Garrigues fields a sizeable capital markets team, which includes five partners, and advises on both debt and equity capital markets deals. Its broad expertise covers investment-grade bonds, project bonds, private placements, liability management, securitisation processes and sovereign debt offerings, as well as IPOs, and the team handles both domestic and cross-border deals. Oscar Arrús heads the team with over 30 years’ experience and is a key name for local securities regulation and domestic debt transactions, acting for issuers, agents and underwriters. Sergio Amiel focuses on equity deals and has a strong track record in IPOs for Peruvian companies, while Thomas Thorndike is a name to note for liability management and international debt offerings by Peruvian issuers under Rule 144A and Regulation S of the US Securities Act. José Francisco Meier handles regulatory issues and Diego Harman is experienced in both US and Latin American deals. Other key practitioners in the team include principal associates Miluska Gutierrez Vega and Jorge Fuentes, noted for cross-border debt transactions, and Monica Yrrarazabal, who re-joined the firm as senior associate in October 2022 after a stint at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York.
Testimonials
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- ‘The team knows how to help the client on local and foreign capital market issues, especially the 144A/RegS rule in the US.’
- ‘Thomas Thorndike and Miluska Gutierrez Vega have a lot of experience in 144A/RegS transactions, and they manage to carry out the deals without a hitch.’
Key clients
- Percent Technologies
- Credicorp Capital Servicios Financieros
Work highlights
- Advised a private credit investor on a $15m off-balance sheet/structured financing for LimaBikes (as originator), a start-up providing leases of motorcycles in Peru since 2019.
- Advised Credicorp Capital, as arranger, on the first public issuance of short-term debt by Luz del Sur, a power distribution utility.