Jiménez Peña‘s business department is a leader in corporate and project finance work, with extensive experience in both local and cross-border transactions across the tourism, energy, banking, telecoms, retail and manufacturing sectors. The firm is particularly active in renewable energy financing work and frequently represents global investment banks and multilateral institutions such as Citibank, IDB, and CIFI. The practice is led by experienced partners Jennifer Beauchamps and Katherine Rosa, who are supported by a broad team of associates. Beauchamps is particularly active in structuring acquisition and financing projects for clients, while Rosa acts for local and international investment banks in their capacity as lenders or underwriters, as well as corporate borrowers and issuers. Founding partner Marcos Peña Rodríguez is also active in financing work, particularly matters in the energy sector.
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Key clients
- Banco BHD Leon
- Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica
- Citibank
- Asociación Popular de Ahorros y Préstamos
- Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) (and later IDB Invest)
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- Banco Activo
- Advanced Asset Management
- Corporación Interamericana para el Financiamiento de Infraestructura (CIFI)
- Société de Promotion et de Participation Pour la Coopération Economique (PROPARCO)
- Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF)
- Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior BLADEX
Work highlights
Acted as Dominican counsel to Citibank (Puerto Rico Branch), Banco Popular Dominicano, Banco General, Banco Industrial, Banco G&T Continental, and Popular Bank on the execution and delivery of a senior secured credit and guaranty agreement.
Acted as Dominican counsel to The Bank of Nova Scotia, Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior (BLADEX), Banco Aliado, and Metrobank in connection with the execution and delivery of a credit agreement.
Advised Advanced Asset Management on the structuring of a series of factoring transactions related to invoices of an electricity generating company for more than $18.3m.
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Practice head
Marcos Peña Rodríguez; Katherine Rosa; Jennifer Beauchamps