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Infrastructure Law Firm of the Year-Latin America
Year: 2021
Winner: Milbank
“One of the main take-aways for me from the pandemic is how important the long-term relationships are,” says Dan Bartfeld, a partner at the Milbank law office in New York.
Milbank made use of its long-standing involvement in Latin America’s infrastructure sector to win the main law firm accolade in this year’s awards. […]
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Infrastructure Law Firm of the Year-Southern Cone
Year: 2021
Winner: Garrigues
The past couple of years have been tough on Chile. Widespread social unrest disrupted the economy at the end of 2019, forcing the government to adopt a series of drastic measures, while a committee to reform the Constitution was elected with a strong left-wing flavor. […]
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Infrastructure Law Firm of the Year-Andes
Year: 2021
Winner: PPU
Colombia has been a hot spot for infrastructure investment in the Andes, especially with its ground-breaking 4G infrastructure projects, and the Covid-19 pandemic was not enough to bring the sector to a halt.
It did, however, create plenty of difficulties, […]
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Infrastructure Law Firm of the Year-Central America
Year: 2021
Winner: BLP
Costa Rica-based BLP wants to consolidate the model of global law offices in the Central American market. That means having a presence across the region and providing services based on expertise rather than local proximity. This year, this approach has earned BLP the Infrastructure Law Firm of the Year, […]
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Infrastructure Law Firm of the Year-Brazil
Year: 2021
Winner: Pinheiro Neto
Infrastructure companies in Brazil have gone to the capital markets more often than ever to raise money for their projects over the past year.
They have kept law offices busy as a result, as perhaps none more than Pinheiro Neto, […]
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Infrastructure Law Firm of the Year-Mexico
Year: 2021
Winner: Ritch Mueller y Nicolau
New infrastructure investments have stalled in Mexico as uncertainties created by the federal government policies continue to spook investors. But companies are undeterred in tapping capital markets to obtain better terms for existing deals.
The winner of the Infrastructure Lawfirm of the Year in Mexico, […]
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Infrastructure Bank of the Year-Southern Cone
Year: 2021
Winner: Goldman Sachs
Chile was where the action was in the Southern Cone’s infrastructure sector over the past year — and Goldman Sachs has been busy leading some of the most innovative deals in the country.
The winners of the Infrastructure Bank of the Year in the Southern Cone category led a number of landmark transactions in the region. […]
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Infrastructure Bank of the Year-Brazil
Year: 2021
Winner: Itaú BBA
To successfully finance infrastructure projects in Brazil, a financier must be able to navigate the ups and downs that characterize the country’s rollercoaster economy.
Itaú BBA, the winner of the award for Infrastructure Bank of the Year in Brazil, […]
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Infrastructure Bank of the Year-Andes
Year: 2021
Winner: Santander
ESG securities are gaining ground in Latin America’s infrastructure market, and the winner of the Infrastructure Bank of the Year in the Andes played a key part in the placement of one of the most impressive examples of this trend.
Banco Santander was the joint bookrunner for the Puerta de Hierro 4G toll road deal that included the first social project bond ever issued by a Latin American sponsor. […]
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Infrastructure Bank of the Year-Central America & Caribbean
Year: 2021
Winner: Scotiabank
Canadian bank Scotiabank started its international expansion in Jamaica back in 1889. This year, the bank coronates its long involvement with the region by winning the award for Infrastructure Bank of the Year in Central America and the Caribbean for the work it undertook in one of the most challenging periods in the past 132 years. […]
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Infrastructure Bank of the Year-Latin America
Year: 2021
Winner: SMBC
In this year’s awards, the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation scored a hat trick – and deservedly so.
A flurry of activity by the team, led by David Gonzalez, SMBC’s head of Project and Structured Finance in Latin America, earned the bank the honors of Infrastructure Bank of the Year both in Mexico and the whole of Latin America, […]
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Project Sponsor of the Year
Year: 2021
Winner: AES
Whether it’s natural gas, solar or wind power project in the Latin America and the Caribbean, these days there’s a good chance that AES Corporation will be involved.
The US-headquartered energy company concluded project financings in Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Panama in the past year to boost clean energy production and infrastructure capacity and to meet its goals of having roughly 50% of its operations in the region. […]
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Loan of the Year
Year: 2021
Winner: CCEE
Amid the crisis brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, the ingenuity of financial markets was often critical to keeping some of the most affected sectors afloat over the past year.
In Latin America, one of the most impressive examples of this was evident in a landmark financing in Brazil. […]
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Bond of the Year
Year: 2021
Winner: Chile’s Electricity Tariff Stabilization
In December 2019, following a wave of social unrest, the government of Chile proposed a law that set out to reduce electricity bills paid by a restive population.
The Tariff Stabilization Law, in practice, meant that generation companies would charge prices that were lower than their Power Purchase Agreements established, […]
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Local Currency Financing of the Year
Year: 2021
Winner: Puerto de Hierro
Colombia’s Puerta de Hierro toll road notched a number of firsts in Latin America and at home during the pandemic.
