Fernando Bernad

Ranked in 2 Practice Areas

Band 2

Project Finance

Spain

18 Years Ranked

Band 3

Banking & Finance

Spain

18 Years Ranked

Ranked in Guides

Global 2024

About

Provided by Fernando Bernad

Europe

Practice Areas

Partner. He is an expert in financing transactions, including project finance and infrastructure projects (motorways, underground lines, hospitals, and desalination plants), and energy projects (solar thermal plants, photovoltaic plants, biofuel plants, and wind plants) in Spain and other countries; in acquisition finance (leveraged buyouts LBOs and management buyouts MBOs); in simple and structured real estate transactions (sale-and-leaseback transactions and project sharing); and in the refinancing of industrial and real estate groups, and of LBOs and MBOs. He also has ample experience in multijurisdictional securitizations. Mr. Bernad advises private and public sector clients on designing and implementing debt restructuring and refinancing transactions in sectors such as real estate, construction, leasing and renting, and large-scale retail.

Career

Regularly lecturer at business schools and universities.

Professional Memberships

He is the secretary non-director of entities supervised by the Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission and the Bank of Spain.

Personal

Bachelor of Laws, Universidad San Pablo CEU, 1992. Diploma in Business Studies, Universidad San Pablo CEU, 1993. Master of Comparative Jurisprudence (MCJ), New York University, 1994. Doctor of Laws (PhD), Universidad San Pablo CEU, 2002.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Europe

Project Finance - Spain

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Fernando Bernad advises Spanish corporates and capital funds on debt refinancing and syndicated lending deals. He complements his offering with his expertise in project finance mandates, especially those in the energy sector.

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Banking & Finance - Spain

Band 3

Individual Editorial

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

"Fernando Bernad has an unparalleled level of knowledge, commercial acumen and experience dealing with the most complex financing structures."

Project Finance respondent
Europe

"He's capable of managing complex situations and discussions extremely well."

Project Finance respondent
Europe

"Fernando Bernad has an unparalleled level of knowledge, commercial acumen and experience dealing with the most complex financing structures."

Project Finance respondent
Europe

"He's capable of managing complex situations and discussions extremely well."

Project Finance respondent
Europe

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