作为在拉丁美洲及加勒比地区开展法律服务的首批国际律师事务所之一，本所目前在墨西哥城设有办事处，还通过我们的巴西联营律所Tauil & Chequer Advogados (T&C)就巴西法律事宜提供服务，该所在圣保罗、里约热内卢和巴西利亚设有办事处。过去十余年间，我们在拉丁美洲及加勒比地区促成了数以百计的交易，其中许多都是开创性或获奖的项目。

本所的一大优势是拥有一支大多能操两种或三种语言的专职律师团队，他们洞悉当地法律及政治框架下的挑战，熟悉当地文化，掌握商业技巧，能够在该地区提供高效务实的法律服务。我们的客户既包括在该地区营商的美国、欧洲和亚洲企业及金融机构，也包括总部位于拉丁美洲和加勒比地区的当地企业及金融机构。

Banking and Finance

• City of Barranquilla. Represented Deutsche Bank AG in connection with a US$100 million senior credit facility for the City of Barranquilla, Colombia.
• City of Bogota. Represented City of Bogota, Colombia, as borrower, in an unsecured loan from Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA) guaranteed by the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. This was the first guaranteed loan to a city in Colombia that was denominated in local currency.
• Tesorito. Represented Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Banco Santander, S.A, in a syndicated financing for the development, construction, commissioning, finance, ownership, maintenance operation and use of a 200MW natural gas-fired thermal power plant in Colombia.
• Cerro Verde Copper Mine Refinancing. Represented The Bank of Nova Scotia and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. in connection with a US$350 million senior unsecured revolvinger credit facility for Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde S.A.A.
• Multibank. Represented Panamanian bank Multibank Inc., as borrower, in connection with a US$119.5 million unsecured credit facility.
• Clara. Represented Goldman Sachs Group in a US$150 million credit line to Mexican start-up CF Tech, S.A. de C.V. (Clara), which lends to corporations and helps manage their spending.
• Xeplelin. Represented Goldman Sachs in a senior secured revolving credit facility up to US$140 million for Latin American Fintech Xepelin.

Projects and Infrastructure

• Sao Paulo Line 6. Represented Acciona, on a R$6.9 billion (US$1.34 billion) financing deal with Brazil’s National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) to develop the largest public-private infrastructure project under construction in Latin America: Line 6 of the São Paulo subway in Brazil.
• Autopista Pacifico 2. Represented the lenders—Itaú, SMBC, BNP Paribas and CDPQ—in the Colombian Peso 839,999.97m (US$219 million) local currency financing of the Pacifico 2 Toll Road Project in Colombia. The proceeds will be used by Odinsa and John Laing to refinance the peso tranche of Colombia’s Pacífico 2 toll road after completing a refi for the concession’s dollar-denominated debt in 2021, where we also advised the lenders.
• Loma Blanca and Miramar Wind Projects. Represented Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd (“Goldwind”) as Guarantor and its five Argentine subsidiaries as Borrowers, in a US$ 270 million, four-year syndicated Green Loan facility.
• Interchile Project. Represented Interchile, a subsidiary of Colombia's Interconexión Eléctrica (ISA), as borrower in the senior secured greenfield project financing arranged by a club international banks and a VAT facility arranged by Chilean banks and as issuer in the subsequent $1.2 billion in project green bonds. The debt is backed by the cash flows of 11 transmission projects in Chile that Interchile owns. The original financing was named Best Power Deal 2016 by LatinFinance and the project bond refinancing was named Latin America Power & Overall Deal of the Year 2021 by Proximo and ESG Deal of the Year 2021 by LatinFinance.
• Metro de Panama’s Line 1. Represented Deutsche Bank, SMBC and Global Bank Corporation in connection with a US$160 million purchase of CDNOs (Certitficados de No Objeción) issued by the Panamanian government in connection with the Metro de Panama’s Line 1 Extension Project from Consorcio Línea Panamá Norte.
• Bracell Pulp Mill. Represented the lenders in the US$980 million financing to expand a pulp mill in the city of Lençóis Paulista, São Paulo.

