Latin Lawyer is delighted to present all the shortlisted deals and cases for all categories of our upcoming 14th annual Deal of the Year Awards.
For each category, three deals or cases have been selected for the shortlist and are listed below. The winners will be announced on the night of our charity awards ceremony at the Hotel Unique in São Paulo on Thursday 7 May.
The dinner is being held in aid of three of the region’s pro bono clearinghouses. More information and tickets are available here.
We congratulate all the lawyers who took part in these leading deals and cases and look forward to presenting the winners with awards. The shortlists for the remaining categories will be announced over a series of upcoming briefings.
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Private M&A
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Engie buys TAG from Petrobras for US$8.6 billion
Counsel to Engie
In-house counsel - Patrick Baeten, Oyhana Maurat, Tim Venables, Alan Duque, Guilherme Schmitt, Ana Mellone and Christina Aguiar
Jones Day
Herbert Smith FreehillsStocche Forbes Advogados
Schmidt, Valois, Miranda, Ferreira, Agel Advogados BMA - Barbosa, Müssnich, AragãoCounsel to Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec - CDPQ
Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown
Counsel to Petrobras
In-house counsel – Danielle Dantas, Josiane Simioni and Fernanda Valeriano
Machado Meyer Advogados
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DEA acquires Mexico’s first privately owned energy company, Sierra Oil & Gas
Counsel to DEA Deutsche Erdoel
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Baker McKenzie (Mexico)
Counsel to Sierra Oil & Gas
King & Spalding LLP
Galicia Abogados
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Advent buys US$724 million majority stake in Prisma
Counsel to Advent
Baker McKenzie LLP
Baker McKenzie (Argentina)
Counsel to Prisma Medios de Pago and Visa International, Banco Santander Rio, Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires, BBVA Banco Francés, Banco Macro, Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, HSBC Bank Argentina, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Argentina), Banco Patagonia, Nuevo Banco de Santa Fe, Banco Itaú Argentina, Banco Comafi, Banco de la Nación Argentina, Banco Credicoop Coop and Sucursal de Citibank
Covington & Burling LLP
Beccar Varela
Counsel to Visa International
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Bourel & Paris-Laplace Abogados
Counsel to Banco de la Nación Argentina
Tanoira Cassagne Abogados
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Public M&A
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Suzano and Fibria create world pulp leader
Counsel to Suzano Papel e Celulose
In-house counsel - Pablo Gimenez Machado
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados
Counsel to Votorantim
In-house counsel - Tatiana Anderson, Mariane Vlach and Gilberto da Silva
White & Case LLP
TozziniFreire Advogados
Counsel to Fibria
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
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Sempra sells Peruvian business to China Yangtze for US$3.6 billion
Counsel to China Yangtze Power International
Baker McKenzie LLP
Muñiz, Olaya, Meléndez, Castro, Ono & Herrera
Counsel to Sempra Energy
White & Case LLP
Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados
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Delta invests US$1.9 billion in LATAM
Counsel to Delta Airlines
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Barros & Errázuriz Abogados
Demarest AdvogadosCounsel to LATAM
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Claro & Cía
On antitrust mattersCounsel to Delta Airlines and LATAM
BMA - Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão
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Private equity
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Trio create first midstream player focused exclusively on Vaca Muerta
Counsel to Riverstone
In-house counsel – Rob Gray
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Nicholson y Cano Abogados
Counsel to Vista Oil
In-house counsel – Florencia Hardoy
Mayer Brown LLP
Bruchou, Fernández Madero & Lombardi
Counsel to Southern Cross
In-house counsel - Dolores de Elizalde
Mitrani Caballero & Ruiz Moreno
***Rappi gets Latin America’s largest-ever tech financing
Counsel to Rappi
Cooley LLP
Counsel to SoftBank
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Machado Meyer Advogados
Brigard Urrutia Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal Galicia Abogados ***Carlyle buys stake in Brazilian restaurant chain Madero
