Augusto Ruiloba

Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP

Augusto Ruiloba is a natively bilingual (Spanish and English) and dual-qualified (New York and Peru) partner in Shearman & Sterling’s project development and finance practice, advising on project financings, as well as acquisition financings of energy, renewables, mining and infrastructure projects across Latin America. His notable work includes: leading the Shearman team in the financing of the Cúbico Alten solar power projects (‘Latin America Solar Deal of the Year’ by IJGlobal); advising the lenders in the financing of the Cóndor Portfolio (‘Renewables Deal of the Year Americas’ by PFI); Fruta del Norte gold and silver mining project in Ecuador (‘Latin America Mining & Metals Deal of the Year’ by IJGlobal); the refinancing of the construction of the Longitudinal de la Sierra Norte Tramo 2 toll road project in Peru (constituted the first securitisation of PAMPI rights); and representing the joint-led arrangers and bookrunners in the US$260 million financing provided to Vista Oil & Gas, a Mexican company, for the purchase of oil and gas assets in Argentina from Pampa Energía and Pluspetrol Resources. For two years running, he was recognised as a ‘leading US attorney with a special focus on Mexico’ in The Legal 500 Private Practice Powerlist (a list comprising primarily of international law firm partners) and in The Legal 500 ‘Next Generation Lawyers list for Latin America: International Firms, Projects and Energy’.