Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Languages

• English
• Spanish

Lawyer Overview

Fernando Lillo's practice is concentrated on Spanish electricity markets and related areas of lending and structured financing projects as well as general counseling. He also advises clients in infrastructure projects.

Fernando has broad experience dealing with structured financing of renewable energy (wind parks, mini hydraulic plants, and biomass and cogeneration plants as well as solar and thermal plants) and infrastructure projects (toll roads, highways, and hotels) both locally and abroad. His experience encompasses all types of credits, loans, and securities in project, corporate, acquisition, and asset financing. Representative clients in recent public matters include the following financial institutions: Banco Español de Crédito, S.A.; ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Spanish Branch; Banco Santander; Caixanova; Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.; Espírito Santo Investment, Spanish Branch; Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO); and the domestic electric utility Unión Fenosa, S.A. In addition, he advises local and international promoters in the renewable energy sector on acquisitions and project finance.

Prior to joining Jones Day in 2003, Fernando worked in the Madrid office of Landwell (a member law firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers) and Garrigues & Andersen (a former member law firm of Andersen Worldwide) for six years. He has been a member of the Madrid Bar Association since 1995.

Fernando is frequently asked to speak on energy-related financing projects and writes on renewable energy matters for the specialized press. He is mentioned in the project finance practice category in Chambers Global — The World's Leading Lawyers 2008.

Areas of Practice

• Banking & Finance
• Project Finance
• Energy
• Energy Finance
• Energy Projects
• Energy/Utilities
• Global Infrastructure
• Latin America

Representative Cases

• Acquisition and Project Financing , (2009)
• Acquisition Financing
• Bioenergética Egabrense Project
• Cabezo San Roque Wind Project
• Development of State Prison
• Encinedo, Angostillos, Hornillos and El Cuadrón Wind Parks Project
• Fairmont Mayakobá Resort Hotel
• Financing of Puente del Ebro Shadow Toll Road
• Financing of Sewage Plants
• Financing of Solar Photovoltaic Plants , (2008)
• Financing of the construction, operation and development of five wind parks located in France
• Financing of the construction, operation and development of four windparks located in France
• Financing of Thermal Power Plant , (2008)
• Financing of two Thermal Power Plants in Badajoz, Spain , (2008)
• Financing of Water Supply Project
• Financing of Wind Park
• Financing of Wind Park
• Financing of Wind Park
• Financing of Wind Park Projects , (2009)
• Financing of Wind Parks
• Financing of Wind Parks , (2009)
• Financing of Wind Parks
• Fuensanta Wind Project
• La Esperanza Wind Park
• La Roda Biomass Project
• Los Valles Windpark Project
• Manageneración Project
• Multicurrency Revolving Syndicated Financing Facility for Altadis S.A. and Altadis Financial
• Noroeste and Peña Armada Wind Project
• Project Financing
• Project Financing for Construction of a Waste Disposal Area
• Project Financing for Five Photovoltaic Plants
• Project Financing for Highway Conversion
• Project Financing for the Construction of a Hotel
• Project Financing of Hospital
• Project Financing of Section of Highway A-4
• Project Financing of Two Wind Farms and Nine Photovoltaic Installations
• Project Financing of Underground Parking Lots in Spain
• Real Estate Financing
• Refinancing of Cogeneration Plant
• Robres Windpark Project
• Secured Credit Facility
• Securitization

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Banks, Commercial Leasing, Credit Unions, Debtor/Creditor, International Banking, Lending & Secured Transactions, Loan Workouts, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Public Finance, Savings & Thrifts, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• Madrid, Spain

Education

• Universidad San Pablo CEU

Address

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28001 Madrid 28001, Spain

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