Deal of the Year 2019 winners announced online next week
Latin Lawyer will announce the winners of its 14th annual Deal of the Year Awards on Tuesday 29 September.
Due to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, we have taken the difficult decision to cancel our annual charity awards dinner, which had been postponed indefinitely earlier this year. Instead, we will be announcing the winners of our 14th annual Deal of the Year Awards in our news briefing next Tuesday.
The complete shortlist for this year’s awards follows below. For each category, three deals or cases were selected. The shortlist has been updated since it was first published to remove two previously shortlisted deals which did not qualify for this year’s awards.
We congratulate all the lawyers who took part in these leading deals and cases.
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Private M&A
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Engie buys TAG from Petrobras for US$8.6 billion
Counsel to Engie
In-house counsel - Patrick Baeten, Oyhana Maurat, Tim Venables, Alan Duque, Guilherme Schmitt, Ana Mellone and Christina Aguiar
Jones Day
Herbert Smith Freehills
Stocche Forbes Advogados
Schmidt, Valois, Miranda, Ferreira, Agel Advogados
BMA - Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão
Counsel to Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec - CDPQ
Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown
Counsel to Petrobras
In-house counsel – Danielle Dantas, Josiane Simioni and Fernanda Valeriano
Machado Meyer Advogados
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DEA acquires Mexico’s first privately owned energy company, Sierra Oil & Gas
Counsel to DEA Deutsche Erdoel
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Baker McKenzie (Mexico)
Counsel to Sierra Oil & Gas
King & Spalding LLP
Galicia Abogados
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Advent buys US$724 million majority stake in Prisma
Counsel to Advent
Baker McKenzie LLP
Baker McKenzie (Argentina)
Counsel to Prisma Medios de Pago and Visa International, Banco Santander Rio, Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires, BBVA Banco Francés, Banco Macro, Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, HSBC Bank Argentina, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Argentina), Banco Patagonia, Nuevo Banco de Santa Fe, Banco Itaú Argentina, Banco Comafi, Banco de la Nación Argentina, Banco Credicoop Coop and Sucursal de Citibank
Covington & Burling LLP
Beccar Varela
Counsel to Visa International
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Bourel & Paris-Laplace Abogados
Counsel to Banco de la Nación Argentina
Tanoira Cassagne Abogados
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Public M&A
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Suzano and Fibria create world pulp leader
Counsel to Suzano Papel e Celulose
In-house counsel - Pablo Gimenez Machado
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados
Counsel to Votorantim
In-house counsel - Tatiana Anderson, Mariane Vlach and Gilberto da Silva
White & Case LLP
TozziniFreire Advogados
Counsel to Fibria
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
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Grupo Pão de Açucar takes control of Colombia’s Éxito
Counsel to Pão de Açucar
Machado Meyer Advogados
Posse Herrera Ruiz
White & Case LLP
Counsel to the independent committee of the board of directors of Grupo Pão de Açucar
Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados
Counsel to Grupo Éxito
DLA Piper Martínez Beltrán
DLA Piper LLP
Campos Mello Advogados
Counsel to Casino Guichard-Perachon
Souza, Mello e Torres
Brigard Urrutia
Cabinet Bompoint
Zancan, Almeida e Silva Advogados
Counsel to Itaú BBA and Santander
Vaz, Buranello, Shingaki & Oioli Advogados
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Delta invests US$1.9 billion in LATAM
Counsel to Delta Airlines
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Barros & Errázuriz Abogados
Demarest Advogados
Counsel to LATAM
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Claro & Cía
On antitrust matters
Counsel to Delta Airlines and LATAM
BMA - Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão
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Private equity
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Trio create first midstream player focused exclusively on Vaca Muerta
Counsel to Riverstone
In-house counsel – Rob Gray
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Nicholson y Cano Abogados
Counsel to Vista Oil
In-house counsel – Florencia Hardoy
Mayer Brown LLP
Bruchou, Fernández Madero & Lombardi
Counsel to Southern Cross
In-house counsel - Dolores de Elizalde
Mitrani Caballero & Ruiz Moreno
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Rappi gets Latin America’s largest-ever tech financing
Counsel to Rappi
Cooley LLP
Counsel to SoftBank
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Machado Meyer Advogados
Brigard Urrutia
Marval O'Farrell & Mairal
Galicia Abogados
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Carlyle buys stake in Brazilian restaurant chain Madero
