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INTERNATIONAL FINANCE AND RESTRUCTURINGSOur attorneys have significant experience representing international financial institutions, including banks and commercial finance units, bondholders, indenture trustees, equipment lessors and special purpose lenders, as well as corporate borrowers. Lending transactions include unsecured and secured term and revolving loan facilities to a wide range of borrowers. The collateral has included equipment, inventory, accounts receivable, shares of capital stock, real estate and other types of assets secured under Mexican and international security mechanisms. Our experience extends to debt restructurings, workouts and bankruptcies involving foreign debtors, in which we have enjoyed a high rate of success in recoveries. We have represented clients involved in the following types of matters:
- Acquisition Finance Transactions
- International Banking Transactions
- Mortgage Banking Activities
- Project Finance Transactions
- Real Estate Financing
- Securities Offerings
- Export Finance Transactions
- Corporate Trust Transactions
- Corporate and Sovereign Debt Restructurings
- Corporate Debt Workouts and Bankruptcies
Representative transactions
- Representing a major European bank in the restructuring of approximately $90 million of indebtedness owed by a Mexican public company to a syndication of lenders.
- Represented a U.S. corporate trustee in a securitization of receivables aggregating more than $200 million held by a Mexican shipping company.
- Represented international investors in the restructuring of a $250 million toll road securitization project.
- Workouts of equity and debt investments ranging from $10 million to over $100 million in U.S. and foreign companies.
- International project company - project financing for approximately $110 million for electricity transmission lines in Mexico.
- Represented an Irish bank in a $100 million financing of a major kitchen equipment manufacturer and its subsidiaries in the U.S. and Mexico, secured by shares of such subsidiaries and other assets.
- Workouts of international, equity and debt investments in various U.S. and foreign companies.
- Represented an International project company in a project financing for electricity transmission lines in Mexico.
- Represented a major European bank in a $75 million syndicated bridge financing for acquisition of majority stake of a Mexican retail business.
- Represented a Mexican airline company in the financial leasing of two new aircraft with a total value of $70 million.
- Represented a U.S. corporate trustee in modifying four Mexican project finance transactions to reflect the sale of its corporate trust business to another financial institution.
- Represented a European bank in a $44 million loan to a Mexican sugar producer, and in a later workout of the debt that resulted in a collection of 100 cents on the dollar.
- Prepared loan documents for Spanish bank extending a $42 million loan to a Spanish-Mexican hospitality developer.
- Representing a publicly-traded U.S. company in a $3 million loan to a Costa Rican company to finance the purchase of equipment from a U.S. seller, with collateral security in the U.S. and in Costa Rica.
- Represented a Mexican local telephony provider in a $22 million vendor financing facility.
- Representing U.S. indenture trustee for holders of $100 million in bonds, in a Mexican bankruptcy proceeding filed by a major engineering firm with over $800 million in debts.
- Represented a U.S. trucking company in a multi-million dollar loan to a Mexican transportation company, convertible into equity if and when foreign investment in this sector is permitted.
- Represented a Hong Kong company in a $10 million loan secured by Mexican real property, including interest in agrarian property.
- Represented a Cayman Islands lender to a Canadian mining company, with the loan secured by shares of the company's Mexican mining subsidiary.
- Represented a U.S. energy company in connection with a floating production storage vessel project in Thailand.
- Represented a Mexican company in connection with an acquisition of a Texas company.
- Assisted in representing a Mexican borrower with acquiring a bridge loan for approximately $30 million to sustain operations during the period prior to closing of the sale of its operations in a stock purchase transaction from a British private lender.
- Assisted in representing a U.S. bank in a number of loan transactions to Mexican individuals and companies varying up to $70 million.
- Assisted in representing a U.S. bank in a revolver loan transaction to a Spanish company.
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