The Santiago-based banking and finance practice at Cuatrecasas specialises in a range of financing transactions, including those involving corporate entities, acquisitions, projects and real estate matters. ‘Known for its proactivity, sense of urgency and attention to clients’ needs’, the seven-strong group also handles the issuance of corporate and project bonds and fixed-income and structured products, as well as debt reorganisation and the refinancing of existing obligations. Macarena Ravinet is an expert in project financing, finance deals, capital markets and M&A; and Roberto Guerrero V's workload covers banking and finance, along with corporate law and M&A mandates. Key senior associate Federico Espinosa acts for national and international financial entities, sponsors, borrowers and developers on banking and finance issues; and working from the firm’s New York office, Alfonso Ugarte assists creditors and debtors with structured financing transactions, bankruptcy restructuring and distressed financing.
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- ‘Known for its proactivity, sense of urgency and attention to clients’ needs.’
Key clients
- Banco Santander-Chile
- Banco BTG Pactual Chile
- BTG Pactual Chile Administradora General de Fondos
- Empresas CMPC
- Andean Telecom Partners Group
- Grupo Stracon
- Actis GP
- Cintac
- Banco Itau Chile
Work highlights
Advised Intesa San Paolo, KfW IPEX, Natixis, Banco Santander, BBVA, CACIB, Allianz, Carlyle and Hanwha on a multi-source financing, comprising both a banking loan and a private placement to finance a water pumping system for Antofagasta Minerals.
Advising Inversiones CMPC on the financial restructuring of its debts.
Advised Edgeconnex Group on a refinancing operation signed with Natixis and Société Générale (as creditors), which involved the novation of credits and corporate restructuring of various entities of the Edgeconnex Group in Chile, Colombia and the Netherlands.
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Practice head
Macarena Ravinet