Nora de Miguel

Nora de Miguel focuses her practice on insolvency law, representing debtors, creditors, companies in distress, directors, and lenders on corporate dispute resolution and directors' liability.

Nora has participated in contract disputes, real estate registration law, insolvency proceedings, and corporate disputes (between shareholders, challenges to corporate resolutions, and directors' liability).

Nora recently participated in advising a group of domestic and international lenders in the court restructuring and subsequent insolvency proceedings of Grupo Isolux Corsan and in advising a variety of hedge funds and investment banks in connection with the bankruptcy proceedings of several toll road operators.

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Macquarie subsidiary successfully completes acquisition of large parking portfolio from insolvent entityJones Day advised Empark, a subsidiary of Macquarie, in connection with the purchase of a large parking portfolio from Isolux Corsán Aparcamientos, an entity that belongs to a large construction and infrastructure conglomerate that started insolvency proceedings in 2017.

Private equity sponsor restructures debt of one of its portfolio companiesA cross-practice team of finance and restructuring lawyers of Jones Day advised Portobello Capital, a leading Spanish private equity fund manager, in relation with the rescheduling of debts owed by one of its portfolio companies to a syndicate of domestic lenders.

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).

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.

Global manufacturer of wind turbines takes part in restructuring plan proceedings of key supplierJones Day advised the client, a leading global manufacturer of wind turbines, in relation with a restructuring plan of one of its key suppliers that was challenged by certain lenders.

Diebold Nixdorf obtains $1.25 billion senior secured exit credit facilityJones Day represented Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated, a multinational financial and retail technology company that specializes in the sale, manufacture, installation, and service of self-service transaction systems (such as ATMs and currency processing systems), point-of-sale terminals, physical security products, and software and related services for global financial, retail, and commercial markets, in connection with a new $1.25 billion senior secured term loan facility as part of it’s emergence from chapter 11 bankruptcy and other domestic and foreign court-supervised restructuring proceedings.

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.

Key stakeholders of Spanish-listed company advised on financial restructuringJones Day advised certain board members and some of the largest shareholders of a Spanish-listed company in the restructuring of its financial liabilities.

Private equity sponsor successfully closes €250 million loan transactionJones Day represented a Spanish private equity sponsor in relation to the restructuring of a €250 million facilities agreement advanced to one of its portfolio companies by certain entities advised by a U.S. fund manager

Leading automotive components and systems supplier obtains $100 million senior secured term loan facilityJones Day represented a leading automotive components and systems supplier in connection with a $100 million senior secured term loan facility.

Shareholder of Spanish-listed company deliberates impact of corporate reorganizationJones Day advised a multi-billion investment manager in its capacity as shareholder of a Spanish listed real estate company on potential corporate reorganization, valuation, and urban planning issues.

Spanish securitization fund acquires distressed debt of Spanish motorway concessionairesJones Day represented a Spanish securitization fund sponsor in the acquisition of the distressed debt of a bankrupt Spanish motorway concessionaires.

Group of Spanish-issuer shareholders enter into arbitration proceedingsJones Day advised a group of shareholders on arbitration proceedings of a Spanish listed company.

London-based special situations fund acquires luxury residential building in Marbella (Spain)Jones Day advised a London-based special situations fund in its acquisition of a luxury residential building in Marbella (Spain) out of insolvency proceedings.

Banco Santander, Bankia, and Caixabank-led syndicate refinances Tranche A for €445.6 millionJones Day represented a syndicate of lenders including, among others, Banco Santander, S.A.; Bankia, S.A.; and Caixabank, S.A. in connection with a refinancing agreement with Grupo Isolux Corsán, S.A. and other companies of its group of the Tranche A provided by the syndicate of lenders under the refinancing agreement executed on December 16, 2016 for an amount of €445.6 million.

BBVA finances concentrated solar power unit in Cordoba, SpainJones Day advised Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. in connection with the €246.5 million (US$365.5 million) project financing for the construction and operation of a concentrated solar power unit with a total generating capacity of 50 MW located in Cordoba, Spain.

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