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MUFG Bank – Global MLA of the Year
Latin AmericaIJGlobal awards have long held a special position in the industry, given that they are independently judged by teams of infrastructure and energy specialists in New York, London, Dubai and Singapore – giving them unrivalled authority and the cachet of peer review
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Allen & Overy – Global Legal Adviser of the Year
Latin AmericaChoosing a winner for infrastructure and energy legal advisory on a global scale is a challenging feat, made infinitely more simple by aggregating scores from all four of IJGlobal’s independent judging teams – in London, New York, Dubai and Singapore
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SMBC – Global Financial Adviser of the Year
Latin AmericaThe 2018 calendar year proved to be a busy one for the SMBC financial advisory team with strong performance around the globe, winning it the IJGlobal Global Financial Adviser of the Year award that was presented at the Singapore event
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Macquarie Capital – Sponsor of the Year
Latin AmericaWhen it comes to sponsors on the international infrastructure scene, few hold a candle to Macquarie Capital as it drives major transactions around the globe – according to IJGlobal’s independent panel of judges
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Autopista al Mar 1, Colombia
Transport Latin AmericaColombia's Autopista al Mar 1 project - the largest of the 4G road programme - reached financial close in March 2019, making it the second project to close since president Iván Duque took power in 2018
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Peruvian broadband: Get connected
Telecoms Latin AmericaTelecoms projects are on the rise across Latin America, including Peru, where ProInversión in January awarded six broadband network PPP projects for a total investment of $358 million
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AMLO's new Mexican infra reality
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaThe cancellation of major projects and a lack of clarity on government plans are making international investors nervous about Mexico though the country's infrastructure need is still significant
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Privatisations remain airborne in Brazil
Transport Latin AmericaThe drive to bring private capital into Brazil's state-dominated airport sector has been constant in recent years, despite political volatility that has slowed down the privatisation process
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The 12 projects of Christmas
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaPick up the phone to anyone right now and the first thing you’ll be told is that they’re run off their feet and that the market’s “gangbusters” as everyone pulls together to get deals over the line before the end of the year… or Christmas, if you’re old school
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Brazilian power buyers flock to 'free' market
Power Latin AmericaPrivate power purchase agreements, increasingly prevalent in developed countries and some developing nations such as Mexico, are on the rise in Brazil
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Airports – a folly by any other NAIM
Transport Latin AmericaThe worst thing any country with ambitions to drive an infrastructure investment programme can do is to cancel a headline project when it’s well on the way through construction
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Mexico: The more renewables, the better
Renewables Latin AmericaMexico has seen a rapid rise in renewables development over the last five years, with the Mexican Secretariat of Energy in October reporting a 35% increase in installed renewable energy capacity
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Powering down Peru's renewable energy auctions
Renewables Latin AmericaDespite being a steadily growing investment grade economy with a relatively stable currency and consolidated rule of law, Peru has in recent time not received as much attention from international energy developers and investors as some of its LatAm peers. This has much to do with the sense that Peru has overbuilt its power market
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The Peruvian PPP push
Power Latin AmericaPeru is one of many countries around the world hoping to boost economic performance by closing its infrastructure gap
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Argentina's PPPs – potholes ahead
Transport Latin AmericaA poisonous cocktail of corruption scandals, rising inflation, high interest rates and declining investor confidence threatens Argentina’s roads programme, just as it was gaining momentum
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Alto Maipo: good hydro, gone bad
Renewables Latin AmericaA second restructuring for the 531MW Alto Maipo has saved a hydro project which has faced engineering challenges, several delays, environmental opposition, and changes in equity
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Santa Vitoria do Palmar financing, Brazil
Renewables Latin AmericaIDB Invest recently closed a total credit guarantee to help finance Atlantic Renewable Energy's 207MW Santa Vitoria do Palmar wind complex in Rio Grande do Sul, in a peculiar transaction that saw the private sector arm of the IDB Group provide a guarantee greater than the total value of the infrastructure debentures issued to fund the project
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Panama weighs up the alternatives
Latin AmericaEarly last week the governments of the US and Panama signed a memorandum of understanding to promote energy and infrastructure investments in the Central American country. A particular focus of the agreement is an attempt to catalyse private sector investments into upstream energy production, power generation, transmission and distribution, and energy use projects
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Mexico readies for power auction amid uncertainty
Renewables Latin AmericaMexico's fourth round of power auctions will happen before the new government takes power, but AMLO's administration has already started to release policy changes