Cleary Gottlieb was counsel in seven transactions recognized by LatinFinance as “Deals of the Year.”
The winning deals include:
Best Sovereign Bond:
United Mexican States’ 100-year retap
(Cleary represented United Mexican States)
Best Corporate High-Grade Bond:
América Móvil’s $2.75 billion dual-tranche offering
(Cleary represented América Móvil)
Best Quasi-Sovereign Bond:
Petrobras’ $6 billion three-tranche offering
(Cleary represented Petrobras)
Best Syndicated Loan:
Nemak’s $1.15 billion loan
(Cleary represented Nemak)
Best Cross-Border M&A Deal:
AEI’s sale of Latin American assets
(Cleary represented Pampa Energia, one of the buyers)
Best Restructuring:
Comerci’s $3.2 billion workout
(Cleary represented the ad hoc committee of international bank creditors of Comerci)
Best Power Financing:
Comisión Federal de Electricidad’s $1 billion offering
(Cleary represented CFE)
The firm accepted its awards at a dinner held in New York on January 19.
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