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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

Thursday, 30 December 2010 / Published in Enrique Jimenez, expertise, Inocencio Galindo, Kharla Aizpurua, Ramon Varela, Roberto Vidal

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 Sale of all the cranes owned by the company, located within the Ports of Balboa and Cristobal, and a local lease back of the equipment to Lessee.

The work in charge of Morgan & Morgan involved the review of multiple financial documentation, since the whole transaction includes a first tranche for the Port Cranes owned by Panama Ports Company, S.A and two additional tranches for future acquisitions of equipment.

With the implementation of the first tranche of the transaction, Panama Ports Company,S.A received US$216,000,000.00 to be used to cancel some debts, to invest in future infrastructure and to be better subject of credit also for future and continuing investments in the ports.

The legal advice in Panama was trusted to Morgan & Morgan, on behalf of both HSBC and Panama Ports Company,S.A; through partner Inocencio Galindo, as leader of the HSBC team, also composed by Ramon Varela and Kharla Aizpurua; and partner Enrique Jimenez, as leader of the Panama Ports team, also composed by Roberto Vidal and Maria E. Brenes. Morgan & Morgan also assisted in obtaining the government approvals related to tax and other matters necessary to implement the structure.

For this job Morgan & Morgan got the confidence of both parties Lessee and Lessor, and a Chinese Wall was implemented to guarantee crystal clear professional advice avoiding any kind of conflict of interest.

Allen & Overy (Shanghai), legal counsel of HSBC, and Ashurst (Hong Kong) in association with Jackson Woo & Associates, legal counsel of Hutchison Port Holdings, participated in this transaction providing advice on English law, which governs several important transaction documents.

Con base en las leyes de Panamá, Panama Ports Company, S.A., actuando como Vendedor y Arrendatario, y Far East Leasing, como fiduciario del fideicomiso FEPC Leasing Trust, en su condición de Comprador y Arrendador, en beneficio de un arrendador indirecto afiliado al Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, suscribió un Contrato de Compraventa de todas las grúas propiedad de la compañía, ubicadas dentro de los puertos de Balboa y Cristóbal, y un arrendamiento local sobre el mismo equipo al Arrendatario.

La asesoria a cargo de Morgan & Morgan involucró la revisión de múltiples documentos financieros, ya que la transacción en su totalidad incluye un primer tramo por las Grúas Pórticas de propiedad de Panama Ports Company, S.A. y dos tramos adicionales para futuras adquisiciones de equipos.

Con la implementación del primer tramo de la transacción, Panama Ports Company, S.A. recibió US$216,000,000.00, a ser utilizados para cancelar algunas deudas, invertir en infraestructura futura, y también para ser mejor sujeto de crédito para inversiones continuas y futuras en los puertos.

La asesoría legal en Panamá se confió a Morgan & Morgan, tanto en representación de HSBC, como de Panama Ports Company, S.A., a través del socio Inocencio Galindo, como líder del equipo de HSBC, compuesto igualmente por Ramón Varela y Kharla Aizpurua; y del socio Enrique Jiménez, como líder del equipo de Panama Ports, conformado también por Roberto Vidal y María E. Brenes. Morgan & Morgan asistió también para la obtención de las aprobaciones gubernamentales en lo referente a impuestos y otros temas necesarios para implementar la estructura.

Para este gestión legal, Morgan & Morgan logró la confianza de ambas partes, el Arrendatario y el Arrendador, e implementó una “Muralla China” para garantizar total transparencia e independencia en la asesoria legal, evitando cualquier tipo de conflicto de intereses.

Allen & Overy (Shanghai), asesor legal de HSBC, y Ashurst (Hong Kong) en asocio con Jackson Woo & Associates, asesor legal de Hutchison Port Holdings, participaron en esta transacción dando asesoría en derecho inglés, bajo cuyas leyes se rigen varios documentos importantes de esta transacción.

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