Capital Markets

• Global Bank. Represented Panamanian bank Global Bank Corporation, as originator, in the establishment of a Diversified Payment Rights program and the issuance of the Series 2021-1 Loans and Series 2021-2 Notes for up to US$125 million and US$100 million respectively in favor of Global Bank Corporation and Marcia North Gate Limited, a Cayman special purpose vehicle.
• Banco Pichincha. Advised Goldman Sachs, as sole structuring agent and placement agent, in the second series of notes issued by Ecuadorian bank Banco Pichincha (the largest in the country) under its diversified payment rights (DPR) securitization program, consisting of US$300 million principal amount of Series 2022-1 Fixed Rate Notes.
• Carrasco Airport Refinancing (Uruguay). Represented Goldman Sachs in a refinancing that offers to exchange any and all of the 6.875% Senior Secured Guaranteed Notes Due 2032 and any and all of the 6.875% Cash/7.875% PIK Senior Secured Guaranteed Notes due 2032 for newly issued 6.875% Senior Secured Guaranteed Notes due 2034. Concurrently with the exchange offer, the issuer offered the newly issued 6.875% Senior Secured Guaranteed Notes due 2034 in an aggregate principal amount of up to $52.9 million in a private placement.
• Costanera Sur Road Project. Represented the concessionaire in obtaining US$170 million financing to complete works on the Costanera Sur project in Paraguay. Consorcio del Sur – owned by Spanish business group Eurofinsa and Paraguayan engineering company Topografía y Caminos –raised US$130 million in a private placement of notes by a special purpose vehicle (SPV).
• Landulpho Alves Refinery. Represented Diatoms Inc., an infrastructure finance company, in connection with a US$500 million mezzanine note offering along with a $50 million equity offering. The note and equity offering proceeds were used to pay part of the purchase price for the acquisition of the Landulpho Alves Refinery, sold by Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., Brazil's state-owned petroleum company, to MC Brazil Downstream Participacoes, a company owned by the Mubadala Capital group.

Corporate M&A

• Talos Mexico. Advised Houston-based independent offshore exploration and production company Talos Energy Inc. (Talos) on the sale of a 49.9% interest in Talos Mexico, the company’s Mexican subsidiary, to Zamajal, S.A. de C.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Grupo Carso. 
• Lithea Sale. Represented LSC Lithium B.V. in connection with the sale of all of the outstanding shares of Lithea Inc., the owner of the Pozuelos-Pastos Grandes lithium mining properties located in the Province of Salta, Argentina, to GFL International Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd., for a total consideration of $962 million.
• Rothy’s Acquisiton. Represented Alpargatas S.A., a Brazil-based, global footwear company, in its $475 million Series B investment in Rothy's, Inc., an online retailer of eco-friendly footwear, bags and accessories.
• Project Mexico HAPS. Represented Waterwheel Capital Management, a US based institutional investor with a focus on non-performing assets and the Greek market, in its €3.2 billion investment in the mezzanine and junior notes of the Project Mexico HAPS securitization, a portfolio comprising of commercial and residential properties, auto-loans and corporate credits.
• EC Waste Investment. Represented 3i Group plc in closing a US$315 million majority investment in EC Waste, the largest vertically integrated provider of solid waste services in Puerto Rico, from private equity firm, Post Capital Partners LLC.
• Casa Lumbre. Represented Mexican spirits company Casa Lumbre in a variety of corporate matters, including:
  
  • In its participation in a joint venture company, Backlit Investments Corp., for the distribution and commercialization of a mezcal spirit, through Contraluz Cristalino, S.A.P.I. de C.V., a subsidiary incorporated for such purposes.
  • In the MXN$801,000 acquisition of Grupo Rosaguin, S.A.P.I. de C.V., a company in the alcoholic beverage industry.
  • In the joint venture with Lights Out Media, Inc., for the distribution and commercialization of the products of Tequila Defrente, S.A.P.I. de C.V.

