Morgan & Morgan advised Mercandú in a capital raising round to expand its e-commerce platform in the region.
Panama, January 8, 2024. Morgan & Morgan acted as the Panamanian legal advisor for Mercandú, a startup based in El Salvador that operates the largest marketplace in the Central American region, offering over 500,000 products, in a capital raising round. The capital raising round took the form of issuing shares (equity-raising) in favor of two
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Morgan & Morgan advised ARTCAP LAC PRIVATE CREDIT SERVICES S.A. and Banistmo Investment Corporation S.A., in relation to a 10-year US$90 million senior secured loan granted to Banesco (Panamá), S.A.
Panama, July 17, 2023. Morgan & Morgan represented (i) ARTCAP LAC PRIVATE CREDIT SERVICES S.A., an affiliate of ArtCap Strategies, a Cayman-based investment group specializing in structuring custom solutions for clients in Latin America and the Caribbean (“ArtCap”), as administrative agent and co-arranger (together with Apollo Global Funding LLC); and (ii) Banistmo Investment Corporation S.A.,
Morgan & Morgan advised in connection with the financing for the 50MW Ecosolares photovoltaic power park.
Panama, November 25, 2022. Morgan & Morgan represented the borrowers in a project finance granted by BAC International Bank, as lender, for the refinancing of photovoltaic plants Ecosolar 1 and Ecosolar 2, and for the financing for the construction of the photovoltaic projects Ecosolar 3, Ecosolar 4, and Ecosolar 5. The projects together form a
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Morgan & Morgan advised MMG Bank Corporation in connection with a financing to be granted in favor of Daconan Star Solar, S.A.
Panama, September 8, 2022. Morgan & Morgan represented MMG Bank Corporation (“MMG Bank”), as lender, in a financing to be granted in favor of Daconan Star Solar, S.A. (“Daconan”), to be used for expansion, by 2.64 additional megawatts of the capacity of a photovoltaic project called “Daconan Solar”, with an installed capacity of 3.24 megawatts,
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Morgan & Morgan advised Orla Mining Ltd. and Minera Cerro Quema, S.A. in connection with a secured credit facility for an amount of up to US$150 million.
Panama, April 28, 2022. Morgan & Morgan advised Orla Mining Ltd., as borrower and Minera Cerro Quema, S.A., as guarantor with respect to a secured credit facility of US$150 million (the “Credit Facility”). The Credit Facility includes a US$100 million term facility and a US$50 million revolving facility through a syndicate of lenders composed of
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Morgan & Morgan advised Banco General, S.A., and Banistmo, S.A. in connection with the public offering and issuance by Fountain Hydro Power Corp. of corporate bonds for an amount of up to US$110 million.
Panama, March 31, 2022. Morgan & Morgan advised Banco General, S.A., and Banistmo, S.A., as arrangers and underwriters in connection with the public offering and issuance by Fountain Hydro Power Corp. of corporate bonds for an amount of up to US$110 million registered with the Superintendency of Capital Markets of Panama and successfully placed through
Morgan & Morgan advised Generadora de Gatun, S.A., and AES Panama in connection with the financing of a new natural gas-fired power plant.
Panama, March 23, 2022. Morgan & Morgan acted as Panamanian counsel to Generadora de Gatun, S.A., as borrower, and AES Panama, in the senior and mezzanine financing for the development, design, engineer, procurement, construction, commissioning, testing, start-up, operation, and maintenance of an approximately 670-megawatt combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant, together with all interconnections and certain
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Morgan & Morgan advised Global Climate Partnership Fund S.A., SICAV-SIF in connection with an unsecured facility agreement
Panama, September 24, 2021. Morgan acted as special Panamanian counsel to Global Climate Partnership Fund S.A., SICAV-SIF (GCPF) in connection with an unsecured facility agreement, dated as of September 24, 2021, by and among Corporación Interamericana para el Financiamiento de Infraestructura, S.A. (CIFI), as borrower, CIFI LATAM, S.A. and CIFI PANAMÁ, S.A., as co-obligors (the
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Morgan & Morgan advised Mercandú, a startup based in El Salvador, in designing the corporate structure and Seed investment round of US$1,500,000.00 with which it launched its e-commerce website and mobile app that operates a regional digital marketplace offering door to door delivery of over 150,000 products.
Panama, September 22, 2021. Morgan & Morgan acted as Panamanian counsel to Mercandú, a startup based in El Salvador, in designing the corporate structure and Seed investment round of US$1,500,000.00 with which it launched its e-commerce website and mobile app that operates a regional digital marketplace offering door to door delivery of over 150,000 products such
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Morgan & Morgan advised Seven Seas Water and a group of its subsidiaries, in a US$205 million financing, which would be used to refinance a US$163 million credit facility obtained by the company.
Panama, September 21, 2021. Morgan & Morgan represented Seven Seas Water (“Seven Seas”) and a group of its subsidiaries, in a US$205,000,000.00 financing with Deutsche Bank AG and Investec Bank, PLC, as lenders, which would be used to refinance a credit facility obtained by Seven Seas in June 2020, for US$163,000,000.00. Seven Seas is a