Counsel to Carlyle
In-house counsel - Louise Dumican
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Counsel to Madero
In-house counsel - Hianaê Schramm and Bruna Aioroldi
Machado Meyer Advogados
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Capital markets
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BR Distribuidora privatised after US$2.2 billion Petrobras issuance
Counsel to Petrobras and BR Distribuidora
In-house counsel - Pedro Jardim, Daniel Hora do Paço, Andrea Pozzi, Affonso Motta, Rafael Aragão, Ana Carolina Carvalho and Maria Claudia Abu Alla
Linklaters
Lefosse Advogados
Counsel to JP Morgan, Citigroup, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Itaú BBA and Santander
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Pinheiro Guimarães
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Chile issues Latin America’s first green sovereign bonds
Counsel to Chile
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Morales & Besa
Counsel to the underwriters
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Chile)
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Santander ups stake in Mexican subsidiary for US$1.4 billion
Counsel to Santander Spain
In-house counsel - Francisco Illescas Fernández-Bermejo and Pilar Salinas Rincón
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Uría Menéndez
Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enriquez SC
Counsel to Santander México
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
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Banking & finance
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Fibra UNO gets first Latin American sustainability-linked loan
Counsel to Fibra UNO
Holland & Knight LLP
Holland & Knight (Mexico)
Counsel to Banco Santander México, BBVA Bancomer and other lenders
Paul Hastings LLP
Jones Day (Mexico)
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Three Gorges gets US$850 million to finance hydroelectric dam purchase
Counsel to Chaglla Holdings
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Muñiz, Olaya, Meléndez, Castro, Ono & Herrera
Counsel to Odebrecht
White & Case LLP
Counsel to Bank of China, Industrial Commercial Bank of China and BBVA Banco Continental
Allen & Overy LLP
Hernández & Cía Abogados
Demarest Advogados
Counsel to the existing lenders
Clifford Chance LLP
Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados
Counsel to The Bank of New York Mellon
Hogan Lovells LLP
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Klabin gets US$800 million IDB loan in Brazil
Counsel to Klabin
Clifford Chance LLP
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Counsel to IDB and IFC
In-house counsel to IDB - Patricia Alves de Toledo
In-house counsel to IFC - Jorge Jaramillo
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Dias Carneiro Advogados
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Project finance – energy
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Thermal power plant gets largest ever project financing in El Salvador
Counsel to Invenergy and Energia del Pacifico
In-house counsel to Invenergy - Will Borders and Jessica Kraig
White & Case LLP
Arias (El Salvador)
Counsel to Overseas Private Investment Company, the International Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank, Finnvera and KfW
Norton Rose Fulbright
Romero Pineda & Asociados
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ENGIE’s first green loan financing in Mexico
Counsel to ENGIE
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Ritch, Mueller, Heather y Nicolau, SC
Counsel to Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, Natixis, Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior, BBVA Bancomer and PROPARCO
Allen & Overy LLP
Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes SC
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Gás Natural Açu finances biggest gas-fired power plant in LatAm
Counsel to UTE GNA
Milbank
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Souza, Mello e Torres
Counsel to IFC and KfW IPEX
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
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Project finance – infrastructure
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Teck Resources gets Latin America’s largest mining project finance
Counsel to Teck
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Mayer Brown LLP
Carey
Counsel to Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Export Development Canada, Bank of Exports and Imports of Korea, KFW IPEX-Bank, Bank of Montreal, BNP Paribas, ING Bank, Mizuho Bank, MUFG Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Milbank
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Chile)
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Paraguay finances first ever PPP project using hybrid issuance and loan
Counsel to Sacyr, Ocho and Rutas del Este
White & Case LLP
White & Case SC
BKM | Berkemeyer
Counsel to Goldman Sachs, IDB Invest and Banco Itaú
Clifford Chance
Gross Brown
Counsel to TMF Paraguay
Vouga Abogados
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Uruguay finances its largest PPP project
