Work Area: Projects & infrastructure

A branch of Japanese conglomerate Mitsui Group has hired González Calvillo, SC to provide a US$98 million financing for the construction and operation of a Mexican manufacturing plant that will produce automobile components for car maker Toyota.

02 December 2021

Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados has helped Brazilian water company AEGEA Saneamento issue 7.8 billion reais (US$1.6 billion) worth of debentures to fund expenses related to two water concessions in Rio de Janeiro.

30 November 2021

Machado Meyer Advogados has helped Brazilian road concessionaire Autopista Litoral Sul raise 2 billion reais (US$367 million) by issuing debentures.

29 November 2021

Baker McKenzie LLP offices in the US and Bogotá have helped three Colombian bus concessionaires raise US$126 million in a sustainable bond offering to fund the purchase of new public transport vehicles.

26 November 2021

Nantes Mello Advogados and Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown have helped Gradiente Energias Renovaveis and private equity group Vinci Partners, respectively, enter into a partnership to build wind and solar projects in the South American country for 2.4 billion reais (US$441 million).

25 November 2021

Souto Correa Advogados has helped electricity trader Grupo Comerc Energia enter a partnership with renewables company Casa dos Ventos to develop hydrogen projects in Brazil, with co-investment reaching up to US$4 billion.

24 November 2021

Accelerating infrastructure projects is key for Latin American governments to reactivate their economies following the covid-19 pandemic, but they need to find ways to get private sector companies involved to fund them, heard delegates at Latin Lawyer Connect: Project Finance 2021.

23 November 2021

Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Peru) has helped airport concessionaire Aeropuertos del Perú obtain two credit lines worth a total of US$123 million.

23 November 2021

Brazilian Highly Recommended firm Vieira Rezende Advogados has bolstered its projects and infrastructure practice by hiring a consultant from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) as partner.

22 November 2021

Rio de Janeiro’s public lighting concessionaire Smart RJ has hired White & Case LLP in New York and São Paulo and Demarest Advogados in São Paulo to raise 925 million reais (US$170 million) in a social bond issuance, the proceeds of which it will use to make the city’s light infrastructure more eco-friendly.

18 November 2021