Project Finance Holland & Knight's Mexico City attorneys handle all aspects of project finance for a broad range of infrastructure projects. We advise clients on a global scale, handling project finance in the United States, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Our attorneys have first-hand experience with the latest innovations for structuring equity and debt capital as well as mitigating project risks. __________________________________________________________________________________ The complexity of the project finance area, emergence of new structures, involvement of numerous parties and industries require support from a law firm with the knowledge and resources to guide your involvement. We represent the interests of majority and minority finance partners and sponsors, including commercial lenders, export credit agencies, multilateral development banks, developers, suppliers and contractors. We have extensive experience in risk identification and allocation aspects of numerous types of projects, as well as practical knowledge of financing methods and any potential ensuing complications involving publicly funded undertakings as privatization project structures.
COMPREHENSIVE GUIDANCE ON INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES Our Mexico team incorporates advanced risk allocation and mitigation techniques to resolve issues encountered when financing infrastructure projects on a limited-recourse basis, such as: airports and seaports rail and urban mass transit power plants, utilizing either fossil fuels or renewable energy sources water treatment facilities telecommunications networks waste-disposal facilities oil and gas production and refining facilities
CROSS-BORDER CAPABILITY The need for project financing remains high throughout the world, as countries develop and require increasing supplies of public utilities and infrastructure. Because project finance issues may arise anywhere, you require a firm that is equipped to respond on a worldwide basis. Through our Latin America Practice Group and our international offices in Mexico and Colombia, Holland & Knight provides global representation to better serve you.
COUNSEL FOR A DIVERSE RANGE OF PROJECTS Energy / Oil and Gas Clients preparing for and facing a restructured utilities industry rely on the firm's energy practice group. Holland & Knight's Mexico lawyers have represented some of the largest energy-related companies in the world and other key industry players, including the following matters.
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Represented Oak Creek Energy Systems Inc., a California-based wind projects developer and its Mexican subsidiary Eólica Mesa La Paz, in obtaining the interconnection agreement (the first stage of the project) for the biggest wind farm energy project in Mexico, with a capacity of 306 megawatts (MW) Represented Buenavista Renewables (BVR) in the financing of the first utility-scale solar park in Mexico through a self-supply scheme with private off-takers Advised the government of the state of Puebla regarding the structuring of a new operating model for Line 1 of the public transportation system (Bus Rapid Transit, BRT) in the city of Puebla Advised Oak Creek Energy Systems Inc. in the development, project finance and sale of the first two construction-ready stages of its Tres Mesas Wind Farm to funds managed by Goldman Sachs and Corporativo GBM Provided counsel on the negotiation for the implementation of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) port project in Manzanillo, both in the development of its new transport pipeline (ManzanilloGuadalajara) and in the reconfiguration of its natural gas plants, including construction and related services contracts Provided representation on the negotiation of new terms and conditions for a long-term service agreement (20 years) related to the supply of natural gas for Northwest Mexico, which included the negotiation of related engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts Provided advice to the Japan Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC) in the financing of the Tuxpan II project for the construction, operation and maintenance of 495-MW combined cycle gas plants sponsored by Mitsubishi in the amount of US$400 million Represented a bilateral agency and a Mexican bank in the US$100 million project financing of a wind project in northern Mexico Represented the government of the state of Puebla in a public-private partnership (PPP) to build an aviary inside the Parque Ecologico Revolucion Mexicana; the aviary was granted in concession by the state of Puebla through its government entity Airports and Seaports Our lawyers have vast experience with privatization projects in Latin America and the Caribbean, and have advised government authorities and operators in the following matters. Drafting airport privatization, concession, management, leasing, fuel supply, security, air traffic tower management, noise and shock reduction, fire and program agreements Drafting rescue, engineering, procurement, construction management and construction contracts as well as environmental remediation programs Advising port authorities, national governments, container shipping companies and private companies in the restructuring, reform and privatization of seaports located around the world Advised a company interested in participating in the tender for the new airport in Mexico City, including the analysis and review of contracts that are part of the tender and would be subscribed to by the winning bidder Advising Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste in the auction package that includes the privatization of the Mexico airport, including the analysis and review of the contracts that are part of the tender and would be subscribed to by the winning bidder
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Surface Transportation and Infrastructure As federal assistance became a dominant economic force in the development of needed public infrastructure, Holland & Knight has brought together lawyers with key governmental, private section and legislative experience to help clients obtain the best benefit from these programs. Our attorneys advise clients involved in every component of the North American surface transportation industry's legal environment. We have assisted the developers of new rail projects, as well as handled the purchase and sale of various rail assets. Hydropower Projects and Infrastructure Advised Multiva in the financing of the service provider for the engineering, installation, startup and operation of a wastewater treatment plant in San Luis Potosí, including due diligence of the process of awarding the contract for the provision of services as well as the elaboration of the contracts for the financing Representation of the governments of Peru and Ecuador in a project financed by the World Bank for the implementation of construction, operation and transfer structures for the development and administration of water and sewage systems, as well as solid waste deposit systems Advised on the negotiation for the facilities of a US$60 million financing with the U.S. Export-Import Bank for the engineering and construction of municipal and regional aqueducts and potable water transportation infrastructure Advised the Puebla Potable Water and Sewerage Service Operator System (SOAPAP) in the process of implementing the concession granted to Agua de Puebla to provide the public water service, drainage, sewerage, sanitation and disposal of wastewater Lighting Projects Advised Multiva in the financing of the service provider for a modernization and maintenance project of luminaires in Mexico City, including the due diligence of the process of awarding the contract for the provision of services and the preparation of contracts for financing Advised Multiva in the financing of the service provider for a modernization and maintenance project of luminaires in the municipality of Querétaro, including due diligence of the process of awarding the service contract and the elaboration of the contracts for the financing Telecommunications Services and Emerging Technologies Advised the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (SCT) in the development and elaboration of a long-term satellite policy for the country Advised the telecommunications regulatory body in Mexico for the review and evaluation of the structure of the administration trust and reserve fund for a PPP contract in the field of telecommunications Commercial Infrastructure Advised the government of the state of Nuevo León in the design and implementation of an important infrastructure project related to a commercial corridor in the city of Monterrey known as the Santa Lucia Riverwalk.
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OUR PROJECT FINANCE TEAM Carlos Ochoa
Alejandro Landa Thierry
Partner | Mexico City T +52.55.3602.8012 carlos.ochoa@hklaw.com
Partner | Mexico City T +52.55.3602.8002 alejandro.landa@hklaw.com
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JosĂŠ Antonio Prado
Adrian Cabrero
Partner | Mexico City T +52.55.3602.8003 joseantonio.prado@hklaw.com
Senior Counsel | Mexico City T +52.55.3602.8043 adrian.cabrero@hklaw.com
Experience: hklaw.com/jose-prado/
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Selene Espinosa
Blanca Luevano
Senior Counsel | Mexico City T +52.55.3602.8029 selene.espinosa@hklaw.com
Senior Counsel | Mexico City T +52.55.3602.8030 blanca.luevano@hklaw.com
Experience: hklaw.com/selene-espinosa/
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Aldo Gonzalez
Jose Luis Villareal
Associate | Mexico City T +52.55.3602.8040 aldo.gonzalez@hklaw.com
Associate | Mexico City T +52.55.3602.8037 joseluis.villareal@hklaw.com
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