When Chilean power transmission company Transelec and Saudi-owned Almar Water Solutions set out to raise $1.18 billion for a new seawater pipeline project in Chile, they were determined to achieve […]
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Local Currency Financing of the Year – EcoRioMinas Road Concession
Securing long-term financing in local currency has always been a litmus test for innovation and execution in Latin America’s infrastructure markets. The winner of this year’s Local Currency Deal of […]
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Project Sponsor of the Year – Atlas Renewable Energy
Few renewable energy developers in Latin America have matched the ambition, innovation, and impact of Atlas Renewable Energy – especially over the past year. Over this period, the Miami-headquartered firm […]
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Sustainable Infrastructure Financing of the Year – SABESP A/B Loan
Brazil’s goal of achieving universal access to water and sanitation by 2033 has created enormous demand for financing. In São Paulo state, Sabesp has emerged as a pivotal player in […]
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Urban Transport Financing of the Year – Bogotá Metro Line 1
Latin America’s $2 trillion infrastructure gap is often blamed on long delays between the conception of projects and their delivery. Few examples illustrate this better than Bogotá’s metro. First proposed […]
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Mining Financing of the Year – El Espino Copper Mine
Greenfield copper projects have become collector’s items in Chile, where no new mine has entered production for more than a decade. That drought is set to end in 2027, when […]
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Infrastructure Law Firm of the Year: Andes – Cuatrecasas
Politics in the Andean region have been anything but calm in recent years. Chilean voters rejected two proposed constitutions, Colombia’s parties have battled over reforms amid rising violence, Ecuador has […]
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Port Financing of the Year – Bahía Norte Container Terminal
Mexico’s Grupo CICE made history at the Port of Veracruz with the financing of its new Bahía Norte container terminal—a transaction that redefined what private-sector capital can accomplish in the […]
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Infrastructure Law Firm of the Year:Brazil – Machado Meyer
In a year when infrastructure once again dominated Brazil’s capital markets, at least one legal advisor was central to the action: São Paulo-based Machado Meyer. With more than five decades’ […]
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Power Financing of the Year – Portocem
The Portocem project has been one of the most technically and financially complex power developments in Latin America in recent years—and one that has redefined how large-scale LNG-to-power projects can […]