Walter Piazza

Primary Focus & Experience

Mr. Piazza has represented sponsors, borrowers, lenders and other parties in a broad range of matters including project development and finance, corporate finance and debt capital market transactions. He has significant experience in the mining sector and has also advised in relation to petrochemical, LNG and renewable projects.

Mr. Piazza’s recent experience includes advising:

• The dealers in connection with the $3B bond offering by GreenSaif Pipelines BidCo S.à r.l  
• The sponsor in connection with the negotiation of a concession agreement with the host country government in a Latin American jurisdiction for the development of a copper project.
• Golden Triangle Polymers Company, a joint venture between Chevron Phillips Chemical Company and QatarEnergy, in the financing of an $8.5 billion integrated polymers facility in Orange, Texas.
• The sponsor in connection with three term loans for the development of copper mines in Chile.
• UBS Group (UBS) on its $3.5 billion offering of two tranches of Tier 1 Capital Notes structured to qualify as additional tier 1 (AT1) capital for Swiss bank regulatory purposes.
• Marcobre S.A.C., a joint venture between Minsur S.A. and Copec, in connection with the $500 million refinancing of the Mina Justa copper project financing in Peru.
• Funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management in connection with a $250 million financing transactions with Rayonier Advanced Materials.
• The sponsor in connection with the development and financing of an LNG project in a Latin American jurisdiction.