
A&O Shearman and Simpson Thacher Advise Guatemala Offer
A&O Shearman, Cleary, Clifford Chance, Gibson Dunn, Holland & Knight, Linklaters, Simpson advise LatAm offers.
BY LATINVEX STAFF
A&O Shearman and Simpson Thacher advised the Republic of Guatemala’s two offers raising a combined $1.5 billion; Clifford Chance advised the $580 million from Salvadorean electricity company CEL and the$500 million blue bonds from Brazilian water and waste management company Sabesp; A&O Shearman and Linklaters advised Argentine confectionery maker Arcor’s $350 million offer; Cleary Gottlieb represented the Republic of Uruguay’s two offers that raised nearly $400 million; Linklaters advised Telecom Argentina’s $200 million offer; Clifford Chance advised Argentine electricity company Edemsa’s $150 million offer; Gibson Dunn advised the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) on its first-ever social bond issuance in Costa Rica’s capital market, for a total amount of 71.5 billion colones (equivalent to US$141.7 million); Simpson Thacher represented Brazilian car parts manufacturer Fras-le’s $74 million follow on; Holland & Knight advised RCI Colombia’s 150 billion Colombian pesos (approximately US$39 million) offer and the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IDB Invest) in the subscription of 80 billion Colombian pesos (approximately US$20 million) as part of a local public offering of Unidad de Valor Real-denominated social mortgage-backed securities in Colombia.
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