Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP has a long track record in Latin America capital markets transactions, stretching back more than 30 years. It has extensive geographic coverage from Mexico to Argentina and has a sizeable market share of Brazil deals through its established Sao Paulo office. It has continued to advise on a multitude of notes offerings by Mexican issuers thanks to the presence of New York partner Alejandro González Lazzeri, who has a background in both bank debt and bond offerings; he has also worked on a series of recent deals in Argentina, Peru and Colombia. In Brazil, Filipe Areno and Mathias von Bernuth are also senior practitioners with extensive records in capital markets and M&A transactions, including IPOs, debt offerings and de-SPAC transactions.
Work highlights
- Represented BofA Securities as dealer manager in a tender offer to purchase up to $2bn of Fomento Económico Mexicano’s outstanding 3.500% senior notes (due 2050), 4.375% senior notes (due 2043), 0.500% senior notes (due 2028( and 1.000% senior notes (due 2033).
- Represented the note purchasers in a purchase agreement for $505m of Auna's senior secured notes, due 2028.