In the midst of the pandemic, the project secured the first social project bond in Latin America and was the first bond guaranteed by the U.S. […]
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Social Infrastructure Deal of the Year
Year: 2021
Winner: Project Condor
Covid-19 was an unmitigated tragedy for Latin Americans. But it had at least one unexpected positive impact for the region’s metropolises: they were able to breath pure air once again.
In Santiago, the sharp drop in road traffic caused a 71% reduction in the levels of nitrogen oxide suspended in the air, […]
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Water/Sanitation Financing of the Year
Year: 2021
Winner: Corsan Green Bond
When Brazilian water and sewage company Corsan decided to tap capital markets for the first time, in March, its choice was to go all green.
The experience was successful and has boosted the owner’s plans to take a step further and privatize the company in the near future. […]
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Renewable Energy Financing of the Year
Year: 2021
Winner: Huemul Renewable Portfolio
Mainstream Renewable Power is changing the face of electricity generation in Chile with one of the world’s most innovative green energy projects.
The Irish developer is in the midst of building out its 1,350MW Andes Renovables platform that combines wind and solar plants distributed across Chile. […]
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Road / Rail Financing of the Year
Year: 2021
Winner: Rumo
Brazilian logistics company Rumo S.A. achieved a major milestone in 2020: it issued the first green bond by a railway operator in Latin America in a landmark transaction that has proved a major boost for big-ticket sustainable investments in Brazil, at a time when investors are increasingly focused on ESG (environmental, […]
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Port Financing of the Year
Year: 2021
Winner: Salaverry Port
Peruvian port operator Tramarsa is breaking new ground – physically and figuratively – with the modernization of the Salaverry port on the country’s northern coast.
Tramarsa won the 30-year concession for Salaverry in 2018, committing to some $270 million in investment. […]
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Digital Infrastructure/ Telecoms Financing of the Year
Year: 2021
Winner: ATP’s LatAm Bond Regional Debut
Andean Telecom Partners (ATP) chose to tap debt investors for the first time just as the Covid-19 pandemic struck in the three markets where it operates, which were also undergoing political turbulence of their own.
The issuance of $375 million in 5-year secured notes was highly successful, […]
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Airport Financing of the Year
Year: 2021
Winner: Lima Airport Expansion
It took nearly two decades to get going, but construction is now well underway on the expansion of Lima’s international airport.
Since 2001, the Jorge Chávez International Airport in Peru’s capital city has been run by Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide (Fraport). […]
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Infrastructure Financing of the Year – Southern Cone
Year: 2021
Winner: Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE)
The record low for a 30-year coupon in Latin America in 2020 came from an unexpected source: Chile’s national railway company.
Known today as EFE-Railways of Chile, the quasi-sovereign issued its first ever international bond in August 2020 with a coupon of just 3.068%. […]
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Infrastructure Financing of the Year – Mexico
Year: 2021
Winner: Tierra Mojada Refinancing
A gas-fired power plant in Mexico played a key role in reopening the project bond market in Latin America following the initial disruption caused by the pandemic.
In November 2020, FEL Energy, a project of Spain’s Fisterra Energy and Blackstone Capital Partners, […]
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Infrastructure Financing of the Year – Latin America
Year: 2021
Winner: EnfraGen
EnfraGen, a power company owned by the Glenfarne Group and Partners Group, has provided new ways forward for project financing in Latin America with its latest transaction.
The $1.76 billion deal not only involved multiple banks, but also several jurisdictions, […]
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Infrastructure Financing of the Year – Central America
Year: 2021
Winner: CMI Energy’s Green Financing
Geographical and technological diversity have long been hallmarks of CMI Energy, the leading renewable energy company in Central America and the Caribbean. Financial diversity can now be added to the mix.
The company, a unit of CMI Capital, […]
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Infrastructure Financing of the Year – Caribbean
Year: 2021
Winner: Enadom LNG
Energy costs in the Dominican Republic and the country’s greenhouse gas emissions have taken a new hit—but in the right direction.
U.S.-based AES Corporation, through its partnership with Energía Natural Dominicana (EnaDom), secured a $180 million loan in late 2020 for a new liquid natural gas (LNG) storage tank at its existing energy complex. […]
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Infrastructure Financing of the Year-Brazil
Year: 2021
Winner: Eixo-SP
Structuring the financing of a huge new concession just as the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged the Brazilian economy may not seem the most enviable task. But Eixo SP did just that, with the support of development bank BNDES and local capital markets, […]
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Infrastructure Financing of the Year-Andes
Year: 2021
Winner: Autopista del Norte
A stretch of highway along Peru’s northern coast is in line for a major upgrade that will improve connectivity, boost productivity and help the country meet its goals to reduce greenhouse emissions.
All of this will be possible thanks to a $350 million loan to Spain’s Aleatica to refinance existing commitments and, […]
2021 Project & Infrastructure Finance Awards
