Deal of the Year: the shortlists for capital markets, banking and finance and project finance
Latin Lawyer is delighted to announce the deals shortlisted for the capital markets, banking and finance and project finance categories of our 15th annual Deal of the Year Awards.
In each category, three deals have been shortlisted. They are listed below.
The winners will be announced in our daily newsletter in mid-May.
A big congratulations from Latin Lawyer to everyone who took part in these leading deals.
Shortlists for the remaining categories will be announced soon.
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Capital markets
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Azul issues convertible debentures
Counsel to Azul
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Counsel to Knighthead Capital Management and Certares Management
Hogan Lovells LLP
Machado Meyer Advogados
Counsel to Itáu BBA
Pinheiro Guimarães
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Counsel to Telesites
Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enriquez SC
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Aeropuertos Argentina completes bond exchange
Counsel to Aeropuertos Argentina
In-house counsel – Andrés Zenarruza and Candela López Linetti
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Bomchil
Counsel to Citibank
Alston & Bird LLP
Beccar Varela
Counsel to Citigroup, UBS Securities and Santander
Mayer Brown LLP
Marval O'Farrell Mairal
Counsel to Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Argentina)
Marval O'Farrell Mairal
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Banking and finance
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Brazil’s US$3 billion support scheme for power companies
Counsel to CCEE
In-house counsel - Rui Guilherme Altieri Silva, Roseane Santos, Maria Madalena Porangaba, Maria Clara Cordeiro de Noronha Pessoa, Laura Maquera and Cássia Marin
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Counsel to Banco do Brasil, Banco Bradesco, Santander (Brasil), Itaú Unibanco, BNDES, Citibank, Votorantim, Banco Safra, Banco de Investimentos Credit Suisse (Brasil), Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro, BTG Pactual, JP Morgan, Banco ABC Brasil, Banco BOCOM BBM, China Construction Bank (Brasil), Banco Múltiplo and Banco Alfa de Investimento
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Counsel to Banco Citibank
Pinheiro Guimarães
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LATAM Airlines’ US$2.45 billion debtor-in-possession loan
Counsel to LATAM Airlines
In-house counsel - Juan Carlos Mencio
Brigard Urrutia
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Claro & Cía
Demarest Advogados
Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Peru)
Pérez Bustamante & Ponce
Walkers
Counsel to the Eblen Group and the Cueto Group
Baraona Fischer & Cía*
Counsel to Qatar Airways
Alston & Bird LLP
Carey
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Houthoff
Harneys
Heka Law Firm
Estudio Olaechea
Posse Herrera Ruiz
Counsel to Oaktree Capital Management
White & Case LLP
Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados
DLA Piper (Chile)
DLA Piper (Peru)
DLA Piper Martínez Beltrán
Robalino Law**
Counsel to Knighthead Capital Management
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
Hogan Lovells LLP
Counsel to Delta Air Lines
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Barros & Errázuriz Abogados
Harneys
Counsel to AerCap Holdings, Aircastle Limited, The Bank of New York Mellon, Lufthansa Technik Aktiengesellschaft, Sindicato de Empresa de Pilotos de LATAM Airlines Group and Repsol
Dechert
Morales & Besa
Counsel to TMF Fiduperu
DLA Piper (Peru)
Counsel to TMF Brazil
Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados
Counsel to Costa Verde
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
Harneys
Counsel to LATAM Brazil
Demarest Advogados
Machado Meyer Advogados
Counsel to Oaktree Capital Management
Ogier
Counsel to Knighthead
Dentons Larraín Rencoret (Chile)
*Since split into Baraona Marshall & Cía and Fischer y Cía. The partners who led the deal is now at Cuatrecasas (Chile) and Fischer y Cía, respectively
**Then operating as Ferrere (Ecuador)
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Renewables companies’ US$335 million loan for Colombian projects
Counsel to Celsia, Cubico and Caoba Inversiones
In-house counsel to Celsia and Caoba Inversiones - Verónica Toro
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Mendoza Abogados
Counsel to Scotiabank and Export Development
Milbank
Brigard Urrutia
Counsel to Fiduciaria Colpatria
Brigard Urrutia
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Project finance – infrastructure
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Sacyr’s concession arm finances Colombian 4G project
Counsel to Unión Vial Río Pamplonita and Sacyr
Jones Day
Posse Herrera Ruiz
Counsel to JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank
Milbank
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Colombia)
Counsel to Citibank
Alston & Bird LLP
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Colombia)
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Peruvian PPP port gets US$132 million financing
Counsel to Tramarsa
White & Case LLP
Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados
Counsel to Santander, Banco Itaú and BBVA
Allen & Overy LLP
Garrigues (Peru)
Counsel to ProInversión
Cuatrecasas (Peru)
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Brazil’s CTEEP gets US$310 million financing for power transmission project
Counsel to CTEEP
Machado Meyer Advogados
Counsel to Banco BTG Pactual and Banco Itaú BBA
Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown
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Project finance – energy and natural resources
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Mainstream obtains funding for Chilean renewables projects
Counsel to Mainstream Renewable Power
Milbank
Carey
Counsel to the Inter-American Investment Corp., CaixaBank, DNB ASA, KfW IPEX-Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and Banco Santander Chile
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Morales & Besa
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Fisterra Energy raises US$1.1 billion for Mexican power facility
Counsel to Fisterra Energy
Milbank
Ritch Mueller
Counsel to Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, SMBC Nikko and Blackstone
Latham & Watkins LLP
Galicia Abogados
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Enfragen gets US$1.76 billion financing for LatAm renewables
Counsel to Enfragen
Paul Hastings LLP
Hogan Lovells LLP
Claro & Cía
Gómez-Pinzón
SIGMA
Counsel to JP Morgan, Scotiabank, BNP Paribas, Intesa Sanpaolo, Mizuho, MUFG, Société Générale, SMBC Nikko
Milbank
Garrigues
Garrigues (Chile)
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Colombia)
Arias, Fábrega & Fábrega