Work Area: Capital markets & securities

Uruguay makes second sustainability-linked issuance

A year after becoming the second country in the world to issue sustainability-linked notes, Uruguay has enlisted two Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP offices to raise US$700 million in another offering of sustainable debt.

10 November 2023

Mexican finance group makes US$352 million debt swap

Mexican financial services provider Operadora de Servicios Mega has hired the New York office of Baker McKenzie LLP to exchange notes worth US$352 million and launch a concurrent consent solicitation offer.

09 November 2023

Bofill Mir adds first capital markets director with HD Legal hire

Chile’s Bofill Mir Abogados has strengthened its capital markets offering by appointing a senior associate from Highly Recommended firm HD Legal as a director.

08 November 2023

Cemex refinances US$3 billion worth of debt

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York has helped Mexican behemoth Cemex renegotiate US$3 billion worth of debt.

07 November 2023

Brazilian autoparts company makes debentures offering

Lefosse has helped Brazilian autoparts manufacturer Iochpe-Maxion issue debentures worth 700 million reais (US$138 million).

07 November 2023

CAF makes largest-ever US dollar offer in US$1.75 billion deal

Two Sullivan & Cromwell LLP offices have advised Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) on a US$1.75 billion bond offering, marking the largest-ever US-dollar issuance in the Latin American development bank’s history.

06 November 2023

Brazil’s Energisa makes US$367 million debt tap

Veirano Advogados has helped Brazilian energy group Energisa raise 1.84 billion reais (US$367 million) worth of debt in a three-tranche issuance

03 November 2023

Republic of Chile issues US$2.8 billion worth of sustainable debt

Linklaters in New York and Morales & Besa in Santiago have helped the Republic of Chile raise a total of US$2.8 billion through two separate sustainability-linked bond issuances, including the first-ever green issuance denominated in unidades de fomento (UF).

02 November 2023

Colombian energy group gets green loan for Grupo Éxito projects

Holland & Knight (Colombia) has helped the local subsidiary of French energy company GreenYellow obtain a 144 billion pesos (US$35 million) green loan to fund a set of energy efficiency projects operated by retail giant Grupo Éxito.

02 November 2023

Cleary promotes talent in LatAm practice

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has elevated three lawyers in its Latin America practice group to partner, boosting its São Paulo and New York offices.

31 October 2023

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