LatinFinance has announced the winners of its 2021 Deals of the Year Awards.
LatinFinance’s Deals of the Year Awards are the landmark recognition of stand-out transactions and institutions in the capital markets of Latin America and the Caribbean. This year’s awards are based upon published results during the eligibility period of October 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021. The winners were determined by LatinFinance’s editorial staff based on an exhaustive selection process.
The full list of winners can be found in a special Deals of the Year supplement to LatinFinance magazine. Winners will be recognized at LatinFinance’s annual Deals of the Year Awards Dinner on March 10, 2022, in New York City.
Winning deals and institutions
Sovereign Issuer of the Year Republic of Chile
Corporate Issuer of the Year Cemex
Sustainable Borrower of the Year Suzano
Sovereign Bond of the Year Republic of Peru $4 billion Multi-Tranche Issuance
Sovereign Liability Management of the Year Dominican Republic Inaugural DOP116.8 billion Local Notes Offering
Quasi-Sovereign Bond of the Year Tocumen Airport $1.85 billion 2041 & 2061 Notes Offering
Subnational Deal of the Year Province of Buenos Aires $7.1 billion Restructuring
Corporate High-Grade Bond of the Year FEMSA Euro-Denominated Sustainability-Linked Bond
Corporate High-Yield Bond of the Year Mercado Libre Inaugural USD and Sustainable Bond Issuance
Corporate Liability Management of the Year Petrobras Liability Management Program
Syndicated Loan of the Year Coppel MXN40 billion Sustainability-Linked Loan
Local Currency Deal of the Year Republic of Chile CLP 1.6 trillion Debt Offering
Domestic M&A Deal of the Year Raizen Acquisition of Biosev
Cross-Border M&A Deal of the Year State Grid International Acquisition of Naturgy Stake in CGE
Restructuring of the Year Cinépolis $1.6 billion Loan Restructuring
Structured Financing of the Year Metro de Panama $2 billion ECA-Covered Notes Issuance Facility
ESG Deal of the Year Interchile $1.2 billion 2056 Green Notes
FI Deal of the Year Itaú Unibanco $500 million 2031 Sustainability Tier 2 Notes
Private Equity Deal of the Year KKR Acquisition of Telefonica Fiber Assets in Chile and Colombia
IPO of the Year Rede D’Or R$11.4 billion IPO
Equity Follow-On of the Year Banco Inter R$5.5 billion Follow-On Offering
Financing Innovation of the Year Mexico’s $4 billion Federal Structured Financing of States (FEIEF)
Law Firm of the Year Brazil Pinheiro Neto
Law Firm of the Year Mexico Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau
Law Firm of the Year Andes Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Law Firm of the Year Latin America Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Bond House of the Year Citi
M&A House of the Year BTG Pactual
Equity House of the Year BofA Securities
Investment Bank of the Year Latin America & Loan House of the Year J.P. Morgan
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