Alfonso Pérez Bonany
PPU Director expert in Infrastructure and Projects. He has experience in legal advice to domestic and foreign clients in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, infrastructure and EPC Contracts, structuring investment projects related to mining, hydrocarbons, retail, insurance, construction and banking; and permanent consultancy in Aeronautic Regulation, and Insolvency and Restructuring.
Daniel Parodi
Member of the Banking, Finance and Capital Markets and Infrastructure/Projects team. His professional practice focuses on advising developers, borrowers and national and foreign lenders in corporate, asset and project financings. An important part of his practice and experience is the financing of aircrafts and vessels. Additionally, he advises Chilean companies and foreign underwriters on bond issuances by Chilean issuers in international markets, such as 144A and Reg. S. bonds.
Ana Gabriela Franco
Member of the Infrastructure and Projects team. His professional practice focuses on infrastructure, public-private partnerships and public law. He has experience in M&A transactions involving road and port concessions, private equity funds, and project structuring and financing.
Carlos Padilla
Partner at PPU expert in Projects and Infrastructure. His professional practice focuses on infrastructure, Public-Private Partnerships and Information Technology Projects. He has been involved in many major infrastructure projects in the country over the past decade and has advised local and foreign clients in the structuring and financing of projects in transportation, telecommunications, hydrocarbons, energy and utilities. He has recently been involved in the structuring and financing of several of the most important road concession projects including Pacifico 3, Alto Magdalena, Costera, Navelena and Ruta al Mar.
Fernando Bustos
Member of the Energy and Infrastructure & Projects team. His professional practice focuses on corporate legal assistance to national and international clients, the development of energy projects and also other matters related with corporate and commercial law.
Emilia Bascuñán
Member of the Corporate/M&A and Infrastructure and projects team. Her professional practice focuses on advising companies in corporate, mergers and acquisitions, finance, infrastructure and project matters.
Infrastructure and Projects
We advise our clients throughout all stages of their projects (as from the structuring of private initiatives and/or public bidding processes or, and until their projects reach O&M stages) including
Mitsui goes for gold with Peruvian mining buy
Japanese conglomerate Mitsui has enlisted Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados to purchase a majority stake in the Peruvian subsidiary of multinational mining technology manufacturer Komatsu. Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría guided Komatsu and the target company, Joy Global (Peru), in the acquisition of the shares. The deal closed on 2 November. Mitsui acquired a 60% share in the capital of Komatsu’s subsidiary Joy Global (Peru). Komatsu retains the remaining 40%. Mitsui already owns a 60% stake in another of the seller’s subsidiaries – Komatsu Mistui Maquinarias Perú (KMMP) – which leases mining equipment to customers. With the recent acquisition of shares in sister company Joy Global, Mitsui and Komatsu plan to merge the two companies to establish a comprehensive mining machinery sales and service company in Peru, which is expected to become operational next year. The new entity will operate under the KMMP brand and Mitsui will own a 60% share in the group, with Komatsu holding the remainder. Mitsui also aims to strengthen Komatsu’s copper mining machinery assets through the investment, contributing to the wider global copper production effort. Mitsui was established in 1947 and is headquartered in Tokyo. With a presence in 63 countries worldwide, the company has over US$110 billion worth of assets under its management. The Japanese conglomerate has made several investments in Latin American businesses. In August, it injected US$360 million into Ecuadorian shrimp farming giant, Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila (IPSP). It also divested agricultural real estate assets to Brazilian agribusiness SLC Agrícola for 470 million reais (US$91 million) in February. Tokyo-based Komatsu manufactures equipment for the construction, mining, forestry and military sectors. Its Peruvian mining subsidiary, Joy Global (Peru) opened in 1977 and produces electric shovels, drills, hydraulic excavators and trucks and heavy-duty air conditioning systems, amongst many others. Counsel to Mitsui Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados Partner Jean Paul Chabaneix and associates Jacques D’Auriol Augusto, Soleil Castro, Arianna Robello, José Medina, Camila Masini, Juan Alberto Acuña, Adriana Bracamonte, Talía Hormaeche, and Fátima Benavides Counsel to Komatsu and Joy Global (Peru) Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Peru) Partner Guillermo Ferrero and associates Victor Abad and Jacqueline Febres
