Biography
Sebastian Modos is an Associate in the Firm's global Capital Markets practice, based in London, and a member of the Derivatives and Structured Credit team.
Sebastian advises financial institutions, corporates, sovereigns and state-affiliated entities on a range of cross-border capital markets transactions, including OTC derivatives, structured products, structured finance, finance-linked hedging, Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings, private placements and liability management transactions. He also has experience advising on carbon credit trading and energy transition matters.
Sebastian joined White & Case as a trainee solicitor in 2021. During his training, he gained experience in the Firm's Capital Markets, Dispute Resolution and Project Development and Finance practices in London. He also completed a six-month secondment to the Firm's Tokyo office, where he gained experience in Debt Finance and Corporate M&A.
Experience
Representative experience includes advising:
Lenders on the hedging elements in connection with the financing of a 940 MWp portfolio of solar farms in Western Macedonia in northern Greece.
Etu Energias, S.A. on the hedging elements in relation to the acquisition financing of interests in upstream Angolan assets acquired from Galp, financed by a consortium led by the African Export-Import Bank and including Shell Western Supply and Trading Limited, Banco Angolano de Investimentos and Banco de Fomento Angola.
A syndicate of banks in connection with a €3 billion financing for Betclic Everest Group’s acquisition of Tipico, comprising a €1 billion senior secured notes offering and dual-tranche term loan facilities of €1.5 billion and US$750 million.
Liquidity and Sustainability Facility on a repo transaction with Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and African Export-Import Bank, executed through BNY Mellon’s Triparty Platform, to enhance liquidity in African sovereign Eurobonds and incentivize green and Sustainable Development Goal-linked investments in Africa.
A boutique Middle Eastern arranger on the establishment of a repackaged note programme and the issuance of credit linked notes linked to frontier jurisdictions thereunder.