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04/02/2009 - LATINLAWYER announces Deal of the Year winners
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LATINLAWYER has announced the winners of its annual ‘Deal of the Year Awards’ for 2008.
There are five winning deals, one for each category: M&A, corporate finance, project finance, disputes, and restructuring. There are also two runners-up for each category.
LATINLAWYER congratulates the counsel, both in-house and in law firms, working on those deals. A list of the law firms and in-house teams for the winning deals is below.
THE WINNERS
M&A CATEGORY
Winner: The break up and sale of Ipiranga
Runners-up: Gas Natural buys electricity generation plants in Mexico
Nexans acquires Madeco’s wire and cable arm
CORPORATE FINANCE CATEGORY
Winner: OGX’s initial public offering
Runners-up: Agropecuaria Santa Genoveva’s bond issuance
Edpyme Edyficar’s bond issuance
PROJECT FINANCE CATEGORY
Winner: First LNG export project financing in Peru
Runners-up: GNL Quintero financing
Metor II financing in Venezuela
DISPUTES CATEGORY
Winner: GasAtacama v Emelari, Eliqsa and Elecda
Runners-up: Dominican Republic v Banco Intercontinental executives
Duke Energy’s ICSID arbitration against Ecuador
RESTRUCTURING CATEGORY
Winner: Refinancing of Orinoco oil projects
Runners-up: TMT Motoco’s insolvency proceedings
Banco Suquía and Banco Bisel’s reorganisation proceedings
An awards dinner for the counsel working on all three deals in each category will be held on Thursday 5 March in São Paulo at the Hotel Unique at 8:00pm. Anyone interested in attending should email here .
Counsel on the winning deals:
M&A CATEGORY
The break up and sale of Ipiranga
Counsel to Ipiranga
In-house counsel - general counsel Sérgio Roberto Weyne Ferreira da Costa
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Counsel to Ipiranga shareholders
Gouvêa Vieira Advogados
Counsel to Petrobras
In-house counsel - M&A legal manager Andrea Damiani, coordinator Antonino Medeiros, junior attorneys Elisaura Fernandes da Silva and Diogo Favacho
Motta, Fernandes Rocha – Advogados, Xavier, Bernardes, Bragança, Sociedade de Advogados and Levy & Salomão Advogados
Counsel to the Ultra Group (Ultrapar)
In-house - general counsel Ângela Antonioli Pêgas and Denize Sampaio Bicudo
Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados
Counsel to Braskem
In-house counsel - general counsel Mauricio Ferro, Marta Pacheco and Cristiane Silvestre
Barbosa Müssnich & Aragão and Mattos Muriel Kestener
Counsel to Ipiranga, Ultra Group and Braskem for litigation matters
Wald e Associados Advogados
CORPORATE FINANCE CATEGORY
OGX’s initial public offering
Counsel to OGX
In-house counsel - Lucas Quevedo, Paulo Gouvêa and Clarice Carvalho
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados in Brazil, and Davis Polk & Wardwell in the US
Counsel to the banks
In-house counsel to Credit Suisse - Luis Massud, Paula Magalhães and Conrad Rubin
In-house counsel to UBS - Leandro Micotti, Bruno Duque and Patricia Franklin
In-house counsel to Itaú BBA - Sérgio Mychkis Goldstein and Bernardo Carneiro
Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados in Brazil, and White & Case LLP in the US
PROJECT FINANCE CATEGORY
First LNG export project financing in Peru
Counsel to Peru LNG
In-house counsel to Peru LNG - legal manager Maria Julia Aybar and legal counsel Rocío La Torre
In-house counsel to Hunt Oil - senior vice president and general counsel Mark Gunnin, vice president and assistant general counsel Michael Monroe, chief financial office & chief legal officer Dennis Grindinger, and assistant general counsels Jim Johnson, and Rosanna Brigneti
In-house counsel to SK Energy - legal counsel Hyung Heon Kim
In-house counsel to Repsol YPF - upstream legal counsel Martín Añez Rea, Carmen Hernández Agustín, María López Samanes and Agustín García Moratilla
Miranda & Amado Abogados in Peru and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in the US
Counsel to Marubeni
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Counsel to the lending banks
In-house counsel to the IADB - chief counsel H Rosemary Jeronimides
In-house counsel to the Export-Import Bank of the United States - assistant general counsel Kathryn Hoff-Patrinos In-house counsel to the IFC - senior counsel Grace Chan
In-house counsel to SACE - Roberta Collacciani
Rosselló Abogados - Attorneys at Law in Peru and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP in the US
Counsel to Citibank
In-house counsel - general counsel officer Lorena Carrillo and legal counsel Gustavo Camino
