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    Sergio J. Galvis

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    Sergio Galvis is a leading corporate lawyer in the United States who is known for his cross-border work, especially in Latin America. He joined Sullivan & Cromwell after graduating from Harvard Law School and clerking for the Hon. Lawrence W. Pierce, Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, and has been a partner of the Firm since 1991. He is a member of S&C’s Management Committee, oversees the Firm’s recruiting function and leads its Latin America practice.

    Sergio has worked with clients across more than 25 countries in Asia, Europe and the Americas on hundreds of significant matters in a broad range of practices, including M&A, project financing, capital markets, sovereign financing, workouts and restructurings, corporate governance, crisis management, investigations and disputes.

    Sergio is involved with many not-for-profit and foreign policy organizations, including the Council on Foreign Relations and the Council of the Americas. He is a member of the Board of Trustee of the Hispanic Society Museum & Library in New York and of the University of the Andes Foundation. He was born in Colombia and speaks Spanish and Portuguese.

    Sergio Galvis es un destacado abogado corporativo en los Estados Unidos, reconocido por su valioso aporte en las transacciones internacionales más trascendentes, con énfasis en Latinoamérica. Se unió a Sullivan & Cromwell después de graduarse de Harvard Law School y servir como asistente legal (“judicial clerk”) del Hon. Lawrence W. Pierce, juez de la Corte Federal de Apelaciones para el Segundo Circuito, y ha sido socio de la firma desde 1991. Es miembro del Management Committee de S&C, supervisa la función de contratación de abogados de la Firma, y lidera la práctica de Latinoamérica.

    Sergio ha trabajado con clientes de más de 25 países en Asia, Europa y las Américas en cientos de asuntos dentro de una amplia gama de prácticas, incluyendo fusiones y adquisiciones, financiación de proyectos, mercado de capitales, financiación soberana, reestructuraciones, gobierno corporativo, manejo de crisis, investigaciones y disputas.

    Sergio participa en varias organizaciones sin fines de lucro, incluyendo el Council on Foreign Relations y el Council of the Americas (ambas dedicadas al estudio de asuntos de política exterior). Él es un miembro de la Junta de Síndicos del Hispanic Society Museum & Library en Nueva York y de la University of the Andes Foundation. Nació en Colombia y habla inglés, español y portugués.

    Publicaciones

    Sergio escribe frecuentemente sobre temas legales y financieros internacionales. Sus publicaciones incluyen:

    • “The Guide to Corporate Crisis Management,” Latin Lawyer (2019) (co-editor)
    • “Solving the Pari Passu Puzzle: The Market Still Knows Best,” Capital Markets Law Journal, a publication of Oxford Press (2017)
    • “Steps to Succession,” STEP Journal (2017) (co-author)
    • “Alternative Financing of LatAm Projects,” Project Finance International (2016) (co-author)
    • “Latin America: Lessons on Shareholder Activism from a U.S. Perspective,” The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation (2015)
    • “Problemas relacionados à FCPA em fusões e aquisições no Brasil,” Jornal do Commercio (2015)
    • “Ventajas de México frente a sus pares en AL favorecen actividad de fusiones en el país,” El Financiero (2015)
    • “Los países atractivos establecen entornos regulatorios transparentes,” El Financiero (2015) (interview)
    • “Introducing Dodd-Frank,” Latin Lawyer (2010) (co-author) – Burton Award for Legal Achievement
    • “Latin American Firms Pursue Global Status,” Latin Business Chronicle (2009) (co-author) – Burton Award for Legal Achievement
    • “Sovereign Debt Restructurings – the Market Knows Best,” International Finance (2003) – Burton Award for Legal Achievement

    高伟思律师是美国领先的公司律师,他的跨境工作(尤其是在拉美的工作)备受认可。他从哈佛大学毕业及担任美国第二巡回上诉法院Lawrence W. Pierce法官的书记员后加入苏利文,并在1991年晋升为合伙人。高伟思律师是本所管理委员会的成员,负责本所的招聘及行政事务,并担任本所拉美业务部的主管。

    高伟思律师曾向亚洲、欧洲及美洲各地超过25个国家的客户就多个业务领域(包括并购、项目融资、资本市场、主权融资、重组、公司治理、危机管理、调查和争议)的数百项重大事宜提供法律服务。

    高伟思律师参与了许多非盈利及外交政策组织,包括外交关系委员会及美洲委员会。他还是纽约西班牙裔协会博物馆和图书馆以及安第斯大学基金会的受托人董事会成员。高伟思律师出生于哥伦比亚,能讲西班牙语和葡萄牙语。

