Gonzalo Guitart

Primary Focus & Experience

Some of Mr. Guitart’s recent relevant representations include:

• Cencosud Shopping S.A., as issuer in Cencosud Shopping’s initial public offering.
• The initial purchasers in the inaugural $500 million offering of 5.125% senior notes due 2049 issued by Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica, S.A. (ETESA) pursuant to Rule 144A / Regulation S.
• The sole lead arranger in connection with a US$130 million dual-currency (US$38 million and PYG556.4 billion) financing for Paraguay Energy (an affiliate of Corporación Paraguaya Distribuidora de Derivados del Petróleo S.A.) to partially fund Paraguay Energy’s acquisition of Petrobras’ fuel distribution operating assets in Paraguay.
• Transportadora de Gas Internacional S.A. E.S.P. (TGI) in its $750 million offering of senior notes due 2028.
• YPF Sociedad Anónima, an Argentine leading fuel exploration and production company, in its first-ever $750 million 30-year offering of senior notes.
• The initial purchasers in a Rule 144A/Reg S issuance for $379 million in high-yield notes by Celeo Redes Operación Chile, an operator of power transmission systems in Chile.
• The initial purchasers in a Rule 144A/Reg S issuance for $600 million in high-yield notes by power generator Trinidad Generation Unlimited.

Recognition & Accomplishments

Mr. Guitart was named a Capital Markets “Leading Associate” in Legal 500 Latin America: International Firms. He received his law degree from the Universidad de Buenos Aires, and his LL.M. from Columbia Law School.  He is admitted to practice law in Argentina and in New York. Mr. Guitart is a native Spanish speaker.