Guatemala’s Hame grazes pastures new in Peru with agri buy
US firm Greenberg Traurig LLP, Canovas Law PPLC in New York, Consortium Legal in Guatemala City and Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Peru) in Lima have helped Guatemalan agribusiness Grupo Hame acquire Peruvian counterpart Agrokasa. Paul Hastings LLP in New York and Muñiz, Olaya, Meléndez, Castro, Ono & Herrera in Lima advised the target in the deal, which closed on 11 September for an undisclosed amount. Hame acquired 100% of Agrokasa’s shares from the target’s holding company. It also acquired a 12.5% stake in the target’s subsidiary Sociedad Agrícola Drokasa, which owns several of Agrokasa’s cultivation businesses. In the same deal, Hame also acquired a 100% stake in South Florida company Pacific Produce, Agrokasa’s flagship exporter of its produce. Marking its entry into Peru, Hame’s purchase of Agrokasa allows the company to expand its operations producing and distributing bananas, palm oil, and avocados. Agribusiness transactions regularly take place in Peru. In March, Peruvian tomato producer Icatom secured a US$14 million loan to finance its operations. Muñiz was also involved on that occasion. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Lima, Agrokasa is considered one of Peru’s largest growers and exporters of avocados, grapes, blueberries, and asparagus. It has a notable presence in the coastal areas of Ica and Barranca. Guatemala’s Grupo Hame began operating in 1952. It cultivates cotton, cooking oils, and banana produce. It is reputed as one of Latin America’s largest palm oil producers and one of the biggest independent banana producers in the world. Counsel to Grupo Hame Greenberg Traurig LLP Shareholders Yosbel Ibarra, Scott Bakal, Antonio Peña and Manuel Valcarel in Miami; shareholder Stephen Pepper in New York; shareholder Brian Witowski in Chicago; shareholder Kelly Dobbs Bunting in Philadelphia; and shareholder Rebecca Tracy Rotem in Washington, DC Canovas Law PLLC Partner María Luisa Canovas in New York Consortium Legal (Guatemala) Partner Sofía Escribá in Guatemala City Phillipi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Peru) Partners Guillermo Ferrero and Antonio Guarniz, and associates Victor Abad, Jacqueline Febres, and Victor Bravo in Lima Counsel to Agrokasa, Agrokasa Holdings, Sociedad Agrícola Drokasa, Agrícola Los Andenes, Agrícola Los Andenes II, and Agrícola Los Andenes III Paul Hastings LLP Partner Robert Leung and Mike Huang, counsel Jason Hill, and associates Vincent Buehler, Celina Hong, and Gabriella Jassir in New York Muñiz, Olaya, Meléndez, Castro, Ono & Herrera Partners Mauricio Olaya and Juan Carlos Vélez, and associate Diego Muñiz in Lima
Celsia enters Peruvian renewables market with wind project buy
Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados in Lima has helped Colombian energy company Celsia acquire a wind farm project in Peru from Spanish renewables business Ibereólica, marking the buyer’s arrival in the Peruvian market. Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Peru) advised the seller. The deal was signed on 18 August and is expected to close before the end of the year. No value was disclosed. Upon closing, Celsia will assume control of the Caraveli wind farm in the southern province of Arequipa. The wind farm is expected to begin operating in the second half of 2025 and have a total capacity of 218 megawatts. The deal expands Celsia’s Latin American footprint, where it is already present in Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras and Panama. It is a subsidiary of Colombian conglomerate Grupo Argos. Madrid-headquartered Ibereólica owns solar, wind and hydroelectric projects in Brazil, Chile, Peru and Spain. Counsel to Celsia Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados Partners Luis Enrique Palacios, Alejandro Manayalle, Veronica Sattler and Jose Talledo, counsel Ursula Luna and associates Efrain Salazar, Fiorella Monge, Natalia Zuñiga and Sebastian Briceño Counsel to Grupo Ibereólica In-house counsel – Enrique Bertolá Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Peru) Partner Rafael Puiggros and associates Sergio Rodriguez and Steven Hu
