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White & Case is advising the ad hoc group of noteholders in the restructuring of Brazil-based sugar and ethanol producer and gasoline distributor Raizen. Here one of the company’s ethanol plants. (Photo: Raizen)
Patrick Jackson, Clifford Chance; Paulo Cardoso, Simpson Thacher and Mike Fitzgerald, Baker McKenzie. (Latinvex collage)
Wednesday, July 1, 2026

White & Case Advises Raizen Restructuring

Baker McKenzie, Clifford Chance, Simpson Thacher advise LatAm finance work.

BY LATINVEX STAFF

White & Case is advising the ad hoc group of noteholders (the Ad Hoc Group) in the $19.2 billion extrajudicial reorganization (recuperação extrajudicial) restructuring of Brazil-based Raízen, one of the world’s largest sugar and ethanol producers, and a leading fuel distributor in Latin America; Clifford Chance advised Acelen Renewables, a renewable energy company of Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth asset manager Mubadala Capital, on the offtake and feedstock structuring and contracting for its $3 billion renewable fuel project in Brazil; Simpson Thacher advised on the $360 million senior secured green term loan facility for Brazil-based FS Indústria; Baker McKenzie’s New York office represented Mexican information and communication technology company Axtel in connection with a $210 million senior unsecured credit agreement and Clifford Chance and Simpson Thacher advised on multi-currency, senior secured credit facilities to Todoplay, a leading sportswear retailer and the main distributor of Nike products in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Chile.

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Keywords: Baker McKenzie, Brazil, Clifford Chance, Finance, Mexico, Simpson Thacher, White & Case

 

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