Mayer Brown was recognized for its role as legal advisor to VINCI Airports’ (VINCI) on the financing in support of VINCI’s acquisition of Mexican airport operator OMA’s stake of 13 airports in Mexico by the publications Bonds & Loans and LatinFinance at recent awards ceremonies.
The deal won “Cross-Border M&A Deal of the Year” at LatinFinance’s 2023 Deal of the Year Awards which recognize stand-out transactions and institutions in the capital markets of Latin America and the Caribbean.
The transaction was also recognized as “Infrastructure Finance Deal of the Year” by Bonds & Loans in its 2023 Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Latin America & Caribbean Awards. This awards series recognizes the “most innovative and ground-breaking deals from Sovereign, Corporate and Financial Institution issuers and borrowers,” according to the organization.
Mayer Brown represented Concessoc 31 SAS, a subsidiary of VINCI Airports, as borrower, in the negotiation and execution of MXN $8.75 billion credit and guaranty agreement with Banco Inbursa, HSBC Mexico and Scotiabank, as lenders, for the acquisition of Fintech Advisory Inc.’s 29.9% stake in Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA). This acquisition made Concessoc 31 SAS the largest shareholder in OMA and gave it an operational role in 13 airports in northern and central Mexico. The team included partners Douglas Doetsch and Juan Pablo Moreno, counsel David Goett, Leslie Cruz and Pamela Sackmann and associates Luis Schrader, Gretel Echarte, Lisa Holl and Caitlin Schaefer.
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