    出版物精选

    高伟思律师经常就国际法律及金融事宜撰写文章。

    • “企业危机管理指南”,《拉丁律师》(2019) (共同作者)
    • “解决同等位次难题:市场仍然最清楚”,牛津出版社的《资本市场法律杂志》(2017)
    • “继承的步骤”,《STEP学刊》(2017) (共同作者)
    • “拉美项目的另类融资”, 《国际项目融资》(2016) (共同作者)
    • “拉美:股东维权学到的课程(从美国角度)”,《证券及商品监管评论》 (2015)
    • “Problemas relacionados à FCPA em fusões e aquisições no Brasil,” Jornal do Commercio (2015)
    • “Ventajas de México frente a sus pares en AL favorecen actividad de fusiones en el país”,《El Financiero》 (2015)
    • “Los países atractivos establecen entornos regulatorios transparentes”,《El Financiero》(2015) (采访)
    • “初窥多德 – 弗兰克法”,《拉美律师》(2010) (共同作者)– 波顿法律成就奖
    • “拉美企业寻求全球地位”,《拉丁商业报》 (2009) (共同作者) – 波顿法律成就奖
    • “主权债务重组 – 市场最清楚”,《国际金融》 (2003) – 波顿法律成就奖
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    Experience

    Sergio’s matters reflect the breadth of his practice.

    M&A, Takeover Defense, JVs and PE

    • Grupo SURA (Colombia), in several matters related to successive unsolicited tender offers for shares of Grupo SURA and other companies in which Grupo SURA holds significant shareholdings
    • Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Teck Resources (Canada) in connection with unsolicited acquisition proposals from Glencore (Switzerland), the potential spin-off of Teck’s steelmaking coal business, and the pending six-year sunset for the multiple voting rights attached to the Class A common shares of Teck

    Aviation

    • Delta Air Lines (U.S.) in its strategic partnership with LATAM Airlines Group (Chile) and Delta’s $1.9 billion investment for a 20 percent stake in LATAM
    • LAN Airlines S.A. (Chile) in its combination with TAM S.A. (Brazil), creating the largest airline in Latin America and one of the largest in the world

    Consumer and Retail

    • Grupo Carrefour Brasil in connection with its approximately $1.2 billion pending acquisition of Grupo BIG Brasil SA from Advent International (U.S.) and Walmart (U.S.)
    • GP Investimentos (Brazil) in its $64 million acquisition (with other investors) of a 40 percent stake in Fogo de Chão Churrascarias (Holdings) LLP (Brazil)
    • Maaji (Colombia) in its combination with SEAFOLLY (Australia), a portfolio company of L Catterton’s (U.S.) Asian arm, L Catterton Asia (Singapore), under which L Catterton Asia is now the controlling shareholder of the combined business – creating the world’s largest independent swimwear and beach lifestyle business

    Sports

    • N&P Holdings, L.P. (U.S.), a vehicle indirectly owned by the former CEO of Softbank Group International (Japan), Marcelo Claure, in the sale of its interest in the Major League Soccer team Inter Miami F.C. (U.S.) to the team’s existing co-owners, Jorge Mas, Jose Mas and David Beckham

    Financial Services

    • SoftBank Group International (Japan), through its SoftBank Latin America Fund (U.S.), in the $100 million Series B funding round of Habi (Colombia), the largest funding round ever raised by a woman-led Latin American company and the largest Series B for a start-up headquartered in Colombia; and in the $28 million Series B funding round of Atom Finance (U.S.)
    • Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana (Grupo SURA) (Colombia) in connection with La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec’s (CDPQ) (Canada) announced acquisition, subject to regulatory approval, of a strategic minority interest in Grupo SURA’s subsidiary SURA Asset Management (Colombia), one of Latin America’s leading financial institutions with $135 billion in assets under management, from sellers Bancolombia and Grupo Wiese (Peru)
    • Bancolombia S.A. (Colombia) in its $2.2 billion acquisition of HSBC Bank (Panama) S.A. and its subsidiaries, the largest-ever foreign acquisition by a Colombian company; and in its $790 million acquisition of Banagrícola (El Salvador) and $1 billion three-way merger with CONAVI (Colombia) and CORFINSURA (Colombia)
    • Ally Financial Inc. (U.S.) in the $865 million sale of its Mexican insurance business, ABA Seguros, to the ACE Group (U.S.); and in the $4.2 billion sale of its international operations, including in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Chile
    • Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (Spain) in its definitive agreement with The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (U.S.) for PNC to acquire BBVA USA Bancshares, Inc., including its U.S. banking subsidiary, BBVA USA, for $11.6 billion
    • Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. (BBVA) (Spain) in the $1.6 billion sale of its Mexican pension fund administrator, Administradora de Fondos para el Retiro Bancomer, S.A. de C.V., to Afore XXI Banorte, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)
    • ING Groep N.V. (Netherlands) in the $3.8 billion sale of its Latin American pensions, life insurance and investment management operations to Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana SA (Colombia)
    • The Royal Bank of Scotland in the sale of its Argentine operations to Banco Comafi; and separately, in the individual sales of its Chilean and Colombian banking operations to Scotiabank (Canada)

