ProfessionalsSilvia Menendez

Partner
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Silvia Menendez is a partner in the Finance Group in our London office. She represents international private equity firms and their portfolio companies on a wide variety of transactions, with a focus on buyout and infrastructure financings. She advises clients across numerous industries, with notable experience in the energy and infrastructure sectors.
EXPERIENCE
Some of Silvia’s representative experience includes:
- EQT Infrastructure in:
- the financing aspects of EQT and T-Mobile’s joint venture in fiber home internet provider Lumos
- the financing of its acquisition of Constellation Cold Logistics, a UK-based storage infrastructure service, from Arcus Infrastructure Partners
- the financing of OX2, a fully integrated provider of renewable energy solutions
- the financing of its public acquisition offer of the Spanish leisure company, Parques Reunidos
- the financing of the combination of Nordic Ferry Infrastructure
- the financing of its portfolio company, Zelestra (formerly known as Solarpack), in its sustainability linked holdco financing
- Deutsche Glasfaser and its shareholders, EQT Infrastructure and OMERS, in its €1.25 billion additional debt funding to support its fiber-to-the-home rollout.
- Zayo Europe and its shareholders, EQT Infrastructure and DigitalBridge, on the financing aspects of the carve out of the European business
- Apollo Global Management in the refinancing of its portfolio company Kem One
- SAUR, a leading French drinking and waste water management company on their revolving financing and issuance of “blue bonds”
- Cinven in:
- the financing aspects of its public acquisition offer for the provider of laboratory diagnostic services, SYNLAB AG
- the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority stake in Amara NZero, a leading energy transition player