Topic: Sustainable investment

Milbank in New York has helped renewables company Canadian Solar secure a US$100 million loan, which it will use to fund several solar energy projects in Brazil.

23 March 2023

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP in Washington, DC and BLP (Costa Rica) have helped IDB Invest grant a US$145 million loan to the Costa Rican branch of Colombia’s Banco Davivienda.

22 March 2023

All LACCA members are invited to join Latin Lawyer Live: Renewable Energy 2023 in Cartagena next month.

27 February 2023

The electricity subsidiary of Argentine state-owned oil group YPF has hired O'Farrell to help it raise US$150 million in a bond issuance, the proceeds of which are earmarked for the company’s fourth wind project.

21 February 2023

Clifford Chance LLP in Washington, DC has helped French development bank Société de Promotion et de Participation pour la Coopération Economique (Proparco) underwrite the first green bond issuance made by Ecuador’s Banco Guayaquil, which raised US$45 million.

13 February 2023

Ropes & Gray in London, BLP in San José and Maples Group in London have helped Costa Rican telecoms provider Liberty get US$450 million in new financing, which includes the largest ever sustainability-linked bond to raise funds for digital infrastructure in the country.

07 February 2023

TCA Tanoira Cassagne has helped Argentine energy company Nucleoelectrica Argentina (NA-SA) structure an infrastructure trust and make an initial US$30 million sustainable offering to fund its nuclear power operations.

06 February 2023

Flor Bustamante Pizarro & Hurtado has helped US finance group WorldBusiness Capital lend US$15 million to Ecuadorean financial institution Alianza del Valle, which will use the funds to support women-owned enterprises.

30 January 2023

Four offices of Linklaters have helped Argentine plant-based protein company Moolec merge with a US special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in a deal worth US$375 million.

27 January 2023

Mattos Filho has helped Norwegian energy group Hydro Rein and Brazilian aluminium manufacturer Albras create a joint venture with Miami-based renewables company Atlas to build and operate a solar farm in the southern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.

24 January 2023