Morgan & Morgan advises Cirsa and Deutsche Bank in €400,000,000 transaction

Morgan & Morgan represented Cirsa Gaming Corporation S.A. and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch in the offering of €400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8.750% senior notes due 2018 through the direct wholly-owned finance subsidiary, Cirsa Funding Luxembourg S,A. Application will be made to list the notes on the official list of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange

Morgan & Morgan represented Credit Suisse in US$2,250 million transaction

Morgan & Morgan advised Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) in the issuance and sale of up to US$2,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Euro Medium Terms Notes of the Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior S.A. (Bladex). Application will be made to list the notes on the official list of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange for trading on the

Morgan & Morgan advises Jazz Air in US$15 million acquisition of Pluna Airlines

Morgan & Morgan acted as Panamanian counsel to Canadian airline Jazz Air LP in a US$15 million investment. Jazz Air LP acquired an interest in Uruguay’s national airline Pluna, through the subscription of shares of the Panamanian Holding Company of Pluna Líneas Aéreas Uruguayas, S.A. “Although the transaction documents were subject to Uruguayan law, two

Morgan & Morgan advised HBSC in a US$60 million loan to the development of hydroelectric project

Morgan & Morgan represented HSBC Bank (Panama), S.A., as Administrative Agent and Lender in a US$60 million bridge loan facility granted to Ideal Panama, S.A., a subsidiary of Impulsadora del Desarrollo y el Empleo en America Latina, S.A. de C.V. (IDEAL), for the construction of a 87 MW hydroelectric power generation facility (Baitún Project) and

Morgan & Morgan advises Mapfre in a US$211 million insurance merger

Morgan & Morgan acted as Panamanian counsel to Mapfre in connection with a US$211 million insurance merger, in which Mapfre acquires 57 per cent of the shares of Aseguradora Mundial and Mundial Desarrollo de Negocio, subsidiaries from Grupo Mundial. This transaction makes Mapfre as Central America’s largest insurance company. The Firm assisted its client with

Morgan & Morgan represented AES Corporation in Changuinola I Hydroelectric Project

Morgan & Morgan continue to advise its client, AES CHANGUINOLA, S.A., an affiliate of Arlington, VA-based The AES Corporation, in the development of the Changuinola I Hydroelectric Project, located in the Province of Bocas del Toro. Currently, the Changuinola I Project is the largest infrastructure project under construction in Panama after the Panama Canal Expansion

Morgan & Morgan represented Panama Ports Company in a US25,000,000.00 International Arbitration

A Tribunal of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), with headquarters in Paris, comprised by three arbitrator appointed by said Court, rejected through a final arbitration award, already executed, all the claims formulated by Astilleros Braswell International S.A., against Panama Ports Company and the Maritime Authority of Panama. Astilleros

Morgan & Morgan advises IFC, JBIC, EIB, IDB and CAF in connection with a US$ 2.3 billion loan to finance the Panama Canal Expansion

Morgan & Morgan acted as local counsel to International Financial Corporation (IFC), Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), The European Investment Bank (EIB), Inter American Development Bank (IDB) and Andean Development Corporation (CAF), in connection with a US$2.3 billion syndicated loan unsecured credit facility to finance the expansion of the Panama Canal. Francisco Arias G.

Morgan & Morgan provided legal counsel to La Hipotecaria, S.A. regarding cross-border securitization of mortgage loans and public offering of mortgage bonds for up to US$12,500,000.00

La Hipotecaria, S.A. as trustee of the Ninth Trust of Mortgage Loan Bonds, registered mortgage loans bonds for an amount of up to US$12,500,000.00 before the National Securities Commission of the Republic of Panama, which have also been successfully placed through Panama’s Stock Exchange. Payments due to holders of said bonds are secured by a

Morgan & Morgan advise HSBC in the negotiation with the US$1.8 billion acquisition of Grupo Banistmo, S.A.

Morgan & Morgan have acted as Panamanian counsel for HSBC in its completed acquisition of up to 100% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Grupo Banistmo, S.A., a Panamanian bank holding company which owns investment banking, brokerage, insurance and other operations in Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Montserrat