Latin America

About the Authors 172 and silver mining project in Ecuador ('Latin America Mining & Metals Deal of the Year' by IJGlobal); the refinancing of the construction of the Longitudinal de la Sierra Norte Tramo 2 toll road project in Peru (constituted the first securitisation of PAMPI rights); and rep- resenting the joint-led arrangers and bookrunners in the $260 million financing provided to Vista Oil & Gas, a Mexican company, for the purchase of oil and gas assets in Argentina from Pampa Energía and Pluspetrol Resources. For two years running, he was recognised as a 'leading U.S. attorney with a special focus on Mexico' in the Legal500 Private Practice Powerlist (a list comprised primarily of international law firm partners) and in the Legal500 'Next Generation Lawyers list for Latin America: International Firms, Projects and Energy'. Lisseth Rincon Manzano Shearman & Sterling LLP Lisseth Rincon Manzano is an associate in the finance practice. She is dual-qualified in New York and Venezuela, and is fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese and other languages. Rincon Manzano has Latin America extensive experience, focusing her practice on advising investment and commercial banks, institutional investors, other financial institutions and corporations, in a broad range of complex financing transactions, including domestic and cross-border acquisition financings, asset-based credit facilities, multi-currency credit facilities, investment-grade credit facilities, club-deals, bilateral facilities, refinancings, debtor-in-possession financings, debt restructurings, and other secured and unsecured lending transactions. Her notable work in the region includes representing: Itaú CorpBanca as borrower, on the amendment and restatement of its $465 million credit facilities pursuant to an inte- grated amended and restated credit agreement led by Standard Chartered Bank and Wells Fargo; the lenders on a $400 million financing for Gruma SAB de CV; and the lenders on a $150 million financing for Mabe SA de CV. Rita Ghanem Shearman & Sterling LLP Rita Ghanem is an associate in the project development and finance practice. She has var- ied Latin America project finance experience, advising both lenders and sponsors, leading financial institutions, US government agencies, and multinational corporate clients in con- nection with project financings, as well as acquisition financings, of energy and renewa- bles projects in Chile, Mexico and other countries in Latin America. Her notable experience in the region includes representation of: the mandated lead arrangers and lenders on the Cóndor and Huemul renewable projects portfolio financings in Chile, owned by Mainstream Renewable Power Limited; the lenders in the financing of the $1.256 billion acquisition by Actis of the InterGen portfolio of energy assets in Mexico; the joint lead arrangers and book- runners in the $260 million financing provided to Vista Oil & Gas, a Mexican company, for the purchase of certain oil and gas assets in Argentina from Pampa Energía and Pluspetrol Resources; and the lenders on the $1 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility to Braskem America and Braskem Netherlands, as borrowers and Braskem, as guarantor. © Law Business Research 2021

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