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The Acajutla port in El Salvador. Hunton Andrews Kurth represented Comisión Ejecutiva Portuaria Autónoma (CEPA) and the Republic of El Salvador in a $1.615 billion deal with Turkish company Yilport to invest in Acajutla and La Union ports. (Photo: El Salvador President’s Office)
Andrej Micovic and Jessica Rivero, Hunton Andrews Kurth and Stephen Double, Holland & Knight. (Latinvex collage)
Thursday, November 21, 2024

Hunton Andrews Kurth Advises $1.6 Bln Salvador Port Project

DLA Piper, Holland & Knight, Milbank, White & Case advise LatAm work.

BY LATINVEX STAFF

Hunton Andrews Kurth advised on the $1.6 billion deal by El Salvador’s port commission, the Republic of El Salvador and Turkish company Yilport to invest in two of El Salvador’s maritime ports in what is the largest private investment ever made in the Central American country; White & Case successfully represented Spanish telecom company Telefónica in securing an $380 million award against Colombia at The World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID); Milbank advised Germany-based Allianz X in connection with its participation in a $300 million Series E investment round conducted by Latin American neobank Ualá and Brazil-based Lumina Capital Management in connection with the refinancing of New Fortress Energy Inc.’s business in Brazil; DLA Piper advised the Province of Buenos Aires in its $151.4 million issue; Holland & Knight advised Panama-based Latin American export finance bank Bladex on a $86 million loan to Grupo Monge.

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Keywords: Arbitration & Litigation, Argentina, Colombia, DLA Piper, El Salvador, Finance, Holland & Knight, Hunton Andrews Kurth, Milbank, M&As, White & Case

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