Morgan & Morgan Legal advised Banco La Hipotecaria, S.A. in the registration and issuance of Mortgage Loan for an amount of up to US$112,500,000.00.

Panama, October 22, 2021. Banco La Hipotecaria, S.A., acting as trustee of the Sixteenth Mortgage-Backed Notes Trust (an issuer trust constituted under the laws of Panama), registered Mortgage Loan Notes in three tranches for an amount of up to US$112,500,000 with the Superintendency of Capital Markets of Panama, which notes were successfully placed through the Latin American Stock Exchange. Payments due to holders under the Mortgage Loan Notes are guaranteed by a collateral trust constituted under the laws of Panama. The assets of the collateral trust are composed by mortgage loans granted to residents of Panama by Banco La Hipotecaria, S.A., a general license bank engaged in the origination and securitization of mortgage loans in Panama. BG Trust, Inc., an affiliate of Banco General, S.A., is the trustee of the collateral trust. Banco General, S.A. is acting as paying agent of the notes and BG Valores, S.A. acted as local broker dealer of the notes.

This transaction was a cross-border securitization because the mortgage loans originated in Panama were sold to a collateral trust constituted under the laws of Panama in order to guarantee the Mortgage Loan Notes, the Series A of which were acquired by a grantor trust in the United States of America constituted by Banco La Hipotecaria, as settlor, and Citibank, as trustee. Said grantor trust issued trust certificates in a Rule 144A/Reg S offering. The Series B and Series C Mortgage Loan Notes were acquired by local investors in Panama.

Partners Ricardo Arias and Francisco Arias G. participated in this transaction.