In June, UK-based private equity giant Apax Partners, through its Dethalas vehicle, closed on its first investment in Brazil.
Category: Deals of the Year Awards
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BEST FOLLOW-ON EQUITY
Love it or hate it, there was no avoiding the giant, black, viscous elephant in the room of LatAm equity last year.
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BEST CROSS-BORDER M&A DEAL
In a year of significantly increased Chinese buying of LatAm assets, CNOOC’s purchase of 50% of Bridas was one of the largest South-South deals.
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BEST DOMESTIC M&A TRANSACTION
Braskem’s 2010 acquisition of Quattor Participacoes, Polibutenos and Unipar Comercial forges a new petrochemical giant in the Brazilian petrochemicals market.
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BEST PROJECT FINANCING
In just three months of extremely choppy external markets, Project Jaguar scored a coup.
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DEALS OF THE YEAR RESULTS
Biggest, tightest, longest, cheapest. Superlatives abound when describing LatAm capital markets and advisory for the last 12 months, and many bankers expect the good times to continue rolling.
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BEST STRUCTURED FINANCING/INNOVATION
The State of Mexico (Edomex) in August issued a much anticipated 4.1 billion peso 20-year local bond, the first securitization of future flows of income from residential property fees from a Mexican state.
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BEST INVESTMENT BANK
Credit Suisse is back on top again, aiming to leverage relationships throughout emerging markets to further stoke the coals of its LatAm investment banking engine. The Swiss house coasts on rising revenue from M&A, equity and fixed income, but has not slipped into complacency.
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BEST LAW FIRM — LATIN AMERICA/MEXICO
New York-based Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is no stranger to megadeals.
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BEST BOND HOUSE
The rapidly rising tide of LatAm fixed income lifted all underwriters in 2010, creating at least four serious contenders for Best Bond House.