    Healthcare

    • Enfoca (Peru) in connection with its portfolio company Grupo Aúna’s (Peru) agreement to acquire Grupo Empresarial Las Américas (Colombia)
    • UnitedHealth Group (U.S.) in connection with its wholly owned subsidiary’s definitive purchase agreement with Empresas Banmédica (Chile) and certain of its shareholders and the resulting tender offer for all of Banmédica’s outstanding shares, valuing Banmédica’s equity at approximately $2.8 billion (Latin Lawyer M&A Deal of the Year, 2017)
    • UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (U.S.) in its $4.9 billion acquisition of 90 percent of Amil Participações S.A. (Brazil)

    Natural Resources

    • Sumitomo Metal Mining (Japan) and Sumitomo Corporation (Japan) in the up to $2.2 billion sale of their collective 45% interest in Sierra Gorda Copper S.C.M. (Chile) to South32 (Australia)
    • BHP (Australia) in its agreements with BP America Production Company (U.S.), a wholly owned subsidiary of BP Plc (U.K.), and MMGJ Hugoton III, LLC (U.S.), a company owned by Merit Energy Company (U.S.), for the sale of its entire interests in the Eagle Ford, Haynesville, Permian and Fayetteville Onshore US oil and gas assets for a combined consideration of US$10.8 billion
    • Minsur (Peru) in its sale of a 40 percent stake in Cumbres Andinas (Peru), its subsidiary that owns Marcobre and the Mina Justa copper project, to Alxar Internacional, a subsidiary of Empresas Copec (Chile), in a transaction valued at $200 million
    • Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (Japan) in its $1 billion acquisition of an additional 13 percent interest in the Morenci copper mine operated by Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (U.S.)
    • BHP Brazil in its role in a joint venture with Vale S.A. in Samarco Mineração S.A. in Samarco’s judicial reorganization in connection with its financial indebtedness
    • Repsol (Spain) as U.S. counsel in its agreement with Talisman Energy (Canada) to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Talisman for US$8.3 billion
    • Antofagasta plc (U.K.) in the acquisitions by Marubeni Corporation (Japan) of significant interests in Minera Antucoya (Chile), Minera Esperanza (Chile) and Minera El Tesoro (Chile); in the two companies’ agreement to contribute the Encuentro mining properties into Minera Centinela (Chile); and Antofagasta plc/Minera Los Pelambres (U.K./Chile) in its transfer of its 40 percent stake in the Alto Maipo hydroelectric project to AES Gener S.A. (Chile).
    • Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (Japan) and Sumitomo Corporation (U.S.) in their $2.9 billion joint venture with Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. (Canada), for investment in the Sierra Gorda copper-molybdenum project (Chile)
    • Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Japan) in its acquisition – with The Mosaic Company (U.S.) and Vale S.A. (Brazil) – of non-controlling stakes in a phosphorus ore project being developed by Vale in the Bayóvar area of Peru’s Piura Province – the transaction valued the Bayóvar project at $1.1 billion, with a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui having purchased 25 percent of the project for $275 million
    • Anglo American (U.K.) in its $5.5 billion acquisition of IronX (renamed Anglo Ferrous Brazil S.A.) demerged from MMX Mineração e Metálicos S.A. (Brazil), through an initial acquisition of a 63.5 percent stake from controlling shareholders and a following tagalong to remaining shareholders. Anglo Ferrous owns a 51 percent interest in the Minas-Rio iron ore mining project and 70 percent interest in the Amapá iron ore system

