Milbank LLP was recently honored at LatinFinance’s 2023 Project & Infrastructure Finance Awards, which recognize the most impressive transactions and institutions in an area that is crucial to the economic progress of Latin America and the Caribbean. Milbank was named “Infrastructure Law Firm of the Year – Southern Cone,” and received three Financing of the Year awards for the firm’s work advising on transactions across Latin America.
As part of the firm’s recognition, LatinFinance spoke with Daniel Bartfeld, chair of the firm’s Global Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group for a profile highlighting the firm’s long history in the region and significant pipeline of projects. “We are excited about the energy transition and infrastructure projects, many are in early innings, but there is a lot of money being deployed,” shared Mr. Bartfeld, who also discussed trends in the region, the energy transition, and important renewable energy and transportation projects Milbank has worked on the past year, including many first-of-its-kind projects such as the $412 million project financing of POSCO’s Sal de Oro Lithium Brine Project in Argentina. The full profile of the award is available here.
“We are honored to be recognized as one of Latin America’s infrastructure law firms of the year,” said Jaime Ramirez, co-head of Milbank’s Latin America Practice Group. “This recognition underscores our strong commitment to the region and we look forward to continuing to advise clients on their most innovative transactions.”
Milbank transactions were also recognized in several Financing of the Year categories. The Lima Airport expansion project, in which Milbank advised the lenders in connection with the $1.25 billion financing, received the Infrastructure Financing of the Year – Latin America and Airport Financing of the Year awards. The Transmilenio Usme & Fontibón E-Bus Fleets financing, in which Milbank advised the sponsors on the approximately $150 million financing, received the Social Infrastructure Financing of the Year award.
Milbank continues to have the lead legal role in many of the most significant Latin American energy and infrastructure matters and regularly advises clients on a wide range of cross-border financings and international project finance and development throughout Latin America. Milbank has one of the largest project, energy and infrastructure groups in the world with over 140 dedicated lawyers in its offices in the Americas, Europe and Asia. In the past five years, the firm has acted as the lead legal advisor in a wide variety of power, energy, oil/gas, natural resources and other infrastructure projects in the region that mobilized hundreds of billions of dollars of capital. The firm has been recognized as a “Project Finance Practice Group of the Year” by Law360, “Latin America International Legal Adviser of the Year” by IJGlobal, “Latin America Legal Advisor of the Year” and “Best Infrastructure Law Firm” by LatinFinance, and “Banking & Finance Legal Adviser of the Year” by Bonds & Loans Latin America & Caribbean Awards. Milbank is also consistently named a top international law firm for Latin America’s biggest companies by Latin American Corporate Counsel Association.
