Morgan & Morgan signs cooperation agreement with Operation Smile Panama

On December 6, 2012, Operation Smile and Morgan & Morgan signed a cooperation agreement between the two organizations. Through this pact, Morgan & Morgan will provide Operation Smile with different pro bono legal services. The agreement was signed by Aristides Royo, a partner at Morgan & Morgan, and Eugene Altiere, from Operation Smile. Operation Smile

Morgan & Morgan advises the issuer in a senior notes issue for an amount up to US$600 million to complete the acquisition of Corredor Norte

As part of the acquisition of the Corredor Norte, Morgan & Morgan also represented the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Empresa Nacional de Autopista, S.A. (ENA), and ENA Norte, S.A. (an affiliate of ENA), in a U.S. $600,000,000 issuing of 4.95% Notes due 2028, registered before the National Securities Commission of the Republic of Panama

Morgan & Morgan provided legal advise to Dorel Industries regarding its acquisition of group Silfa

Morgan & Morgan represented the US juvenile products manufacturer Dorel Industries with respect to Panamanian law aspects to conclude the acquisition of the 70 percent of the South American group Silfa, which until December 2011 owns the most popular Infanti brand in that region. This acquisition launched the company into retailing and its part of

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