Posse Herrera Ruiz acted as Colombian legal counsel to Auna S.A., Grupo Salud Auna México S.A. de C.V., and their Colombian subsidiaries in the refinancing of certain existing Notes Purchase Agreement and the exchange of Auna S.A.’s outstanding 6.5000% Senior Notes due 2025.
The financing was obtained through a credit agreement for total commitment structured in two tranches. The proceeds of the credit agreement were applied to fully prepay certain Notes Purchase Agreement represented in senior secured notes due 2028.
Furthermore, approximately 81.13% of the total principal amount outstanding of Auna S.A.’s existing 6.5000% Senior Notes due 2025 were exchanged for newly issued 10.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2029. The settlement of the exchange offer and the disbursement under the credit agreement occurred on December 18, 2023.
COUNSEL TO AUNA S.A., GRUPO SALUD AUNA MÉXICO, S.A. DE C.V. AND THEIR COLOMBIAN SUBSIDIARIES
Posse Herrera Ruiz
| Leading Partner(s) | Jaime Cubillos, Susana Gómez, Jesús Albarrán and Jaime Gómez |
| Other Lawyers | Julián Aguirre, Juan José Huertas, Catalina Posada, Lucero Gómez, Nicolás Giraldo, and Gregorio Escallón. |
Davis Polk & Wardell LLP (New York)
| Leading Partner(s) | Maurice Blanco, Hillary A. Coleman |
| Other Lawyers | James Vickers, Claudia Carvajal López, José Miguel Fernández, Marcos Sauquet Trias, Rodrigo Martínez, Lucas Fenyves |
Ritch Mueller (Mexico)
| Leading Partner(s) | Jean Paul Farah |
| Other Lawyers | Salvador Ignacio Torres Bremer, Rodrigo Vázquez Sainz |
Rodrigo Elias & Medrano Abogados (Peru)
| Leading Partner(s) | Jean Paul Chabaneix, Jorge Trelles |
| Other Lawyers | Sebastián Briceño |
Eversheds Sutherland (Luxembourg
| Leading Partner(s) | Jose Pascual, Rafael Moll de Alba |
| Other Lawyers | Luis Aguerre, Yifei Li, Clement Petit, Myrto Archontaki, Yasman Ekrami, Jean-Raphael Jullien |
COUNSEL TO LENDERS
Garrigues (Colombia)
| Leading Partner(s) | Francisco Noguera |
| Other Lawyers | Mónica Rodríguez, Andrés Amaya, Manuela Arenas |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (New York)
| Leading Partner(s) | Juan G. Giráldez, Adam Brenneman |
| Other Lawyers | Stephanie Monroe Rohlfs, Daniel Oyolu, Rafael Lulli, Rebecca Niedeberg Martínez, Sofia Falzoni, Mauricio Nieto, Thamires Guerra |
Garrigues (Perú)
| Leading Partner(s) | Thomas Thorndike, José Francisco Meier |
| Other Lawyers | Miluska Gutierrez, Carolina Pérez-Taiman Harm, Jorge Ganoza, José Ignacio Porto |
Galicia Abogados (México)
| Leading Partner(s) | Arturo Perdomo J., Maurice Berkman |
| Other Lawyers | Alan Rogel O., Clarisa Jiménez, Brandon Galván R., Gerardo González |
Arendt & Medernach (Luxembourg)
| Leading Partner(s) | Francois Warken |
| Other Lawyers | Serge Zeien, Milos Vulevic, Arinsa Belikova, Nathalie Kibler |
