Category: 2024 Deals of the Year Awards
Subnational Deal of the Year – Metropolitan Municipality of Lima
Peru’s central bank estimates that traffic congestion in the capital city, Lima, costs the country around $5.4 billion in annual losses – roughly equivalent to 2% of gross domestic product. […]
Domestic M&A Deal of the Year – Mexico
Achieving majority state control of Mexico’s energy sector had long been a goal of former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador – and one he reached in his final year in […]
Sovereign Issuer of the Year & Sovereign Bond of the Year – United Mexican States
When each new year rolls around, there’s one sovereign that markets reliably expect to be among the first anywhere to tap the international bond market: Mexico. It did so again […]
Cross-Border M&A Deal of the Year – China Southern Power Grid
Italy’s biggest utility Enel completed the sale of its equity stakes in two Peruvian assets for $3.1 billion to China Southern Power Grid International (CSGI) last June in a deal […]
Equity Follow-On of the Year – Sabesp
The secondary public offering of shares issued last July by Brazilian water and sanitation company Sabesp was a transaction brimming with superlatives. The R$14.5 billion ($2.7 billion) placement was the […]
Initial Public Offering of the Year – BBB Foods
Mexico’s BBB Foods chain of hard discount grocery stores prides itself on offering quality products at a good price. In February 2024, it did the same with Wall Street, concluding […]
Law Firm of the Year – Central America – BLP
Brokering deals across five countries with different political and economic realities is no trivial matter, but Costa Rica-based law firm BLP makes it look easy. The firm operates in Costa […]
Law Firm of the Year – Mexico – Ritch Mueller
When Mexican law firm Ritch Mueller was founded in 1975, big ticket transactions in the country could be counted on one hand. Starting as a boutique firm focused on financial […]
Law Firm of the Year – Peru – Garrigues
Garrigues Peru celebrated its tenth anniversary in the country doing what it does best – closing deals. A Spanish firm with a global footprint, Garrigues first settled in Peru in […]
