Bloomberg Law
June 29, 2017, 3:35 PM UTC

Pimco, Anchorage Hire Law Firm After Banco Popular Bond Losses

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By Tom Beardsworth, Bloomberg News

A group of Banco Popular SA bondholders hired Quinn Emanuel Uruhart & Sullivan LLP to challenge a forced write down of the Spanish lender’s junior debt, according to a statement from the law firm.

Pacific Investment Management Co., Anchorage Capital Group, Algebris Investments and Ronit Capital are among the investors, which held a “material percentage” of Banco Popular’s additional Tier 1 and Lower Tier 2 bonds, the firm said in the statement.

Regulators forcibly sold Banco Popular to Banco Santander SA on June 7, wiping out about 2 billion euros ($2.3 billion) of junior bonds ...

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