When Autopistas del Sol, a toll road concessionaire owned by Spain’s Globalvia, sought financing for the Ruta 27 toll road in Costa Rica in 2007, it relied on loans from Spain’s Bankia and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI).
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AWARDS: BEST INFRASTRUCTURE LAW FIRM: ANDES
Chile, already a large consumer of electricity, needs to raise capital to build new transmission lines that will strengthen the country’s grid and integrate many upcoming renewable power projects.
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AWARDS: BEST INFRASTRUCTURE LAW FIRM: BRAZIL
To fund infrastructure projects in the economic and political turbulence in Brazil, investors have banded together to share risks, making for some complex deals. One law firm, Stocche Forbes, has helped developers navigate the complexities and advised on some of the most important deals in the infrastructure market, including the winner of Best Infrastructure Financing in Brazil, the Ventos do Araripe III wind farm.
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AWARDS: BEST INFRASTRUCTURE LAW FIRM: MEXICO
Mexico’s Galicia Abogados has been ever-present in the project finance market over the past year. The law firm took part in a $2 billion green bond issue for the new airport in Mexico City. It worked on a $1.6 billion financing package for Red Compartida wireless telecommunications PPP. It also worked on loans for the local midstream developer Fermaca to build new natural gas pipeline concessions, showing its versatility in different sectors.
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AWARDS: Best infrastructure Bank: Mexico.
Banamex proved its skills in executing some of Latin America’s largest infrastructure transactions this year when it helped to secure financing for the construction of a new airport in Mexico […]
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AWARDS: Best Infrastructure Bank: Latin America.
Months before any of the toll roads in Colombia’s 4G concessions program had reached financial close, but as the deadline approached to have funding in place, Goldman Sachs committed $1.2 […]
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AWARDS: Best Infrastructure Bank: Brazil.
Although it was a slower year for project finance in Brazil, Itaú BBA showed a knack for executing deals. The bank found a sweet spot for dealmaking in power projects, […]
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AWARDS: Best Sponsor.
When the first concessions were awarded in Colombia’s 4G toll road program in 2014, MHC Ingeniería y Construcción de Obras Civiles was a surprise winner. Long a mostly local player, […]
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AWARDS: Best Infrastructure Bank: Andes.
CorpBanca’s business in Colombia has punched above its weight in the fourth generation of toll road concessions and stood alongside larger peers to finance four projects in the first round. […]
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AWARDS: Best Infrastructure Law Firm: Andes
Spanish law firm Garrigues was involved in two of the largest project finance transactions in the region this past year: Covipacifico and Lima Metro Line 2. Garrigues advised the sponsor […]