    Power, Infrastructure and Industrials

    • Grupo Argos (Colombia) in the COP 407 billion sale of its 50 percent stake in the port operator Compañía de Puertos Asociados (Compas) (Colombia) to West Street Infrastructure Partners III, an investment fund managed by Goldman Sachs (U.S.)
    • Endesa (Spain) in the $58.4 billion acquisition by Enel (Italy) and Acciona (Spain), as well as in the prior unsolicited bids for Endesa by E.ON (Germany) for $81.8 billion and Gas Natural (Spain) for $52.3 billion
    • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board as a member of a private equity consortium in the $1.5 billion acquisition of HQI Transelec Chile (Chile) from Hydro-Québec (Canada)
    • Cementos Argos S.A. (Colombia) in its subsidiary’s $660 million acquisition of selected U.S. assets from HeidelbergCement AG (Germany)
    • Cementos Argos S.A. (Colombia) in its acquisition of Lafarge S.A.’s 53 percent stake in Lafarge Cementos S.A. de C.V., a Honduran cement company, for €232 million (reflecting a total enterprise value of €435 million)
    • Ternium (Argentina/Luxembourg) with antitrust merger clearance in connection with its acquisitions of ThyssenKrupp Companhia Siderurgica do Atlantico (Brazil); and in U.S. antitrust matters in connection with its $3.2 billion acquisition of Grupo Imsa (Mexico)
    • Tenaris (Argentina/Luxembourg) in its $2.2 billion acquisition of Hydril Company (U.S.); its $3.185 billion acquisition of Maverick Tube Corporation (U.S.); its agreement to sell Republic Conduit (U.S.) to Nucor (U.S.) for $335 million; and its acquisition from PAO TMK (Russia) of 100 percent of the shares of its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary IPSCO Tubulars, Inc., for $1,209 million, on a cash-free, debt-free basis, which includes $270 million of working capital

    Telecommunications

    • AT&T (U.S.) in its $1.875 billion acquisition of Nextel Mexico (Mexico)
    • AT&T (U.S.) in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Mexican wireless company Iusacell from Grupo Salinas (Mexico)
    • Telefónica (Spain) in its $712 million sale of Cablevision to Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst (U.S.)
    • Telefónica (Spain) and Telefónica Media (Argentina) in their $2.1 billion acquisition of CEI Citicorp Holdings (Argentina)

    Project Development and Finance

    • Minera Los Pelambres (Chile) in $1.3 billion of unsecured commercial bank and export credit agency term loans related to the expansion of the Los Pelambres project, which includes construction of a desalination plant. The $875 million commercial bank tranche received a Green Evaluation from S&P Global Ratings, making Los Pelambres the first mining company in the world to receive this evaluation from S&P
    • Marcobre S.A.C., and the Project, whose sponsors are Minsur and Alxar (Copec’s mining subsidiary), on the $900 million project financing for the development of the $1.77 billion Mina Justa copper project in Peru (Project Finance International 2018 Mining Deal of the Year)
    • Minera Antucoya, whose sponsors are Antofagasta plc and Marubeni Corporation, in the $650 million financing for the Antucoya copper project in Chile’s Antofagasta region
    • Sierra Gorda SCM, the project company, whose sponsors are Sumitomo Corporation, Sumitomo Metal Mining and KGHM International, in the $1 billion financing for the Sierra Gorda copper-gold-molybdenum project in Chile’s Antofagasta region
    • Minera Centinela (fka Esperanza), the project company, whose sponsors are Antofagasta plc and Marubeni Corporation, in the development and financing of the $2.4 billion greenfield copper, gold and silver project in the Atacama desert (Chile). This was the largest project financing project ever to close in Chile and was awarded the 2009 Americas Mining Deal of the Year by Project Finance International and 2009 Latin American Mining & Metals Deal of the Year by Project Finance
    • Marcobre, the project company, whose sponsors are Chariot Resources Limited, Korea Resources Corporation and LS-Nikko Copper Inc., in the development and financing of the estimated $430 million Marcona copper project (Peru)
    • Panama Canal Authority (Panama) – advice on the legal and constitutional framework in preparation for the expansion of the Panama Canal (2004 to 2007)
    • Sumitomo Corporation and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., as sponsors in the Cerro Verde II Project (Peru) – $850 million copper mining expansion financing (Latin Lawyer 2005 Project Finance Deal of the Year and Project Finance 2005 Latin American Mining Deal of the Year)
    • OCP Pipeline Project (Ecuador) and ongoing work – $1.4 billion
    • Los Pelambres Copper Project Refinancing (Chile) – $460 million
    • Camisea Gas Project (Peru) – $837 million project financing of LNG project (Project Finance 2004 Latin America Oil & Gas Deal of the Year)
    • Ocensa Pipeline Project (Colombia)
    • EVM oil and gas project (Brazil)
    • Petrozuata Heavy Crude Oil Project (Venezuela)

