FIRM BRIEFINGS OTHER JURISDICTIONS
vised Infrastructure Investment Trust on its $200 million investment in the development of the Vía Parque Rímac. The deal closed in June 2012 and the Vía Parque Rímac is expected to be able to alleviate severe traffic flows and reduce the environmental damage that such congestion is known for. The project entails the construction of 11 new viaducts, 9km of roadways, and a 2km tunnel below the Rímac River.
Rodrigo Elias & Medrano Abogados
2012 Firm Overview Most active disciplines
Financial and corporate:M&A, Project finance Public: Construction, Land, Projects, Regulatory Tax: Corporate tax
Key energy sectors Mining and metals, Power networks and distribution, Renewables
Key infrastructure sectors Rail
Key partners
Luis Carlos Rodrigo Prado, Jean Paul Chabaneix, María Teresa Quiñones, Fernando Molina, Veronica Sattler
Rodrigo Elias & Medrano Abogados has operated in Peru for 48 years and is one of the country’s largest full service law firms. Its work over the last 18 months has earned positive comments from clients. “They have a very professional and efficient hard-working team,” one client says. “They are very knowledgeable and always there to provide useful advice and their expertise to solve issues,” the client added. The firm is acting as local counsel to China Minmetals and Jiangxi
Copper in the development of its $2.5 billion El Galeno copper project, considered one of the most transformative mining projects going on in Peru today. The firm has provided legal advice to Consorcio Tren Electrico in the construction and development of second section of Lima’s Metro Train, worth more than $1 billion. Partners Carlos Carpio and Hugo Silva were involved in one of the
most publicised infrastructure financings in contemporary Peru. The attorneys provided counsel to Consorcio Tren Electrico as the company sought an award for the construction and development of the second section of the Tren Electrico operating in Lima. The second section of this widely publicised rail system is designed to serve routes between downtown and the district of San Juan de Lurigancho.
Rubio Leguia Normand
2012 Firm Overview Most active disciplines
Disputes: Financial and corporate Public, Tax Financial and corporate: Banking, Equipment/asset finance, Investment funds, M&A, Private equity, Project finance Public: Competition, Construction, Employment, Environmental, Land, Projects, Regulatory Tax: Corporate tax, Indirect tax, Transfer pricing
Key energy sectors
Mining and metals, Oil and gas, Power networks and distribution, Renewables, Traditional power
Key infrastructure sectors Airports and aviation, Education, Healthcare, Ports and shipping, Rail, Roads, Water and sewage
Key partners Oscar Arrús, Milagros Maraví, Brendan Oviedo, Thomas Thorndike
In April 2012, Rubio Leguia Normand advised Citibank with the is- suance of notes valued at $110 million for the redevelopment of the Paita port in northwestern Peru. The firm closed a deal on March 16 2012, to finance and construct the La Chira Wastewater Treatment. The transaction was valued at $96 million. This is the third water proj- ect financing that Rubio Leguia Normand has participated in.
URUGUAY Ferrere
2012 Firm Overview Cross-border experience
Bolivia, Paraguay
Most active disciplines Disputes: Financial and corporate, Public, Tax Financial and corporate: Banking, Commodities trading and energy derivatives, Equipment/asset finance, Investment funds, M&A, Private equity, Project finance Public: Competition, Construction, Employment, Environmental, Land, Projects, Regulatory Tax: Corporate tax, Indirect tax, Transfer pricing
Key energy sectors
LNG, Mining and metals, Oil and gas, Power networks and distribution, Renewables, Traditional power
Key infrastructure sectors Airports and aviation, Education, Healthcare, Ports and shipping, Rail, Roads, Water and sewage
Key partners Gonzalo Secco, Cristina Vázquez
Ferrere has been a part of Uruguay’s energy and infrastructure sector for over 30 years and is the country’s largest law firm with five offices across the country. The firm also has regional offices in Bolivia and Paraguay. Ferrere is advising Led Roadway Lighting, a Canadian world leader
in lighting for public roads, in connection with one of the largest public road lighting projects in Latin America. Since 2012, Ferrere has been working with IDB (USA), ExIm Bank (USA), Proparco (France), DEG (Germany), FMO (Holland) and CAF to finance several private wind power projects in Uruguay worth $400 million. Ferrere is involved in numerous cross-border transactions, particu-
larly foreign investment in Uruguay and foreign banks/credit agencies financing projects in the country. The firm is representing BG, Exxon, Noble Energy, and ConocoPhilips to participate in upstream oil and gas bids. Ferrere is individually assisting Exxon and Noble Energy with an award of production-sharing agreements for offshore Uruguay. The firm is advising BG on the structure of corporate and tax issues after their award in the Uruguay Round II. ConocoPhilips is using Ferrere to apply for the award of onshore blocks for purposes of exploring oil and gas. After Uruguay’s state-owned utility company awarded several long term power purchase agreements, almost all foreign wind turbine generators’ manufacturers that will supply and construct the privately owned wind parks that will be built in Uruguay over the next few years called on Ferrere for its services. The transaction includes the engineer- ing and construction of more than 10 50MW wind parks worth over $100 million each.
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