Armas Molina, Vanessa

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Languages

• English
• Spanish

Lawyer Overview

Vanessa Armas Molina practices banking law primarily in the renewable energy sector. She has advised developers, financial institutions, and other participants in a wide range of energy transactions involving the acquisition, sale, development, construction, and financing of wind, biomass, thermosolar, cogeneration, and other renewable energy projects.

She also has significant experience with the financing of infrastructure projects, such as highways and hotels; securitization matters as they relate to Spanish transactions structured through Spanish funds, as well as cross-border securitization transactions structured through special purpose vehicles (SPVs); and the restructuring of distressed multinational corporations.

Vanessa's recent experience includes advising Banco de Saballel, S.A. on the €38 million ($53.7 million) project financing for the construction, set-up, and operation of the 20 MW increase in power of the Quintanilla wind park located in Burgos, Spain and advising Parque de Generacion Eolica, S.L and Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Madrid in connection with the €92 million ($133.9 million) project financing for the construction and operation of a section of Highway A-2, Section R2 LP Soria/Guadalajara, promoted by the Ministerio de Fomento.

Areas of Practice

• Banking & Finance
• Global Infrastructure
• Project Finance

Representative Cases

• Banco de Sabadell and Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Segovia provide financing for partial acquisition of the Dibaq group of companies
• Banco de Sabadell finances wind park project in Burgos, Spain , (2009)
• Banco de Sabadell finances wind park projects in Castilla y León, Spain , (2009)
• Banco de Sabadell, Dexia Sabadell, and Barclays Bank finance wind park expansion in Palencia, Spain , (2009)
• Banco Espirito Santo and Caixa Geral de Depositos finance two photovoltaic solar plants in Spain , (2009)
• Banco Itau finances guarantees to Teyma Uruguay
• Banco Popular finances Sener Group and Valpuren Bañuelo purine treatment plant project in Toledo, Spain
• Banco Popular finances Sener Group and Valpuren Comatur purine treatment plant project in Toledo, Spain
• Banco Santander and CajaMadrid finance wind park project in Puerto Real, Cádiz
• BANESTO and Caja Ahorro Castilla la Mancha provide financing for acquisition of Inopac , (2009)
• BANESTO and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Europe ltd finance wind park projects in Asturias, Spain , (2009)
• BBVA finances acquisition of cogeneration plants in Murcia
• BBVA finances cement and clinker plant in Azuara, Zaragoza , (2009)
• BBVA finances Escepar wind park project in Cuenca, Spain , (2009)
• BBVA finances Peralejo wind park project in Cuenca, Spain , (2009)
• BBVA, Banco Santander, BNP Paribas, HSBC Bank, and The Royal Bank of Scotland finance solar thermal power project in Badajoz, Spain
• BBVA, BANESTO, and Banco Santander finance wind park projects in Jarafuel, Valencia , (2009)
• BBVA, BANESTO, Banco Santander, Banco Popular, CajaMadrid, la Caixa and Unicredit MedioCrédito Centrale S.p.A. finance eleven wind parks in Spain , (2009)
• BBVA, la Caixa, Instituto de Crédito Oficial, MedioCrédito Centrale S.p.A. and Banco Europeo de Inversiones finance 10 wind park projects throughout Spain
• BBVA-led syndicate finances solar plant in Badajoz, Spain
• Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo and EBN Banco de Negocios S.A. finance hotel project in Riviera Maya, Mexico
• Caja de Ahorros serves as administrative agent in the financing of a hotel project in Cancun, Mexico
• Caja Madrid and CajaMadrid and Caja de Ahorros Municipal de Burgos finance a photovoltaic solar plant project in Pitiegua, Salamanca , (2009)
• Caja Madrid finances highway project
• CajaMadrid, la Caixa and Caja de Ahorros de Asturias finance wind park project in Albacete, Spain
• Eolia Renovables sponsors solar plant project in Murcia, Spain , (2009)
• Financial institution provides financing for wind park
• La Caixa finances photovoltaic plant projects in Tarragona, Spain

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

• Spain

Education

• Instituto de Empresa - Spain
• Universidad San Pablo CEU

Address

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28004 Madrid, Spain

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