Carolina Naranjo

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Carolina Naranjo focuses on corporate contracts and M&A. She has advised private companies and funds, both national and international, in various commercial transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, and investments. She also has experience in commercial and financial restructurings and due diligence.

In addition, Carolina has been very active in the renewable energy sector and has advised developers and investors in the sale and purchase of photovoltaic and wind projects as well as in the negotiation and formalization of EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) and O&M (operations and maintenance) contracts.

Experience

  • European Investment Bank provides €20 million financing to HeuraJones Day represented European Investment Bank (EIB) in connection with its €20 million financing to Barcelona-based foodtech company Heura, which will allow the company to accelerate the development of products beyond plant-based meat.
  • CBRE forms joint venture for acquisition of Spanish industrial plotJones Day advised CBRE in the joint venture with Trammell Crow Company for the acquisition of 391,770 sqm of net industrial plot, located in Illescas, Toledo, Spain, divided in 13 plots to implement logistics use with a total buildable area of 302,660 sqm.
  • Greystar acquires 458 Units for Flexible Living Portfolio in SpainJones Day advised Greystar Real Estate Partners in the acquisition of a development site for 458 apartments for its growing flexible living platform in Madrid, Spain, from Bermejo & Williamson Real Estate (BWRE).
  • Wabtec acquires Dellner CouplersJones Day is advising Wabtec Corporation in the $960 million acquisition of Dellner Couplers, a global leader in highly engineered safety-critical train connection systems and services for passenger rail rolling stock.
  • Red Arbor acquires GenomaworkJones Day advised Red Arbor Holding, S.L. in the acquisition of GenomaWork SpA, a Chilean-based recruitment platform.
  • J.F. Lehman & Company acquires WristJones Day advised J.F. Lehman & Company in the acquisition of a majority shareholding of W.S.S. Holding A/S and its subsidiaries, global leaders in marine supply, logistics and budget management services for the maritime industry.
  • Euroclear acquires Banco InversisJones Day advised Euroclear SA/NV in its acquisition of Banco Inversis, a leading provider of global investment technology solutions and outsourced financial services.
  • Société Générale sells Société Générale Equipment Finance's (SGEF) activitiesJones Day advised Société Générale in the sale of the professional equipment financing businesses operated by Societe Generale Equipment Finance (SGEF) to Groupe BPCE.
  • Greystar expands flexible living portfolio in Spain with circa €300 million acquisitionJones Day advised Greystar in the acquisition of three Spanish flexible living assets in Barcelona, Bilbao and Madrid from Bain Capital, a leading global investment firm.
  • Banco Sabadell, Rabobank, and ING complete €261.97 million financing for five photovoltaic plants in Palencia, SpainJones Day provided legal advice to Banco Sabadell, Rabobank, and ING in connection with the financing for the construction, start-up, and operation of five photovoltaic plants in the Palencia region of Spain under construction named "Pisoraca 2", "Pisoraca 3", "Grijota III", "Grijota IV", and "Grijota V", totaling a nominal power of 244.7 MWp.
  • TiLT Capital invests in Nomad Solar EnergyJones Day advised TiLT Capital Partners in the acquisition of a minority stake in Nomad Solar Energy, S.L., a company that designs, manufactures and sells containerized, mobile, solar generators.
  • Entravision Communications sells digital advertising representation business to Aleph GroupJones Day advised Entravision Communications Corporation in the sale of its digital advertising representation business to Aleph Group.
  • Orange and Masmovil combine in €18.6 billion mergerJones Day advised Orange, S.A. ("Orange"), one of the world's leading telecommunications operators, on the combination of their telecom business in Spain with Masmovil, one of the leading telecommunications operators in Spain, for an enterprise value of €18.6 billion (€7.8 billion for Orange Spain and €10.9 billion for Masmovil).
  • Vibrantz completes US$140 million new STS trade receivables securitisation and €10 million trade receivables factoring programmeJones Day assisted Vibrantz Corporation in relation to a new (i) US$140 million cross-border STS trade receivables securitization transaction with ING Belgium NV/SA and NORD/LB and (ii) €10 million bilateral factoring programme with ING Commercial Finance.
  • Geely forms joint venture with Renault Group to launch leading powertrain technology companyJones Day advised Geely Automobile Holdings Limited and Geely Holding Group on the creation of a 50/50 joint venture with Renault Group dedicated to becoming the global leader in developing, manufacturing, and supplying best-in-class hybrid and highly efficient internal combustion engine powertrains.
  • AURELIUS acquires The Body ShopJones Day advised private equity investor AURELIUS on its acquisition of The Body Shop from Natura & Co S.A.
  • Convertible lenders of Celsa obtain approval of first non-consensual restructuring planJones Day advised a group of clients as lenders under a junior debt instrument advanced to the Celsa group, a family-owned business and one of the largest manufacturers of long steel products in Europe.
  • Greystar acquires land to construct and develop a student residence located in Cantoblanco (Madrid)Jones Day advised Greystar Real Estate Partners in the acquisition of a plot of land to construct and develop a student residence located in Cantoblanco (Madrid) through the purchase and sale of the shares of the company BCOME Madrid, S.L. that owns the land, prior cancellation of the surface right that said company had in its favor on the same land, owned by a third party.
  • Diebold Nixdorf successfully restructures over $2.7 billion in funded debt and completes the first-ever dual proceeding under the U.S. bankruptcy code and Dutch restructuring law in 71 daysIn the first-ever cross border restructuring involving dual main proceedings under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and a scheme of arrangement (the "Dutch Scheme") under the Dutch Act on Confirmation of Extrajudicial Plans (Wet Homologatie Onderhands Akkoord ("WHOA")), and the first-ever chapter 15 recognition of Dutch Scheme proceedings and a sanctioned WHOA reorganization plan (the "WHOA Plan"), Jones Day represented Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated ("Diebold") and certain of its U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries (the "Debtors") in connection with (i) the prepackaged chapter 11 cases of In re Diebold Holding Company, LLC, et al., (Case No. 23-90602-DRJ) commenced on June 1, 2023, in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the "Bankruptcy Court"); (ii) the Dutch Scheme, commenced on June 1, 2023 by Diebold Nixdorf Dutch Holding B.V. (the "Dutch Issuer") in the District Court of Amsterdam (the "Dutch Court"), and (iii) the chapter 15 proceedings before the Bankruptcy Court commenced by the foreign representative of the Dutch Issuer, wherein the Bankruptcy Court recognized the Dutch Scheme proceeding as a foreign main proceeding and recognized and extended comity to the WHOA Plan that was sanctioned by the Dutch Court.
  • Entravision acquires BCNMonetizeJones Day advised Entravision in the acquisition of BCNMonetize, a leading global mobile app marketing solutions company headquartered in Barcelona.
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