Cleary Gottlieb Advises Argentina $3 Bln Repo
Latham & Watkins advises financing of EIG stake purchase of Peru’s TgP.
BY LATINVEX STAFF
Cleary Gottlieb represented the Central Bank of the Republic of Argentina (BCRA), in the negotiation and execution of $3 billion in bilateral repo transactions with six international banks; Latham & Watkins’ Latin America Practice represented the lenders in connection with the financing of EIG’s acquisition of 49.87% stake in Transportadora de Gas del Perú (TgP) from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board; Holland & Knight advised Inter-American Investment Corporation (IDB Invest) on the financing, with the participation of other entities, to Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires for an amount of up to $300 million; Simpson Thacher represented Grupo Sura in connection with a $300 million senior unsecured term loan facility and Peruvian miner Marcobre in connection with a $300 million senior unsecured term loan facility; Milbank advised Fenix Power Perú in connection with a $200 million term loan facility and Holland & Knight acted as legal counsel for TransMilenio in obtaining its first debt quota authorization granted by the city’s council and in the subsequent structuring and negotiation of its first credit facility of 670 billion pesos (approximately US$175 million).
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