Counsel to Carlyle
In-house counsel - Louise Dumican
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Counsel to Madero
In-house counsel - Hianaê Schramm and Bruna Aioroldi
Machado Meyer Advogados
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Capital markets
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BR Distribuidora privatised after US$2.2 billion Petrobras issuance
Counsel to Petrobras and BR Distribuidora
In-house counsel - Pedro Jardim, Daniel Hora do Paço, Andrea Pozzi, Affonso Motta, Rafael Aragão, Ana Carolina Carvalho and Maria Claudia Abu Alla
Linklaters Lefosse AdvogadosCounsel to JP Morgan, Citigroup, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Itaú BBA and Santander
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Pinheiro Guimarães ***Chile issues Latin America’s first green sovereign bonds
Counsel to Chile
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Morales & BesaCounsel to the underwriters
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Chile) ***Santander ups stake in Mexican subsidiary for US$1.4 billion
Counsel to Santander Spain
In-house counsel - Francisco Illescas Fernández-Bermejo and Pilar Salinas Rincón
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Uría Menéndez Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enriquez SCCounsel to Santander México
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
***Banking & finance
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First reserve-based lending in Brazil
Counsel to Trident Energy
Herbert Smith Freehills
Pinheiro Neto AdvogadosCounsel to the lenders
White & Case LLP
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados ***Fibra UNO gets first Latin American sustainability-linked loan
Counsel to Fibra UNO
Holland & Knight LLP
Holland & Knight (Mexico)
Counsel to Banco Santander México, BBVA Bancomer and other lenders
Paul Hastings LLP
Jones Day (Mexico) *** Three Gorges gets US$850 million to finance hydroelectric dam purchaseCounsel to Chaglla Holdings
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Muñiz, Olaya, Meléndez, Castro, Ono & HerreraCounsel to Odebrecht
White & Case LLP
Counsel to Bank of China, Industrial Commercial Bank of China and BBVA Banco Continental
Allen & Overy LLP
Hernández & Cía Abogados Demarest AdvogadosCounsel to the existing lenders
Clifford Chance LLP
Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano AbogadosCounsel to The Bank of New York Mellon
Hogan Lovells LLP
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Project finance – energy
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Thermal power plant gets largest ever project financing in El SalvadorCounsel to Invenergy and Energia del Pacifico
In-house counsel to Invenergy - Will Borders and Jessica Kraig
White & Case LLP Arias (El Salvador)Counsel to Overseas Private Investment Company, the International Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank, Finnvera and KfW
Norton Rose Fulbright
Romero Pineda & Asociados *** ENGIE’s first green loan financing in MexicoCounsel to ENGIE
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Ritch, Mueller, Heather y Nicolau, SCCounsel to Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, Natixis, Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior, BBVA Bancomer and PROPARCO
Allen & Overy LLP
Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes SC *** Gás Natural Açu finances biggest gas-fired power plant in LatAmCounsel to UTE GNA
Milbank
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados Souza, Mello e TorresCounsel to IFC and KfW IPEX
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Pinheiro Neto Advogados***
Project finance – infrastructure
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Teck Resources gets Latin America’s largest mining project financeCounsel to Teck
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Mayer Brown LLP CareyCounsel to Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Export Development Canada, Bank of Exports and Imports of Korea, KFW IPEX-Bank, Bank of Montreal, BNP Paribas, ING Bank, Mizuho Bank, MUFG Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Milbank
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Chile) *** Paraguay finances first ever PPP project using hybrid issuance and loanCounsel to Sacyr, Ocho and Rutas del Este
White & Case LLP
White & Case SC BKM | BerkemeyerCounsel to Goldman Sachs, IDB Invest and Banco Itaú
Clifford Chance
Gross Brown Counsel to TMF Paraguay Vouga Abogados *** Uruguay finances its largest PPP projectCounsel to Grupo Vía Central
In-house counsel to Vía Central - Leandro Iglesias
