Paula Zarzalejos

Paula is a Banking and Finance partner at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

She is specialised in Banking law and, specifically, advice on corporate finance transactions, debt refinancing, acquisition financing and project financing.
She holds a degree in Law from Complutense University of Madrid. She also has a master’s degree in Financial Markets from Stock Market Studies Institute (IEB) and a master’s degree in International Legal Practice from IE University.
Paula has participated as an author or coauthor in several specialised legal publications.

Experience

I have carried out numerous transactions with Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

2024 2022 2021

The judge gives the green light to bondholders to take Telepizza | Expansión, 2024 – The Commercial Court number 5 of Madrid has agreed to approve the restructuring plan of Food Delivery Brands, parent company of Telepizza, which will give full control of the company to the bondholders, among which groups such as Blantyre, Oak Hill and Fortress stand out, as stated in a judicial resolution to which Expansión has…

Rafael Aguilera and Paula Zarzalejos on the type of operation where GA_P has moved in 2022. | Capital & Corporate, 2022 – Rafael Aguilera and Paula Zarzalejos, partner and senior associate in the firm’s Finance and Banking team, talk about access to financing and other relevant issues for private equity in this article in Capital & Corporate. Both agree that rising interest rates are changing the rules of the game in the M&A market by leaps and…

GA_P advises Davidson Kempner on the recapitalisation of Grupo Siro, 2022 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised on the acquisition and capitalisation of the financial debt and the additional liquidity provision. With this new investment, Davidson Kempner Capital Management now holds a significant majority of the Group’s share capital. This is one of the main “loan to own” transactions carried out in Spain in recent years, together…

GA_P advises Invesco and Searchlight on the refinancing transaction of the financial indebtedness of the Mediapro Group, 2022 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Searchlight Capital Partners and Invesco Senior Secured Management as first and second lien lenders on the recapitalisation of the Mediapro Group. The transaction has involved the refinancing of its debt and the recapitalisation of the Group through a capital increase of €620 million. Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has worked on this…

GA_P advises Miura Partners and Educaedu on the acquisition of EMagister, 2022 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Miura Partners and Educaedu on the acquisition of EMagister, in order to consolidate its leadership in the sector in the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Latin America. The private equity firm Miura Partners is doubling its commitment to the business of digital platforms for the education sector with the acquisition of…

GA_P advises Miura on the acquisition of the digital educational platform Educaedu, 2022 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Miura Partner in the acquisition of the digital platform Educaedu, a leading Basque company in its sector with more than 120 million users in its portals and offering nearly 140,000 training options in different areas and levels in nine languages and more than 20 countries. Educaedu functions as a directory…

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GA_P advises JP Morgan (Lynstone) on the acquisition and refinancing of the debt of Holmes Place Group in Spain., 2021 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo advises JP Morgan (LYNSTONE SSF HOLDINGS, SARL) on the acquisition and debt refinancing of the majority of the Holmes Place group (Club Poliesportiu Europolis S.L.U, Ca N’arimon Mollet S.L.U, Complex Esportiu Les Corts S.L. and Holmes Place Active Spain S.A.U.), owners of ten gyms and sports centers in Spain. The acquisition was…