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Español 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
- Published in Mergers & Acquisitios, Ramon Varela, Roberto Vidal
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
- Published in Banking Law, Energy, expertise, Francisco Arias, Kharla Aizpurua, Projects, Ramon Varela
Morgan & Morgan advises Mapfre in a US$211 million insurance merger
Morgan & Morgan acted as Panamanian counsel to Mapfre in connection with a US$211 million insurance merger, in which Mapfre acquires 57 per cent of the shares of Aseguradora Mundial and Mundial Desarrollo de Negocio, subsidiaries from Grupo Mundial. This transaction makes Mapfre as Central America’s largest insurance company. The Firm assisted its client with
Morgan & Morgan represented AES Corporation in Changuinola I Hydroelectric Project
Morgan & Morgan continue to advise its client, AES CHANGUINOLA, S.A., an affiliate of Arlington, VA-based The AES Corporation, in the development of the Changuinola I Hydroelectric Project, located in the Province of Bocas del Toro. Currently, the Changuinola I Project is the largest infrastructure project under construction in Panama after the Panama Canal Expansion
- Published in Energy, expertise, Inocencio Galindo, Ramon Varela
Morgan & Morgan represented Panama Ports Company in a US25,000,000.00 International Arbitration
A Tribunal of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), with headquarters in Paris, comprised by three arbitrator appointed by said Court, rejected through a final arbitration award, already executed, all the claims formulated by Astilleros Braswell International S.A., against Panama Ports Company and the Maritime Authority of Panama. Astilleros
- Published in Enrique Jimenez, expertise, Jose Carrizo, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Simon Tejeira
Morgan & Morgan advises IFC, JBIC, EIB, IDB and CAF in connection with a US$ 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.
- Published in expertise, Francisco Arias
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
- Published in expertise, Francisco Arias, Ricardo Arias, Securities and Capital Markets
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
- Published in Banking Law, Inocencio Galindo, Mergers & Acquisitios, Romulo Roux
Morgan & Morgan advise AES El Salvador in US$300 million bonds issuance
On February 14, 2006, global power company AES issued US$300 million worth of bonds in the international market, guaranteed by four electricity distribution companies it controls in El Salvador. This issuance was the first by a private company to be guaranteed in this way originating from Central America. It was also the first investment grade
- Published in Energy, expertise, Inocencio Galindo, Projects, Ramon Varela, Raul Castro, Romulo Roux, Securities and Capital Markets