Natixis, Nordea, Société Générale, and Crédit Agricole CIB in connection with Compact Bidco B.V.’s, a portfolio company of Bain Capital and the parent company of Consolis Group S.A.S., in connection with its offering of €300 million of 5.75% senior secured notes*
Synthomer in connection with its inaugural high yield bond offering of €520 million senior notes*
The lenders in connection with the senior financing in support of the £2.3 billion public-to-private acquisition of Aggreko plc by TDR Capital and I Squared Capital*
Transportes Aereos Portugueses in connection with its inaugural high yield bond offering of €375 million senior notes*
Paymentsense in the private placement of £30 million of its senior secured notes*
Paymentsense in connection with its inaugural high yield bond offering of £290 million senior secured notes*
Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB, Natixis, and Société Générale in connection with Loxam’s offering of €700 million senior secured notes due 2025, €450 million senior secured notes due 2026, and €250 million senior subordinated notes due 2027*
BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB, Natixis, and Deutsche Bank in connection with Loxam’s offering of €300 million senior secured notes due 2026 and €200 million senior subordinated notes due 2027*
The notes purchasers on the private placement by TVL Finance Plc, a subsidiary of Travelodge, of £65 million 9.0% senior secured notes due 2025*
NatWest Markets plc, Banco Santander, S.A., Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, and J.P. Morgan Securities plc in connection with NatWest Group plc’s offering of £1 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.125% reset perpetual subordinated contingent convertible additional tier 1 capital notes*
NatWest Markets Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., and RBC Capital Markets, LLC in connection with the offering of US$850 million of the NatWest Group plc’s fixed-to-fixed reset rate subordinated tier 2 notes due 2035*
Barclays Bank PLC, Cooperative Rabobank U.A., trading as Rabobank London, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Goldman Sachs International, Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc, and Nomura International plc in connection with the offering of €300 million of Stonegate Pub Company Financing 2019 plc’s floating rate senior secured notes due 2025 and £950 million of its 8.25% senior secured notes due 2025*
Barclays Bank PLC, Goldman Sachs International, and Nomura International plc, as placement agents, in connection with the private placement of Stonegate Pub Company Financing 2019 plc’s £500 million of its 8.0% senior secured notes due 2025*
NatWest Markets Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Market Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, and UBS Securities LLC in the offering of US$1.5 billion of The Royal Bank of Scotland’s 6.0% reset perpetual subordinated contingent convertible additional tier 1 capital notes*
NatWest Markets Securities Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, and TD Securities (USA) LLC in connection with the offering of £1.0 billion of The Royal Bank of Scotland’s 3.073% fixed-to-fixed reset rate senior notes due 2028 and its inaugural US$600 million 2.359% fixed-to-fixed reset rate senior green notes due 2024*
Barclays Bank PLC, as solicitation agent, in the consent solicitation to amend the global notes of TVL Finance plc (Travelodge) to permit the issuer to enter into a voluntary scheme of arrangement and a restructuring plan with its landlords*
Goldman Sachs International, as solicitation agent, in the consent solicitation to amend the global notes of TVL Finance plc (Travelodge) to permit the issuer to extend the delivery date of its annual report*
NatWest Markets Securities Inc., Banca IMI S.p.A., Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A., CIBC World Markets Corp., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main Platz der Republik, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., as dealers, in connection with the offering by NatWest Markets Plc of US$1 billion of its 2.375% senior notes due 2023*
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, NatWest Markets Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, SG Americas Securities, LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as arrangers, in connection with the update of NatWest Markets Plc’s US$10 billion medium-term note programme*
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, ING Bank N.V., London Branch, Merrill Lynch International, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., and SG Americas Securities, LLC in connection with the offering by Sable International Finance Limited (Cable & Wireless) of US$150 million of its 5.750% senior secured notes due 2027*
NatWest Markets Securities Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, and RBC Capital Markets, LLC in connection with the offering by The Royal Bank of Scotland of US$750 million of its fixed-to-fixed reset rate subordinated tier 2 notes due 2029*
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. in connection with the offering by LCPR Senior Secured Financing Designated Activity Company (Liberty Latin America) of US$1.2 billion of its 6.750% senior secured notes due 2027*
