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Silvia Montanya

Associate

Email

silvia.montanya@aoshearman.com

Phone

+44 20 3088 2110

+44 77 1139 0032

Offices

London

V-CARD
Silvia represents corporate and sovereign issuers, investment banks, and financial sponsors in connection with a wide range of capital markets transactions, including high yield and investment grade bond offerings, private placement transactions, and initial public offerings.
She has experience advising issuers on corporate reporting, ESG disclosure, and US securities laws compliance.

Experience

Representative matters

  • Codere Group in connection with its landmark multi-jurisdictional recapitalization, including the issuance of EUR 128 million of new first priority notes due 2028.
  • The initial purchasers in connection with Travelodge’s offering of GBP 85 million 10.250% senior secured notes due 2028 and EUR 250 million senior secured floating rate notes due 2030.
  • The initial purchasers in connection with Verisure Holdings AB (publ)’s refinancing of EUR 1.05 billion comprised of a high yield EUR 525,000,000 bond due 2030 and a concurrent EUR  525,000,000 term loan B facility.
  • The Hellenic Financial Stability Fund, as selling shareholder, on the sale of EUR 1.1 billion of shares in National Bank of Greece (NBG).
  • Sasol Limited in connection with the offering of USD 1 billion 8.750% notes due 2029 issued by its indirect wholly owned subsidiary Sasol Financing USA LLC and guaranteed by Sasol Limited.
  • Ardagh Metal Packaging’s USD 600 million high yield green bond offering.

Pro bono

  • Collaborating with the Public International Law & Policy Group on the development of guidelines for engaging in international peace negotiations.
  • Collaborating with Kids in Need of Defence (KIND); advising vulnerable families on their immigration rights and assisting with their applications for legal residency in the UK.
  • Collaborating with the National Centre for Domestic Violence; assisting in the drafting of protective order applications to vulnerable individuals.
  • Collaborating with the Anti-Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit; providing guidance to victims of trafficking on their submission for compensation.
  • Collaborating with AMICUS on their efforts to secure access to justice for individuals facing the death penalty in the United States.
  • Advising teams of undergraduate law students on their submissions for the annual Rule of Law Innovation Challenge.

Qualifications

Admissions

Attorney-at-law, State of New York, US, 2022

Academic

LLM, Boston University School of Law, 2021

LLB, Law and Politics (Honours), 2020

Languages

Catalan, Spanish, English
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.