Had it not been for the coronavirus pandemic, IJGlobal would have hosted its Awards Night for The Americas in March at an impressively more swell venue than previous years.

However, IJGlobal took the decision early on to cancel the awards night – as well as the 3-day Miami conference immediately prior to it – in the interests of the safety and well-being of our partners.

The IJGlobal Awards Night 2019 was to have been staged in The Pierre, New York, pulling in the great and the good of the infrastructure and energy finance community from across North and South America.

Lacking the fanfare – and the all-important music quiz that keeps many guests rooted to their seats until the final minute – we are now delighted to announce the winners in Infrastructure Journal’s news pages with greater detail to be found in our awards issue of the IJGlobal Magazine (in digital format only due to Covid-19).

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Before naming the winners, we at IJ are always keen to drive home the impartiality of our judging process which is famed for being the most equitably-judged in the infra community, relying on a team of independent, senior players active across the Americas.

Award winners in the institutional categories for North America are:

• MLA of the Year – MUFG
• Bond Arranger of the Year – Citigroup
• Financial Adviser of the Year – CIBC
• Sponsor of the Year – AES Corporation
• Legal Adviser of the Year – Norton Rose Fulbright
• Corporate Trust of the Year – Deutsche Bank
• Technical Adviser of the Year – Arup
• Model Auditor of the Year – Mazars

Award winners in the institutional categories for Latin America are:

• MLA of the Year – Natixis
• Bond arranger of the Year – Citigroup
• Sponsor of the Year – Engie
• Financial Adviser of the Year – Astris Finance
• Legal Adviser of the Year (International) – Milbank
• Legal Adviser of the Year (Local) – Pinheiro Neto Advogados
• Technical Adviser of the Year – Arup
• Corporate Trust – BNY Mellon

Winners in the North American transaction category are:

• Battery Storage – Lāwa'i Solar and Battery Energy Storage System
• Power – Hill Top Energy Center
• Transmission – Wataynikaneyap Power Transmission Project
• Utility – ESAP Modernization Project
• Refinancing – Gridflex Generation
• Solar – Recurrent Energy Module Safe Harbour Loan
• Renewables portfolio – Cypress Creek portfolio financing
• Wind - Clearway – Repowering Partnership Holdco
• Mining – Nevada Copper's Pumpkin Hollow
• LNG – Venture Global Calcasieu Pass
• Midstream Oil & Gas – Midship Project
• Rail – Hurontario LRT
• Social Infrastructure – Corner Brook Acute Care Hospital
• Roads – North Tarrant Express Segment 3C
• Airports – Newark Consolidated Rent-a-Car Facility

Winners in the Latin American transaction category are:

• Power – Norte II CCGT
• Export Finance – GNA 1 Port of Acu
• Midstream Oil & Gas – Logum Logistica
• M&A – TAG Pipeline Acquisition
• Upstream Oil & Gas – Trident Acquisition Finance
• Petrochemicals – Braskem Idesa Refinancing
• Transmission – CRC Transmission Line
• Refinancing – El Dorado Airport
• Renewables – Pirapora II Solar PV
• Distributed Power – Ergon Private Placement
• Telecoms – Internet Para Todos
• Rail – Ferrocarril Central
• Roads – Autopista Al Mar 1
• Water – BRK Ambiental