In-house counsel to SACYR - Karina Martínez In-house counsel to SACEEM - Federico Gianero In-house counsel to NGE - Pierre-Antoine Rohan In-house counsel to Berkes - Pedro Bellocq Baker McKenzie LLP Baker McKenzie (Chile) Baker McKenzie (Mexico) Estudio Echecopar member firm of Baker McKenzie International Jiménez de Aréchaga, Viana & BrauseCounsel to IDB Invest, CAF, CAF-AM, Sumitomo Mitsui and Intesa Sanpaolo
In-house counsel to IDB Invest - Ignacio Imas Inella
In-house counsel to CAF - Gonzalo Soriano In-house counsel to CAF-AM - Laura Berkman Clifford Chance LLP Ferrere (Uruguay)***
Disputes
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Vigor vs CCPR and Lactalis in the battle for control of Itambé
Counsel to Vigor Ferro, Castro Neves, Daltro & Gomide Advogados Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados Counsel to Itambé Alimentos Sergio Bermudes AdvogadosCounsel to Cooperativa Central dos Produtores Rurais de Minas Gerais
Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados
Counsel to B.S.A. International BMA - Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão In the out of court settlementCounsel to the companies
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
*** CMCP vs SCA in historic tissue cartel disputeCounsel to SCA
Ugarte & Correa
Counsel to CMPC
Claro & Cía
*** Hutchinson Ports vs Manta Port Authority absolves third-party non-signatoriesCounsel to Hutchison entities
White & Case LLP
Morgan & Morgan Pérez Bustamante & PonceCounsel to Manta’s Port Authority
Dechert
López Villanueva & Huertematte***
Regulatory
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TechnipFMC’s first ever simultaneous resolution with the DOJ and Brazil’s CGU, MPF and AGU
Counsel to TechnipFMC
Paul Hastings LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
Saud Advogados
Sampaio Ferraz Advogados
Soulez Larivière & Associés
Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
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Soriana successfully challenges divestment programme handed down by COFECE
Counsel to Soriana
Galicia Abogados
*** Brazil raises US$16 billion in transfer-of-rights oil auctionCounsel to CNOOC
Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown
Counsel to CNDOC
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
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Restructuring
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Constellation oil group completes US$1.5 billion global restructuring
In the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York Serviços de Petróleo Constellation S.A., et al. Case No. 18-13952 Judge Martin GlennCounsel to Constellation and the foreign representative (Fund Fiduciary Partners)
White & Case LLP
Counsel to certain asset-backed loan lenders of Constellation
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Stocche Forbes AdvogadosCounsel to Banco Bradesco
Norton Rose Fulbright Machado Meyer AdvogadosCounsel to the 2024 bond noteholders
Milbank
E.Munhoz AdvogadosCounsel to Wilmington Trust as indenture trustee for 9.00%/0.50% PIK Senior Secured Notes Due 2024
Pryor Cashman
Counsel to the Trustee to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as Trustee for the 6.250% Senior Notes Due 2019
Holland & Knight LLP
Counsel to Alperton Capital
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Graf & PitkowitzCounsel to funds managed by Pacific Investment Management Co.
Dechert
In the 1st Business Court of Rio de JaneiroCounsel to Constellation
Galdino & Coelho Advogados
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados Loyens & LoeffCounsel to funds managed by Pacific Investment Management Co.
Cascione Pulino Boulos AdvogadosCounsel to SBM Holding and Capital International Private Equity
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
*** Avianca reaches restructuring deal with creditorsCounsel to Avianca Holdings
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Milbank Gómez-PinzónCounsel to United
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Sidley Austin LLP Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Colombia)Counsel to Kingsland
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Brigard Urrutia *** The recapitalisation of Argentina’s TGLTCounsel to TGLT
In-house counsel - Federico Wilensky, Luciano Alexis Loprete and Jose Maria Krasñansky Simari
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPCounsel to Ad-Hoc Committee
Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites & Arntsen (PAGBAM)
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPCounsel to IRSA
Zang, Bergel & Viñes Abogados
(Latin Lawyer - 09/03/2020)
