Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP has a longstanding focus on Latin America, which includes a history of big-ticket banking and finance transactions. The practice group continues to have a broad geographic scope, substantial client base of borrowers and lenders, and an extensive record in corporate loans, acquisition finance, project finance, refinancings and restructurings, among other transactions. It remains at the forefront of industry trends, including ESG and sustainability-linked loans; and recently advised the lenders on the $700m ESG term loan financing to Empresas Publicas de Medellin, the first sustainability linked facility for a Colombian quasi-governmental entity. Alejandro González Lazzeri is a recognised leader in Latin America banking and finance, having advised on many of the standout financings in the region over recent years. Counsel Jose Nicolas Perez-Sierra is an additional Latin America financing specialist of note.
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Work highlights
- Advised the lenders on the $700m ESG term loan financing to Empresas Publicas de Medellin, the first sustainability linked facility for a Colombian quasi-governmental entity.
- Advised Tenedora and Exhibidora Mexicana Cinépolis, the holding companies of Cinepolis, on the $200m dual-currency delayed draw senior secured term loan facility.
- Advised Grupo Bimbo on a Mexican Pesos $5bn revolving credit facility with BBVA Mexico.
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Alejandro González Lazzeri