BLP has advised IDB Invest, the private arm of the Inter-American Development Group, on an important financing project in El Salvador. As administrator to the Canadian Climate Fund for the Private Sector in the Americas, IDB Invest has agreed to grant loans to Capella Solar S.A. de C.V. and Providencia Solar S.A. de C.V. – both affiliates of Neoen, the project’s Sponsor- to finance…
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BLP has advised NEDERLANDSE FINANCIERINGS-MAATSCHAPPIJ VOOR ONTWIKKELINGSLANDEN N.V. (“FMO”) on its $60 million funding alongside BANCO LA HIPOTECARIA, S.A. (Panama) y LA HIPOTECARIA, S.A. DE C.V. (El Salvador). BLP’s role was to advise FMO in the review of the facility agreement under local law and execution thereof, the preparation of all documentation, and the planning, negotiation,…
BLP advised the seller, Grupo Orbis (Pintuco), on this regionally impactful transaction employing attorneys from each of our offices in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala, as well as coordinating with lawyers in Panama. Besides conducting due diligence in the jurisdictions of Central America, BLP also analyzed the competition in each of the countries and if required…
BLP has advised its client Inversiones Financieras Grupo Azul, S.A (“IFGA”) on the acquisition of the shares of Banco G&T Continental El Salvador, S.A. and its subsidiary G&T Continental, S.A. de C.V., Casa de Corredores de Bolsa. BLP’s advice included: Everything related to the due diligence process on the target. The structuring of the transaction….
BLP has advised IDB Invest, a member of the IDB Group, in the granting of a loan of $14 million to Calox de Costa Rica S.A. (Calox). The loan enables Calox to obtain substantial improvements in its productive capacities and seek international certifications that validate the quality of its products, affording access to new markets….
The BLP Costa Rica team advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC on the issuance by Investment Energy Resources Limited of $700 million in Secured Notes with a Fixed Rate of 6.250% maturing in 2029. The firm also advised Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, SA, Banco Industrial, SA, Westrust Bank (International) Limited,…
The project involves the purchase and conversion of a liquified natural gas (“LNG”) carrier to a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (“FSRU”). The FSRU will be permanently moored at the port of Acajutla in Sonsonate, El Salvador, to provide liquified natural gas regasification services to Energia del Pacifico Limitada de C.V. (“EDP”), a 378-megawatt combined…
On August 25, 2020, IDB Invest granted BAC in El Salvador a senior unsecured 5-year loan for $60 million. BLP’s Banking and Finance team led by Mariana Nochez and Hunton Andrews Kurth (Washington DC) advised the lender. BAC will use the loan proceeds for the Mujer Acelera (Woman Accelerates) program. This is an initiative created in 2007…
The BLP team advised BMR Energy, a subsidiary of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, on closing the $7 million acquisition of the Valle Escondido Solar Project, the only solar project of its size in Costa Rica, a significant investment in the country’s renewable energy. Under the new structure, BMR Energy will assume the construction and…
BLP has advised the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on its participation with Banco La Hipotecaria in a $50 million funding to support the growth of residential mortgage lending to low and middle-income families in Panamá and El Salvador. In this cross-border transaction, governed by the laws of New York, Panamá, and El Salvador, the firm…