Cleary Gottlieb represented Deutsche Bank as arranger and initial lender, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as administrative agent, collateral agent and account bank, in a $103,150,000 senior secured term loan facility to W de Argentina - Inversiones, S.A. The facility is secured by first ranking security interests set over assets in Argentina and Spain and a shareholder guaranty. The proceeds from the facility were used to repay outstanding indebtedness. The transaction closed on March 31, 2015.
W de Argentina - Inversiones holds 32% of Sofora Telecomunicaciones S.A., which in turn holds a controlling stake in Telecom Argentina S.A., the largest telecommunications company in Argentina.