Weeks after SoftBank announced the launch of a $5 billion technology fund focused on Latin America, the company made a marquee investment in the Colombian start-up and delivery app Rappi. […]
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Structured Financing of the Year: Lima Metro Line 2
Construction of the Lima Metro Line 2, a 27 km underground line aimed at easing congestion in Peru’s capital, ran into one delay after another after it was announced in […]
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Restructuring of the Year: Mexico City Airport Trust
Selling $6 billion worth of debt is no small feat. Cancelling the project earmarked for those funds, then restructuring the debt without triggering a debt crisis that could have sunk […]
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Financing Innovation of the Year: Fibra Uno
The importance of environmental, social and governance covenants in the world’s financial markets is only growing. Fibra Uno, the largest real estate company in Latin America, became the first Latin […]
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Domestic M&A Deal of the Year: Suzano’s acquisition of Fibria
What do you do with two of the largest, and lowest cost, players in the pulp and paper industry in one of the top markets in the world? How about […]
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Cross Border M&A Deal of the Year: Engie and CDPQ’s acquisition of TAG pipelines
The interlocking motivations were apparent: State-owned energy company Petrobras wanted to raise capital by shedding assets. French natural gas and energy provider Engie wanted to solidify its Brazil-based operations, especially […]
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Private Equity Deal of the Year: Actis’ sale of Atlantic Energias Renováveis
The size and scope of Latin America’s rapidly developing renewable energy sector has only deepened in the past few years. In a related push, corporations are chasing ESG (environmental, social, […]
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Equity Follow-On of the Year: MercadoLibre
E-commerce retailer MercadoLibre raised an impressive $1.85 billion through a public share offering and two big ticket direct investments during the awards period. MercadoLibre’s $1 billion equity offering, in which […]
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Initial Public Offering of the Year: Cencosud
Several years after initially floating the idea of spinning out its shopping mall real estate portfolio, the Chilean retailer Cencosud delivered a stunning initial public offering of Cencosud Shopping in […]
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Corporate Liability Management of the Year: Petrobras
Brazil’s Petrobras is in the midst of a corporate overhaul meant to cut its gross debt levels to $60 billion, compared with $101 billion in the second quarter of 2019. […]