Arias, Fábrega & Fábrega‘s active projects and energy practice strikes a balance between transactional and regulatory work. Drawing on the wider firm’s strength in the banking and finance sphere, the team is particularly well known for its prowess in project finance, advising an extensive roster of international financial institutions and multilateral development agencies. The firm’s recent workload spans the financing of projects in the transport, energy, hospitality and public infrastructure (including healthcare) sectors, as well as energy-related M&A. Estif Aparicio, who is renowned for his experience in complex, often cross-border financial transactions, takes the lead on project finance matters, while Sofía Cohen heads the regulatory side of the practice. The sizeable team also benefits from the expertise of up-and-coming partner Fernando Arias F and international associates Cedric Kinschots and Donald Canavaggio.

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Key clients

  • UBS Securities
  • Citigroup Global Markets
  • JP Morgan Securities
  • Scotia Capital (USA)
  • Credit Suisse Securities
  • Banco General
  • The Bank of Nova Scotia
  • Citibank
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Global Bank Corporation
  • IDB Invest
  • Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE)
  • Corporación Interamericana para el Financiamiento de Infraestructura (CIFI)
  • Multibank

Work highlights

  • Advised Grupo Energía Bogotá (GEB) on its merger with its subsidiaries in Central America (Emgesa, Codensa, Enel Green Power Colombia and ESSA2) to form Enel Colombia, which has a presence in Colombia, Panama, Guatemala and Costa Rica.
  • Advised various export credit agencies and banks in connection with a $2,264,037,941.16 and JPY 51,458,523,871.00 receivables purchase facility and related credit facilities agreements for the financing of Line 3 of the Panama Metro system.
  • Advised the underwriters, HSBC and Scotiabank on Panamanian power distributor Elektra Noreste's private placement on the Latin American stock exchange (Latinex) in Panama.

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Practice head

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Estif Aparicio, Sofía Cohen