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Pedro de Elizalde
Biography
Pedro de Elizalde is an associate in the Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure practice of A&O Shearman’s New York office and a member of the Latin America practice group.
He advises a variety of clients, including major corporations and global financial institutions, in connection with international project development & finance, acquisition and leverage finance, mezzanine and distressed debt deals, as well as debt and equity capital markets transactions. His experience advising borrowers, sponsors and issuers, as well as underwriters, lenders and investors on these various types of transactions give him a 360-degree view and understanding of his clients’ needs. This why he is frequently sought after to advise on clients’ most complex and innovative transactions.
Originally from Argentina, Pedro has in-depth experience in both the private sector, working as an associate at top tier law firms in Argentina and Brazil, and in the public sector acting as legal counsel for the Argentinian Ministry of the Treasury prior to joining A&O Shearman.
Selected experience
- A special purpose vehicle created by a group of shareholders of a Mexican company in connection with a $665 million dual-tranche multicurrency bridge acquisition financing. The financing was used to buy back the target company’s shares listed on Mexico's BMV stock exchange.*
- IDB Invest in connection with a financing up to $53 million to a project company to increase access to logistics services in Lima, Peru, through a new industrial park to be built in the Ventanilla district in the Constitutional Province of Callao. This groundbreaking project is the first sustainable logistics park in Peru.*
- Gramercy Funds Management in connection with multiple investments in private credit transactions.*
- An Colombian borrower in connection with $100 million financing backed by a MIGA guarantee.*
- Forum Servicios Financieros S.A., a Chilean auto financier and wholly owned subsidiary of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A., as the borrower of a senior unsecured syndicated loan for up to $200 million from BTG Pactual, Standard Chartered Bank and other financial institutions.*
- Inter-American Investment Corporation (IDB Invest) as the lender of a dual tranche pre-export loan for up to $250 million to MolinosAgro, an agriculture company in Argentina, and Molinos Overseas Commodities, as co-borrowers, to be used to pre-finance exports of products and commodities sold by MolinosAgro.*
- Lead arrangers in connection with the $100 million financing for the acquisition of certain renewable assets in Chile.
- The Bank of Nova Scotia, as administrative agent, and a club of banks in connection with a $190 million seven-year senior unsecured credit facility for Internacional de Cerámica, S.A.B. de C.V. to be used to refinance existing debt and for general corporate purposes.
- BBVA Securities Inc. and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as lead arrangers and sustainability agents, in connection with the $300 million sustainability-linked loan to Compañía Minera Ares S.A.C. and Amarillo Mineracao do Brasil Ltda., as co-borrowers, and Hochschild Mining plc, as guarantor.
- BofA Securities, Citigroup Global Markets, and Wells Fargo Bank, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, and the group of lenders in connection with a $160 million three-year senior unsecured credit facility for Banco Davivienda, a bank organized under the laws of Colombia, as borrower, to be used for general corporate purposes.
Education
- Harvard Law School, LL.M., 2020
- Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, ML&E, 2018
- Universidad de San Andres, J.D., 2015
Admissions
- Attorney-at-Law, New York
- Attorney-at-Law, Argentina
Languages
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- English
