Morgan & Morgan advises Inmet Mining Corporation in the sale of a 20% stake in its subsidiary Minera Panama, S.A. to Korea Panama Mining Company

Morgan & Morgan acted as legal advisor to Inmet Mining Corporation (Inmet) and Minera Panama, S.A., in connection with Panamanian legal aspects related to the sale of a 20% participation in the company to Korea Panama Mining Corporation (KPMC).  Minera Panama, S.A. is the owner and developer of the Cobre Panama project, a US$6.18 Billion

Morgan & Morgan advices in acquisition of Cardoze & Lindo, S.A.

On Friday, September 16, 2011, after more than three months of negotiations, a group of Ecuadorian investors acquired a significant share of the assets of Cardoze & Lindo, S.A., as well as its liabilities. The operation led to a change in the Panamanian distributor of the Caterpillar brand. Morgan & Morgan provided legal counsel in

Morgan & Morgan advises HSBC Bank (Panama) S.A. in a term loan facility in a aggregate amount equal to US$14,708,782.55 for the METROBUS project

Morgan & Morgan advised HSBC Bank (Panamá), S.A., with respect to the secured financing for the acquisition of real estate required for the construction of bus depots for the bus rapid transport system for Panama City called “Metrobus”. This financing was structured under a term loan facility in an aggregate amount equal to US$14,708,782.55, evidenced

Morgan & Morgan advises HSBC Bank plc, HSBC Bank (Panama) S.A., Caja de Ahorros and Banco Nacional respect a syndicated secured financing of US$259,836,370 for METROBUS project

Morgan & Morgan acted as a counsel for HSBC Bank plc, HSBC Bank (Panamá), S.A., Caja de Ahorros and Banco Nacional de Panamá, with respect to the syndicated secured financing for a bus rapid transport system for Panama City called “Metrobus”. This financing was structured under two credit facilities: (i) a term loan facility in

Morgan & Morgan advised Inmet in a financing operation with Asian investor Temasek

Morgan & Morgan advised Inmet Mining Corporation (Inmet) in connection with Panamanian legal aspects related with the Temasek´s US$1 Billion investment in the project Cobre Panama, a US$6.18 Billion copper mining project. Temasek Holdings is an investment company owned by the government of Singapore and it is an active shareholder and investor in financial services,

Morgan & Morgan provided legal advise to Panama Ports Company, S.A (a subsidiary of Hutchison Port Holdings) and HSBC to implement a Sale and Lease Back for an amount up to US$260,000,000.00

With legal basis in local Panama laws, Panama Ports Company, S.A, as Seller and Lessee and Far East Leasing, as trustee of the FEPC Leasing Trust, as Buyer and Lessor, for the benefit of an indirect lessor affiliated with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, entered into an Agreement for the Purchase and

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 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 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