Latin Lawyer has announced the winners of its Deal of the Year Awards at its sixth annual charity awards ceremony, held last night in São Paulo and attended by some 200 guests.
The winning deals are:
· Corporate Finance - OGX′s US$2.6 billion bond issuance
· Project Finance - Embraport financing for Brazil’s Santos Port
· M&A - Grupo Sura’s US$3.8 billion acquisition of ING Groep′s Latin American assets
· Outbound investment - Cementos Argos’ acquisition of Lafarge′s US assets
· Disputes - Resolution of the Quito International Airport Dispute
· Restructuring - Satmex restructuring
Latin Lawyer congratulates all the lawyers whose efforts brought the winning transactions to their successful completion and the full teams are listed below. More than 200 guests attended the awards dinner at the Hotel Unique, where awards were also presented to Latin Lawyer′s Law Firm Leaders of the Year, International Lawyer of the Year and Pro Bono Lawyer of the year. Three life time achivement awards were also handed out at the event, which raised funds for three of Latin America′s pro bono clearinghouses: ProVene in Venezuela, CIDSEP in Paraguay and Brazil’s Instituto Pro Bono.
Corporate Finance Winner
OGX’s US$2.6 billion bond issuance
Counsel to OGX
In-house counsel Jose Roberto Faveret and Lucas Quevedo, Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados in Brazil and Davis Polk & Wardwell in the US
Counsel to JP Morgan, HSBC, Credit Suisse and Banco Itaú BBA
Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados in Brazil and in the US White & Case LLP, which also assisted Barclays and Nomura
Project Finance Winner
Embraport financing for Brazil’s Santos Port
Counsel to Embraport
Lead manager Nádia Krolikowski, Souza, Cescon, Barrieu & Flesch Advogados in Brazil, and Davis Polk & Wardwell in the US
Counsel to the Inter-American Development Bank, HSBC, Banco Santander, Banco Caixa Geral and Banco WestLB
Dias Carneiro Advogados in Brazil and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP in the US
Counsel to the hedge providers
Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados
Counsel to Caixa Econômica Federal
Pinheiro Neto Advogados in Brazil and White & Case LLP in the US
Counsel to BNY Mellon
In-house counsel Gustavo Rabello, Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados in Brazil, and Hogan Lovells in the US
M&A Winner
Grupo Sura’s US$3.8 billion acquisition of ING Groep′s Latin American assets
Counsel to ING Groep
In-house counsel Charles Eijsbouts and Jeannette Pina, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
in the US, France and the UK, Carey y Cía in Chile, Prietocarrizosa in
Colombia, Galicia
Abogados in Mexico, Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados
in Peru, Guyer &
Regules in Uruguay
Counsel to Grupo de
Inversiones Suramericana
In-house counsel Lina María López, Natalia Velásquez,
Natalia Gómez, Bibiana Ardila and Frank Ospina, Shearman & Sterling LLP in
the US, Larraín Rencoret Lackington & Urzúa Abogados in Chile, Rodríguez
Azuero Abogados in Colombia, Jáuregui Navarrete SC in
Mexico, Pizarro, Botto & Escobar – Abogados in Peru, Olivera Abogados in
Uruguay
For negotiations with Grupo
Bolivar
Hogan Lovells
in Spain
Counsel to Grupo
Bolivar
In-house counsel María Mercedes Ibañez, Posse, Herrera & Ruiz Abogados
in Colombia, Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira in Spain
Counsel to General
Atlantic
Gómez-Pinzón Zuleta Abogados SA
in Colombia, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in the US and Delmar Ugarte Abogados in Peru
Counsel to the IFC
Allen & Overy LLP in the US Brigard & Urrutia Abogados in Colombia, Urenda, Rencoret, Orrego y Dörr in Chile, Ritch Mueller SC in Mexico and Miranda & Amado Abogados in Peru
Outbound Investment Winner
Cementos Argos’ acquisition of Lafarge′s US assets
Counsel to Argos
In-house counsel Camilo Abello and Juan Luis Munera and Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom LLP
Counsel to Lafarge
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Disputes Winner
Resolution of the Quito International Airport dispute
Counsel to Corporación Quiport, Aecon Group, Andrade
Gutierrez, Airport Development Corporation and HAS Development
White & Case LLP in the US and Pérez, Bustamante & Ponce
Abogados in Ecuador
In-house counsel to Aecon - Steve Nackan
Counsel to the Inter-American Development Bank, Export
Development Canada, the US Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation
Allen & Overy LLP in the US and Bustamante & Bustamante
in Ecuador
Counsel to Republic of
Ecuador
Procurador General del Estado Diego Garcia Carrion and Alvaro Galindo
Counsel to the
Municipality of Quito
Procurador Fabian Andrade
Restructuring Winner
Satmex restructuring
Counsel to Satmex
In-house counselVeronica Gutierrez Zamora Garcia, Greenberg
Traurig LLP in the US and a team from Mexican firm Rubio Villegas y Asociados
(some of whom have since joined Greenberg Traurig SC)
Counsel to Jefferies
& Co
Latham & Watkins LLP in the US and Creel, García-Cuéllar,
Aiza y Enríquez, SC in Mexico
Counsel to first
priority notes holders
Dechert LLP in the US and Galicia
Abogados in Mexico
Counsel to second
priority notes holders
Ropes & Gray LLP in the US, Cervantes Sainz SC in
Mexico and Maples and
Calder in the Cayman Islands
Counsel to series b
directors of Satmex Board
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP in the US
Counsel to Wells Fargo
Seward & Kissel LLP in the US
Counsel to the
technical committee
Santamarina y Steta in
Mexico
Counsel to the
Mexican Government
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in the US
Law Firm Leaders of the Year
Cristian Mitrani of Mitrani, Caballero, Rosso Alba, Francia, Ojam & Ruiz Moreno in Argentina, Claudia Prado of Trench, Rossi e Watanabe Advogados in Brazil, David Gutierrez of BLP Abogados in Costa Rica, Juan Francisco Gutierrez of Philippi, Yrarrázaval, Pulido & Brunner in Chile, Jaime Herrera of Posse, Herrera & Ruiz Abogados in Colombia, Manuel Galicia of Galicia Abogados in Mexico, Juan Luis Hernández of Hernández & Cía Abogados in Peru and Elisabeth Eljuri of Norton Rose S.C. in Venezuela.
International Lawyer of the Year
Antonia Stolper of Shearman & Sterling LLP
Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year
Pablo Guerrero of Barros & Errázuriz Abogados
Lifetime Achivement Awards
Hector Mairal, Marval, O′Farrell & Mairal – Lifetime Achievement Award
Jose Roberto Opice, Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados – Lifetime Achievement Award
Alexis Rovzar, White & Case LLP – Lifetime Achievement Award – Pro Bono
(Latin Lawyer 30.03.2012)
(Notícia na Íntegra)