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Manuel A. Orillac
Biography
Manuel currently focuses on transactions in the Americas, with past experience in Europe and the Middle East.
Manuel advises on debt and equity offerings, structured financings, project financings, and cross-border mergers and acquisition transactions.
He represents, among others, corporate, sovereign and financial institution clients including Autoridad del Canal de Panamá, Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen, Banco Itaú Chile, Ecopetrol, Empresa Nacional del Petróleo, Fondo de Ahorro de Panamá, Ingenio Magdalena, Intercorp Financial Services, Inversiones Atlántida, Oleoducto Central, Organización Corona, SuperXtra, Transelec, Volta Trucks, Citibank, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and J.P. Morgan.
Manuel joined the firm in 1985, and has practiced in the firm’s New York, Paris, Abu Dhabi, and Houston offices.
Practice areas
- Equity capital markets
- Capital markets
- Debt capital markets
- High yield
- Public company advisory and corporate governance
- Leveraged finance and high yield
Sectors
- Energy
- Power
- Renewables
- Hydrogen
- Financial institutions
- Industrials and manufacturing
- Mining and metals
Selected experience
- Volta Trucks AB in its €230 million Series C preferred shares financing and in its €37 million Series B preferred shares financing.
- Citigroup Global Markets and J.P. Morgan Securities, as initial purchasers, in connection with a Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of senior guaranteed sustainability-linked notes by The Central America Bottling Corporation.
- Citigroup Global Markets, J.P. Morgan Securities, Scotia Capital (USA), Credit Suisse Securities (USA) and Banco General, as initial purchasers, in connection with a Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of senior notes by AES Panama Generation Holdings; the largest bond issuance by a private company in Central America and the Caribbean.
- Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as initial purchaser in connection with a Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of senior notes by UEP Penonomé II, S.A., an indirect subsidiary of InterEnergy Group Ltd.; the first green project bond issuance by a private company in Central America and the Caribbean.
- BofA Securities, Inc. and Banco General, S.A., as initial purchasers, in connection with a Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of senior notes by ENA Master Trust.
- Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., as initial purchasers, in connection with a Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of senior notes by Cable Onda.
- Banco General, S.A. on its offering of senior notes.
- Citigroup Global Markets Inc. in connection with an offering of notes by the Republic of Guatemala.
- Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC in connection with an offering of notes by Capex S.A.
- Empresa Nacional del Petróleo, a Chilean state-owned enterprise, in connection with multiple offerings of senior notes.
Education
- B.A., Georgetown University, 1982
- J.D., Columbia University, 1985
Admissions
- New York, 1986
- Texas, 2018
Languages
- English
- French
- Spanish