On April 8, 2013, Fintech Investments Ltd. closed on transactions to conclude the restructuring of Vitro S.A.B. de C.V., which has been one of the most complex and highly contested multi-jurisdictional restructurings involving any company seeking recognition in the United States of an approved foreign judicial reorganization proceeding. As previously reported, Cleary Gottlieb represented Fintech in connection with the negotiation of a series of agreements with Vitro and certain of its creditors pursuant to which Fintech agreed to acquire the bonds held by those creditors, and take certain action to resolve all pending litigation involving Vitro’s financial restructuring. In exchange for its participation in the settlement, Fintech agreed to contribute the bonds it acquires to the restructuring plan approved by the Mexican legal process and receive the Mexican plan consideration and a subsidiary of Vitro agreed to provide Fintech with shares that will represent approximately 20% of Vitro’s outstanding stock and a senior secured note with a two-year maturity.
In connection with the transaction, Cleary Gottlieb also assisted Fintech in negotiating secured repo financing. Cleary Gottlieb litigation and bankruptcy teams are handling the resolution of various civil and bankruptcy related cases in the United States and Mexico. Previously as part of this assignment, Cleary Gottlieb represented Fintech in connection with a tender offer and consent solicitation that preceded Vitro’s Mexican prepackaged plan of reorganization, the negotiation and structuring of Vitro’s concurso mercantil plan in Mexico, and the enforcement proceedings for the plan under Chapter 15 of the U.S. bankruptcy code, including numerous appeals. In addition, Cleary Gottlieb has represented Fintech in litigation that arose out of Vitro’s restructuring, including before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.