The notes purchasers in connection with the private placement by LCPR Senior Secured Financing Designated Activity Company (Liberty Latin America) of US$90 million of 6.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2027*
Barclays Bank PLC in connection with Swissport’s offering of €410 million of its 5.25% senior secured notes due 2024 and €250 million of its 9.00% senior notes due 2025*
Goldman Sachs International and Crédit Industriel et Commerciel in connection with the offering of TVL Finance Plc’s (Travelodge) £440 million of its senior secured floating rate note due 2025*
Barclays Bank PLC in connection with the offering by Stonegate Pub Company Financing plc of £150 million of its floating rate senior notes due 2022*
Goldman Sachs International, as placement agent, in the private placement by TVL Finance Plc’s (Travelodge) of £30 million of 6.75% senior secured notes due 2027*
El Corte Inglés, S.A., in connection with its offering of €600 million of its 3.00% senior notes due 2024*
Goldman Sachs International, as placement agent, in connection with TVL Finance Plc’s (Travelodge) private placement of €30 million of its senior secured floating rate notes due 2023*
Naviera Armas in connection with its offering of €300 million senior secured floating rate notes*
Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, Société Générale, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, ING Bank N.V., London Branch, UniCredit Bank AG, and CaixaBank, S.A. in connection with the offering by Masaria Investments, a subsidiary of Grupo Cortefiel, of €275 million of its 5.00% senior secured fixed rate notes due 2024 and €325 million of its senior secured floating rate notes due 2024*
Together Financial Services in connection with its offering of £200 million of senior secured notes*
BNP Paribas, HSBC Bank plc, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Société Générale, UniCredit Bank AG, Crédit Industriel et Commercial S.A., and ODDO BHF SCA in connection with the offering of CMA CGM’s €650 million of its 6.50% senior notes due 2022*
Citigroup Global Markets Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and BofA Merrill Lynch, as dealer managers, in connection with the cash tender offer of US$500 million of 7.50% senior notes due 2019 of International Game Technology, a Nevada corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of International Game Technology PLC*
Citigroup Global Markets Limited and Jefferies International Limited, as joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners, China Construction Bank Corporation, Singapore Branch, Mizuho International plc, NCB Capital Company, and Standard Chartered Bank, as joint bookrunners, and MUFG Securities EMEA plc and SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited, as managers, in connection with ACWA Power Management and Investments One Limited’s offering of US$814 million of its 5.95% senior secured notes due 2039*
J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Jefferies International Limited, and NatWest Markets plc in connection with Amigo Luxembourg S.A.’s tap offering of £50 million of its 7.625% senior secured notes due 2024*
Goldman Sachs International and Barclays Bank PLC in connection with TVL Finance Plc’s, a subsidiary of the Travelodge Group, £165 million offering of its senior secured floating rate notes due 2023*
J.P. Morgan Securities plc and BNP Paribas, as placement agents, in connection with Autodis S.A.’s private placement of €80 million of its senior secured floating rate notes due 2022*
Together Financial Services in connection with its offering of £375 million of senior secured notes*
Naviera Armas in connection with the private placement of €50 million senior secured floating rate notes*
Naviera Armas in connection with its offering of €232 million senior secured floating rate notes*
BofA Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Santander, and Wells Fargo Securities in connection with Banco Santander, S.A.’s offering of US$1 billion 3.500% of its second ranking senior debt securities due 2022, US$1 billion of its 4.250% second ranking senior debt securities due 2027, and US$500 million of its second ranking senior floating rate debt securities due 2022*
Danske Bank and Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc on the initial public offering and Nasdaq Helsinki listing of DNA Oyj*
J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Société Générale, Merrill Lynch International, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, and Nomura International plc in connection with Intralot’s offering of €250 million of its 6.75% senior notes due 2021*
J.P. Morgan Securities plc and Société Générale in connection with Intralot’s tender offer of 9.75% senior notes due 2018*
Together Financial Services in connection with the offering by Bracken Midco1 plc of £220 million senior PIK toggle notes*
UBS Limited and Goldman Sachs International in connection with Banco Popular Español’s capital increase of approximately €2.4 billion through a rights offering comprising the issuance of 2,004,441,153 ordinary shares*
UBS Limited, Goldman Sachs International, and Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc in connection with a €231 million rights offering by Hispania Activos Inmobiliarios, SOCIMI, S.A.*