The banking and finance practice at DLA Piper Chile encompasses acquisition, leveraged, asset and project finance, particularly in relation to infrastructure and industrial projects. The eight-strong team’s experience also covers secured and unsecured bilateral and syndicated loans, structured finance, and general bank and interbank lending. It further fields experts in the refinancing and restructuring of existing loans and debtor-in-possession financings. The group is additionally mandated for fintech matters, such as payments, investments, personal finance, P2P lending and cryptocurrencies. In addition to co-heading the compliance and white-collar offering in Chile, Mauricio Halpern leads the banking and finance team. At senior associate level, Eduardo Araya advises on corporate finance, project financing and bond issues; and Vicente Vergara assists companies with corporate and project finance, as well as lending transactions and structured products.
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Key clients
- Summit Ridge Capital Partners
- HSBC
- JPMorgan Chase Bank
- Goldman Sachs
- Banco Votorantim
- Almar Water Servicios LATAM
Work highlights
Advised Summit Ridge Capital Partners, as lender, on a $20.1m loan agreement with Vecchiola for its general corporate purposes.
Advised JPMorgan Chase Bank, as an administrative agent, on the amendment of an existing super senior revolving credit facility with LATAM Airlines Group.
Advised Banco Votorantim on its role as guarantor of Sigdo Koppers’ Brazilian subsidiary obligations for up to $10m.
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Practice head
Mauricio Halpern