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 16th annual Deal of the Year Awards.
Listed below are the three deals that have been shortlisted in each category.
The winners will be announced on the night of our charity awards ceremony at the Hotel Unique in São Paulo on Thursday 5 May.
The dinner is being held in aid of three of the region’s pro bono clearinghouses. More information and tickets are available here.
Congratulations to all those involved in these transactions.
The shortlists for the remaining categories will be announced soon.
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Capital markets
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YPF completes US$6.2 billion exchange offer
Counsel to YPF
In-house counsel - Germán Fernández Lahore, Fernando Gómez Zanou, Francisco Gaspari, Marina Quinteiro, Paola Garbi, Valeria Moglia, Agustina Gonzalez, Damian Teglia and Martina Muñua
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Bruchou, Fernández Madero & Lombardi
Counsel to ad hoc group of bondholders
Dechert
DLA Piper (Argentina)
Counsel to ad hoc YPF bondholder group
Clifford Chance LLP
Bomchil
Counsel to Citigroup Global Markets, HSBC Securities, Itaú BBA USA Securities and Santander Investment Securities, Banco Itaú Argentina, Itaú Valores, Banco Santander Río and HSBC Bank Argentina
In-house counsel Banco Itaú Argentina - Leonardo Andrés Micucci
In-house counsel HSBC Bank Argentina - Julieta Arribas Medrano, Martina Galarraga and Marina Alvarez
In-house counsel Banco Santander Río - Eduardo Ramos and Ignacio García Deibe
Milbank
Tanoira Cassagne Abogados
Counsel to the Bank of New York Mellon
Jones Walker LLP
Counsel to TMF Trust Company
In-house counsel - Luciana Calia, Luis Vernet and Leonardo Pirolo
Counsel to La Sucursal de Citibank
In-house counsel - Carlos Vassallo and Cecilia Diaz Llamosas
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Nubank raises US$2.6 billion in IPO
Counsel to Nubank
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Campbells LLP
Counsel to Nu Invest Corretora de Valores, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, HSBC, UBS and Banco Safra
White & Case LLP
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
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Chile launches first tariff stabilisation bond
Counsel to PEC Management and Chile Electricity
Holland & Knight LLP
Counsel to TMF Chile Asesorías Empresariales
In-house counsel - Ed O’Connell, Francisca Pérez, Rosario Arriagada and Augusta Quiñones
Baraona Marshall & Cia
Counsel to Goldman Sachs and IDB Invest
Clifford Chance LLP
Counsel to Goldman Sachs
In-house counsel - Ariel Fox
Latham & Watkins LLP
Carey
Counsel to IDB Invest
In-house counsel - Ignacio Rodríguez-Viña
Guerrero Olivos
Counsel to AES Gener, Colbún, Enel Green Power Chile, Enel Generación Chile, Engie Energía Chile, Eólica Monte Redondo and Guacolda Energía
In-house counsel to AES Gener and Guacolda Energía - Andrea Sougarret, Jennifer Gillcrist and María Paz Cerda,
In-house counsel to Colbún - Rodrigo Pérez and Rafael Goldsack
In-house counsel to Engie - Fernando Valdés, Francisca Vásquez and Felipe Artigas
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Claro & Cía
Counsel to Enel Generación Chile and Enel Green Power Chile
In-house counsel - Luis Ignacio Quiñones and Josefa Rodríguez
Morales & Besa
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Banking and finance
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Cemex gets US$3.25 billion sustainability-linked loan
Counsel to Cemex
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Counsel to Citibank
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Galicia Abogados
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Arroyo obtains financing to buy Gasmar in Chile
Counsel to Arroyo Energy Group
White & Case LLP
Garrigues (Chile)
Counsel to Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, BNP Paribas, MUFG Bank, The Bank of Nova Scotia and Scotiabank Chile
Milbank
Claro & Cía
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Peru’s Minera Antamina secures US$1 billion credit facility
Counsel to Compañía Minera Antamina
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Rodrigo Elías & Medrano Abogados
Counsel to Bank of Nova Scotia, MUFG Bank, Bank of China, BBVA , ICBC, KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH, Citibank and JP Morgan
Milbank
Miranda & Amado
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Project finance: infrastructure
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Rio public lighting concessionaire makes social bond offering
Counsel to Smart RJ
White & Case LLP
Demarest Advogados
Counsel to Goldman Sachs
Latham & Watkins LLP
Lefosse
Counsel to United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
Clifford Chance LLP
Lefosse
Counsel to Citibank
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
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Paraguay's first PPP road project raises US$220 million
Counsel to Rutas del Este, Sacyr Concesiones and Ocho A
In-house counsel to Rutas del Este and Sacyr Concesiones - Sofía Suarez
In-house counsel to Ocho A - Juan Guiñazu
White & Case LLP
White & Case SC
BKM | Berkemeyer
Counsel to IDB Invest and IDB
Clifford Chance LLP
Colab
Counsel to Citibank
Dentons
Counsel to TMF Group
In-house counsel - Luis Vernet and Felipe Couyoumdjian
Gross Brown
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Lima's second metro line obtains financing
For the US$811 million financing
Counsel to Metro de Lima Line 2
Latham & Watkins LLP
Garrigues (Peru)
Counsel to Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, KfW IPEX-Bank, Société Générale, Banco Santander and Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO)
Norton Rose Fulbright
Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados
Counsel to Citibank del Perú and Citibank
Estudio Echecopar member firm of Baker McKenzie International
For the US$150 million revolving credit facility
Counsel to Metro de Lima Line 2
Garrigues (Peru)
Counsel to BBVA, Banco de Sabadell and Banco Santander
Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados
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Project finance: energy and natural resources
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Mubadala subsidiary makes Brazil’s largest-ever project bond offer
Counsel to MC Brazil Downstream Trading
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Counsel to JP Morgan, Banco Bradesco BBI, HSBC, SG Americas, Standard Chartered Bank, UBS and Deutsche Bank
Milbank
Machado Meyer Advogados
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Chile’s largest solar plant gets funds
Counsel to Generadora Metropolitana
In-house counsel – Eduardo Diez and Xavier Altuzarra
Latham & Watkins LLP
Larrain y Asociados
Counsel to Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Banco de Crédito e Inversiones, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, ING Capital LLC, DNB Bank, MUFG Bank, Metlife and Allianz
Milbank
Garrigues (Chile)
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Panamanian gas-fired power project secures finance
Counsel to InterEnergy and AES
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Counsel to AES and Generadora de Gatún
Morgan & Morgan
Counsel to InterEnergy
SIGMA
Counsel to the Natixis, SMBC Bank of China, ICBC, Intesa Sanpaolo, Sabadell, Scotiabank, Société Génerale, Banco Aliado, Banco Nacional, Caja de Ahorro and Mega ICBC Bank
Paul Hastings LLP
Icaza, González-Ruiz & Alemán