Estudio Echecopar in Peru and Thompson Hine LLP in the US
DISPUTES CATEGORY
GasAtacama v Emelari, Eliqsa and Elecda
Arbitrator
Partner Ricardo Peralta of Peralta, Gutiérrez & Asociados
Counsel to Emelari, Eliqsa and Elecda
Cariola, Diez, Pérez-Cotapos & Cía Ltda
Counsel to GasAtacama
Bulnes, Pellegrini & Urrutia
RESTRUCTURING
Refinancing of Orinoco oil projects
Counsel to PDVSA and its affiliates
In-house counsel - Armando Giraud, Constanza Quevedo, Gigliolla Abreu and Hilmer Barrios
Urdaneta Fontiveros & Asociados in Venezuela and Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP in the US
For the Sincor project:
In-house counsel to StatoilHydro - Catherine Marchand Støle, Miguel Strauss, Steinar Enoksen and Morten Kjaer Enger
In-house counsel to Total - legal manager for Total Venezuela Andreina Urdaneta, international legal negotiator Alain Rameau, and senior legal counsel for Total’s finance department Antoine Verny
Counsel to Total and StatoilHydro
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Counsel to the bank lenders and JP Morgan as agent
Rodríguez & Mendoza in Venezuela and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP in the US
Counsel to the Bank of New York Mellon as US trustee
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Counsel to Venezolano de Crédito as Venezuelan trustee
In-house counsel - general counsel Jorge Nevett Gimón
Lapadula Esteban Cadenas Abogados
For the Hamaca project:
Counsel to Chevron
In-house counsel Mario Thiem and Mark Smith
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Counsel to ConocoPhillips
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Counsel to lenders
Mendoza, Palacios, Acedo, Borjas, Páez Pumar y Cía in Venezuela and Davis Polk & Wardwell in the US
Counsel to BNP Paribas
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr
Counsel to the Export-Import Bank of the United States
In-house counsel - Lisa Geberth
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Counsel to Barclays as facility agent
Allen & Overy LLP
Counsel to the Bank of New York Mellon as US trustee
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Counsel to Venezolano de Crédito as Venezuelan trustee
In-house counsel - general counsel Jorge Nevett Gimón
Lapadula Esteban Cadenas Abogados
For the Cerro Negro project:
Counsel to ExxonMobil
In-house counsel - senior counsel Luis Marulanda and assistant counsel Gabriela Boesner
Torres Plaz & Araujo in Venezuela and Latham & Watkins LLP in the US
Counsel to ABN Amro Bank as administrative agent for the bank lenders
Rodríguez & Mendoza in Venezuela and Luskin Stern & Eisler LLP (now part of Hughes Hubbard) in the US
Counsel to Lazard Fréres & Co as dealer manager for the tender offer and solicitation agent for the solicitation
In-house counsel - Michael Davidian
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Counsel to the ad hoc committee of bondholders
Brown Rudnick LLP
Counsel to The Bank of New York Mellon as Security Trustee
Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP
Counsel to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as Indenture Trustee
Seward & Kissel LLP
For the Petrozuata project:
Counsel to ConocoPhillips
Rodríguez & Mendoza in Venezuela and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in the US
Counsel to the bank lenders
Mendoza, Palacios, Acedo, Borjas, Páez Pumar y Cía in Venezuela and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP in the US
Counsel to Lazard Frères & Co
In-house counsel - Michael Davidian
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Counsel to the ad hoc committee of bondholders
Rodner, Martínez y Asociados in Venezuela and Bingham McCutchen LLP in the US
Counsel to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as security trustee
Rodríguez & Mendoza in Venezuela and Emmet Marvin & Martin LLP
Counsel to US Bank Trust National Association as indenture trustee
Seward & Kissel LLP
Counsel to Citibank Venezuela Branch as Venezuelan accounts trustee
In-house counsel - Josefina Nebreda and Ricardo Zujur
Counsel to Banco del Caribe Banco Universal (BANCARIBE) as oil trustee
In-house counsel - Marzy Ortega
Methodology
Submissions for Deal of the Year were accepted from any law firm or company wishing to nominate a transaction. LATINLAWYER’s editorial team compiled shortlists of up to six transactions per category. Shortlists were then presented to expert panels of lawyers not working on the transactions they were asked to consider.
Fonte: LatinLawyer Online |
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