Arnold & Porter has a broad-based Latin America projects and energy practice, founded on the firm’s long history in the region. It now represents a mixture of sponsors and lenders in project development and project finance. The practice has achieved further growth in renewables projects in Brazil and is further noted for public-private partnership financing transactions, along with structured finance and securitisation transactions, involving energy and infrastructure assets. Energy transition and sustainability-linked financings are also areas of strength. The team features a significant number of native or fluent Spanish and Portuguese speakers. New York partner Christopher Willott has a background in project financings in Brazil and throughout Latin America, including in renewable and conventional power, transmission lines, petrochemicals and LNG, among other sectors.
Key clients
- GNL Chile
- Japan International Cooperation Agency; MUFG
- Hydro REIN
- Fortescue Future Industries (FFI)
Work highlights
- Advised GNL Chile with respect to its LNG Supply arrangements, Terminal Use Agreement relating to regasification rights in the GNL Quintero regasification facility and its gas supply agreements with Enel, ENAP and Metrogas.
- Advised Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and MUFG in a sustainability-linked financing, with all proceeds to be used by the borrower for the build out of its electrical distribution network in rural North Eastern Brazil.
- Advised Hydro REIN on its co-investment, development and (in Hydro REIN’s capacity as a minority shareholder) financing of the Ventos de Sao Zacarias wind facility and Fotons de Santa Conceicao solar plants to be acquired from Casa dos Ventos (Project Feijao).
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Gregory Harringon, Whitney Debevoise, Christopher Willott