Counsel to Grupo Vía Central
In-house counsel to Vía Central - Leandro Iglesias
In-house counsel to SACYR - Karina Martínez
In-house counsel to SACEEM - Federico Gianero
In-house counsel to NGE - Pierre-Antoine Rohan
In-house counsel to Berkes - Pedro Bellocq
Baker McKenzie LLP
Baker McKenzie (Chile)
Baker McKenzie (Mexico)
Estudio Echecopar member firm of Baker McKenzie International
Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga
Counsel to IDB Invest, CAF, CAF-AM, Sumitomo Mitsui and Intesa Sanpaolo
In-house counsel to IDB Invest - Ignacio Imas Inella
In-house counsel to CAF - Gonzalo Soriano
In-house counsel to CAF-AM - Laura Berkman
Clifford Chance LLP
Ferrere (Uruguay)
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Disputes
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Vigor vs CCPR and Lactalis in the battle for control of Itambé
Counsel to Vigor
Ferro, Castro Neves, Daltro & Gomide Advogados
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Counsel to Itambé Alimentos
Sergio Bermudes Advogados
Counsel to Cooperativa Central dos Produtores Rurais de Minas Gerais
Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados
Counsel to B.S.A. International
BMA - Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão
In the out of court settlement
Counsel to the companies
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
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CMCP vs SCA in historic tissue cartel dispute
Counsel to SCA
Ugarte & Correa
Counsel to CMPC
Claro & Cía
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Hutchinson Ports vs Manta Port Authority absolves third-party non-signatories
Counsel to Hutchison entities
White & Case LLP
Morgan & Morgan
Pérez Bustamante & Ponce
Counsel to Manta’s Port Authority
Dechert
López Villanueva & Huertematte
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Regulatory
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TechnipFMC’s first ever simultaneous resolution with the DOJ and Brazil’s CGU, MPF and AGU
Counsel to TechnipFMC
Paul Hastings LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
Saud Advogados
Sampaio Ferraz Advogados
Soulez Larivière & Associés
Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
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Soriana successfully challenges divestment programme handed down by COFECE
Counsel to Soriana
Galicia Abogados
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Brazil raises US$16 billion in transfer-of-rights oil auction
Counsel to CNOOC
Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown
Counsel to CNDOC
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
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Restructuring
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Constellation oil group completes US$1.5 billion global restructuring
In the 1st Business Court of Rio de Janeiro
Counsel to Constellation
Galdino & Coelho Advogados
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Loyens & Loeff
Counsel to funds managed by Pacific Investment Management Co.
Cascione Pulino Boulos Advogados
Counsel to SBM Holding and Capital International Private Equity
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
In the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
Serviços de Petróleo Constellation S.A., et al. Case No. 18-13952
Judge Martin Glenn
Counsel to Constellation and the foreign representative (Fund Fiduciary Partners)
White & Case LLP
Galdino & Coelho Advogados
Counsel to certain asset-backed loan lenders of Constellation
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Stocche Forbes Advogados
Counsel to Banco Bradesco
Norton Rose Fulbright
Machado Meyer Advogados
Counsel to the 2024 bond noteholders
Milbank
E.Munhoz Advogados
Counsel to Wilmington Trust as indenture trustee for 9.00%/0.50% PIK Senior Secured Notes Due 2024
Pryor Cashman
Counsel to the Trustee to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as Trustee for the 6.250% Senior Notes Due 2019
Holland & Knight LLP
Counsel to Alperton Capital
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Graf & Pitkowitz
Counsel to funds managed by Pacific Investment Management Co.
Dechert
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Avianca reaches restructuring deal with creditors
Counsel to Avianca Holdings
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Milbank
Gómez-Pinzón
Counsel to United
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Sidley Austin LLP
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Colombia)
Counsel to Kingsland
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Brigard Urrutia
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The recapitalisation of Argentina’s TGLT
Counsel to TGLT
In-house counsel - Federico Wilensky, Luciano Alexis Loprete and Jose Maria Krasñansky Simari
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Counsel to Ad-Hoc Committee
Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites & Arntsen (PAGBAM)
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Counsel to IRSA
Zang, Bergel & Viñes Abogados
