At a time when the syndicated loan market was still thawing from a deep, crisis-driven freeze, Americas Mining Corporation (AMC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Grupo México, provided an encouraging sign.
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BEST CORPORATE LIABILITY MANAGEMENT
After suffering derivative losses in the 2008-2009 crisis, Brazil’s Aracruz Celulose was purchased by Votorantim Celulose e Papel.
BEST LOCAL CURRENCY FINANCING
Colombia paved the way for LatAm issuers in April with an $800 million 2021 equivalent global TES bond. It braved the market to issue the first global local currency deal from LatAm since 2007, according to Dealogic.
BEST PRIMARY EQUITY ISSUE
Investors could be forgiven for forgetting that Mexico had an equity market, or at least one with new issuers.
BEST PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL
In June, UK-based private equity giant Apax Partners, through its Dethalas vehicle, closed on its first investment in Brazil.
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.
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.
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.
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.
BEST PROJECT FINANCING
In just three months of extremely choppy external markets, Project Jaguar scored a coup.