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Deals of the Year

• VINCI Acquisition of Mexican Airports--Cross-Border M&A Deal of the Year 2023 by LatinFinance, Infrastructure Finance Deal of the Year 2023 by Bonds & Loans.
• São Paulo Metro Line 6 Project—Transport Deal of the Year by IJ Global, Latin America PPP Deal of the Year and Overall Latin America Deal of the Year by Proximo, Deal of the Year: Project Finance by IFLR, Infrastructure Financing of the Year: Brazil by LatinFinance and Transport Deal of the Year by Project Finance International (PFI), who noted that, “the sheer size and importance of the project and lengths taken to get this financing done over the years mean it stands out as Latin America’s premiere PPP deal in 2022.”
• Interchile Project/Green Bond Refinancing—Latin America Power & Overall Deal of the Year 2021 by Proximo and ESG Deal of the Year 2021 by LatinFinance.
  
• Acajutla Power Plant (El Salvador)—Infrastructure Financing of the Year: Central America 2020 by LatinFinance.
  
• Trans-Jamaican Highway (Jamaica)—Infrastructure Financing of the Year-Caribbean 2019 by LatinFinance.
• TAG Pipeline (Brazil)–2019 Latin America M&A Deal of the Year by IJ Global, Oil & Gas Financing of the Year and Cross Border M&A Deal of the Year 2019 by LatinFinance. 
  
• CRC Transmission Project (Chile)–2019 Latin America Transmission Deal of the Year by IJ Global.
  
• Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 copper mine project (Chile)–Americas Mining Deal of the Year 2019 by Project Finance International.
• Bioceanico Highway (Paraguay)–Bond of the Year 2019 by LatinFinance.
• Naranjal and Del Litoral Solar Power Plants (Uruguay)–Latin America: Structured Bond Deal of the Year 2019 by Bonds & Loans Latin America.
• Centrais Elétricas de Sergipe (Brazil)—Best Bond and Best Infrastructure Financing (Brazil), LatinFinance 2018 and IJ Global “Latin American Power Deal of the Year” 2018. 
• Celeo Redes Operación (Chile)—Best Power Financing, Best Bond and Best Infrastructure Financing (Andes) LatinFinance 2017.
• Kingston Container Terminal Expansion (Jamaica)—North America Port Deal of the Year 2016, IJ Global and Best Port Financing, LatinFinance 2017.
• Bermuda Airport–North America Airport Deal of the Year 2017 by IJ Global.
• Campo Palomas (Uruguay)–2017 Project Finance Deal of the Year, Bonds & Loans Latin America.
• Aruba Green Corridor--Best Infrastructure Financing: Caribbean 2016 by LatinFinance.
• Rutas de Lima Toll Road (Peru)–Best Local Currency Financing; Best Road Financing; and Best Infrastructure Financing (Andes), LatinFinance 2015 and 2014 PPP Deal of the Year by World Finance magazine.
• Parque Eólico Marcona/Tres Hermanas (Peru)–Best Renewable Energy Financing, LatinFinance 2015.
• ACI Airport SudAmérica (Uruguay)–Best Airport Financing, LatinFinance 2015.
• Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde (Peru)–Best Mining Financing: Best Loan 2014 by LatinFinance magazine.
• Abengoa Transmisión Sur (Peru)–Latin American Transmission Deal of the Year2014.
• Orosí Wind Farm (Costa Rica)–Latin America Wind Deal of the Year 2013 by Project Finance magazine.
• Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport (Puerto Rico)–North America Transport Deal of the Year 2013 by Project Finance magazine.
• Oaxaca II and Oaxaca IV Wind Farms (Mexico)–Latin American Project Bond Deal of the Year 2012
• Via Parque Rimac toll road (Peru)—Latin American PPP (Public-Private Partnership) Deal of the Year 2012
• Huascacocha Water Infrastructure (Peru)—Latin America Water Deal of the Year 2010 & Project Finance Deal of the Year 2011.
• Nuevo Pemex (Mexico)—Latin America Power Deal of the Year 2010 & Latin America Deal of the Year 2010.
• Boleo (Mexico)–‘Latin America Mining Deal of the Year 2010’ Project Finance International & ‘Exploration and Development Funding Award 2010’ Mining Journal Awards.
• Baja (Mexico)–‘Exploration and Development Funding Award’ Mining Journal Awards 2010.
• Odebrecht Drill Ships (Brazil)—Americas Deal of the Year 2009 & Best Project Finance Deal 2009
• São Paulo Rodoanel (Brazil)—Transport Deal of the Year 2009.

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