Olaniwun Ajayi (UK) LLP has advised Lendable Asset Management LLC, a leading provider of debt finance to high-growth companies in emerging and frontier markets, as English and transaction counsel on its US$50 senior secured term loan financing to Mattilda, a Mexico-based fintech and edtech platform supporting private schools in Latin America.
The financing will enable Mattilda to expand its innovative solutions to automate school fee collection and financial management across educational establishments in Mexico, Colombia and Ecuador.
The Olaniwun Ajayi (UK) LLP team was led by Managing Partner, Chuks Ibechuwku, with support from Senior Associates Juanita Derex-Briggs and Akemi Kishimoto, and Associate Lami Basorun.
Lendable was also advised by Nader, Hayaux y Goebel, S.C. in Mexico, Martinez Quintero Mendoza Gonzalez Laguado & De La Rosa S.A.S in Colombia, Estudio Spingarn & Marks S.A. in Ecuador, and Carey Olsen in the Cayman Islands.
The transaction highlights Olaniwun Ajayi’s international finance and private credit capabilities in London, advising investment funds and other private capital allocators on complex cross-board transactions in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.