Milbank LLP was honored with twelve awards at LatinFinance’s annual Project & Infrastructure Finance Awards. The firm was named “Infrastructure Law Firm of the Year: Latin America” and “Infrastructure Law Firm of the Year: Central America.” In addition, Milbank received ten Financing of the Year awards for the firm’s work advising on transactions across Latin America.
LatinFinance’s Project & Infrastructure Finance Awards recognize the best infrastructure financings and investments of the past year throughout Latin America. “Our entire team is honored to receive this recognition from LatinFinance, it’s a tribute to the partnership we have with our clients in executing their vision for the region,” said Daniel Bartfeld, practice group leader of the firm’s Global Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group.
In addition to garnering the two Infrastructure Law Firm of the Year awards, Milbank transactions were also honored in the following categories:
- Water / Sanitation Financing of the Year - Aegea SLB
- Mining Financing of the Year - Araguaia Nickel Project
- Infrastructure Financing of the Year - Southern Cone - Chacao Plus
- Renewable Energy Financing of the Year - GIP Patagonia / Chile Renewables
- Local Currency Financing of the Year - GNA 1 Refinancing
- Oil & Gas Financing of the Year - Mubadala's Petrobras Acquisition
- Infrastructure Financing of the Year - Central America and Latin America - Panama Metro Line 3
- Port Financing of the Year - Puerto Antioquia
- Airport Financing of the Year - Tocumen Airport
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 worldwide that mobilized hundreds of billions of dollars of capital. The firm has also been recognized as “Latin America Legal Advisor of the Year” by Proximo, "North America Legal Advisor of the Year” by Proximo, “Best Infrastructure Law Firm” by LatinFinance, “Banking & Finance Legal Adviser of the Year” by Bonds & Loans Latin America & Caribbean Awards, and “Law Firm of the Year” by Power Finance Risk Awards.