    Securities and Other Financings

    • The Interim Government of Venezuela in disbursing $80 million in previously-frozen funds to health care workers and others via a blockchain and bank-connected payment platform
    • U.S. Treasury Department in implementation of loan and payroll support programs under the CARES Act for air cargo carriers and contractors related to the Covid-19 pandemic
    • BBVA Bancomer in connection with the establishment of its global $10 billion Rule 144A/Reg S MTN program and a $750 million issuance; and in connection with its related cash tender offers totaling up to $750 million in aggregate principal amount
    • Banco Central de la República Argentina (BCRA) in repurchase transactions involving three series of BONAR sovereign bonds with a group of seven international banks, increasing BCRA’s USD cash reserves by $5 billion; and subsequently in the early repurchase of such transactions, and in entering into new repurchase transactions for $1 billion
    • Compañía Doña Inés de Collahuasi (Chile) in connection with a $1 billion syndicated term loan facility
    • Antofagasta plc (U.K./Chile) in issuing its inaugural Rule 144A/Reg S offering of $500 million senior unsecured notes
    • Compañía Minera Antamina (Peru) in its $1 billion syndicated term loan facility, which will be used for general corporate purposes
    • Repsol S.A. (Spain) in its disposition of Argentine Government bonds received as compensation for the expropriation of shares in YPF S.A. (Argentina) and its remaining interest in YPF
    • Ternium (Argentina/Luxembourg) in its formation as a holding company and operating subsidiaries in Argentina, Mexico and Venezuela, its $496.8 million IPO and its NYSE listing
    • Tenaris (Argentina/Luxembourg) in the multi-jurisdictional $2.1 billion stock-for-stock exchange offer for the outstanding shares of Siderca (Argentina), TAMSA (Mexico) and Dalmine (Italy)
    • The Republic of Paraguay in the Debut Rule 144A offering of bonds listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and trading on the Euro MTF market totaling $500 million

    Sovereign and Corporate Debt Restructurings

    • The Interim Government and the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in connection with the future restructuring of Venezuela’s external debt and the debt of certain of its state-owned instrumentalities
    • Banco Central de la República Argentina (BCRA) in repurchase transactions involving three series of BONAR sovereign bonds with a group of seven international banks, increasing BCRA’s USD cash reserves by $5 billion; and subsequently in the early repurchase of such transactions, and in entering into new repurchase transactions for $1 billion
    • The Republic of Paraguay in the Debut Rule 144A offering of bonds listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and trading on the Euro MTF market totaling $500 million
    • The International Managing Banks on the restructuring of more than $100 billion of Argentina’s external debt. This was the largest sovereign exchange offer to date and was named by Latin Lawyer as the 2005 Debt Restructuring Deal of the Year and by The Banker for its Deals of the Year 2005
    • BHP Brazil in its role in a joint venture with Vale S.A. in Samarco Mineração S.A. in Samarco’s judicial reorganization in connection with its financial indebtedness
    • Sidor (Venezuela) in the restructuring through which Sidor and its controlling shareholder, Amazonia, reduced their aggregate financial debt from $1.9 billion to $791 million
    • The bank lenders and bondholders (mostly U.S.) in connection with restructuring the indebtedness of Cablevisión (Argentina)
    • Siderar (Argentina) in the restructuring of approximately $470 million of its outstanding debt

    Crisis Management, Investigations and Disputes

    • Interim Government and the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in connection with various arbitration and dispute matters
    • Republic of Argentina in litigation brought by numerous funds in the Southern District of New York relating to GDP-linked securities issued in 2005 and 2010. The Court dismissed the first-filed of the cases in January 2020.
    • Republic of Argentina in litigation against hedge funds pending in the High Court of Justice in London arising out of the 2005 and 2010 GDP-linked securities
    • Republic of Argentina in a breach of contract action pending in the Southern District of New York related to Argentina’s 2012 expropriation of shares in a publicly-traded oil company
    • Dismissal of Grupo México, S.A.B. de C.V. from a shareholder derivative suit filed in Delaware Chancery Court
    • Grupo México, S.A.B. de C.V. in Delaware derivative litigation challenging acquisition of power plants
    • Volaris (Mexico) and the individual defendants in a successful motion whereby the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed with prejudice all claims in a putative class action filed against Volaris, certain of its current and former directors and officers and certain underwriters of its IPO under Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933
    • BHP in securities litigation in the United States relating to a dam break in the Samarco iron mine in Brazil, in which BHP Brasil is a 50 percent shareholder
    • Crisis and corruption matters related to Petrobras (Brazil) developments
    • Several U.S. and foreign financial institutions, as well as a Spanish individual and a U.S. corporation, in connection with FIFA corruption investigations
    • A non-U.S. financial institution in a matter affected by OFAC’s designation of various persons and entities as SDNs under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions
    • An FCPA investigation on behalf of an industrial company into potentially improper payments to a state-owned oil company
    • Tenaris (Argentina/Luxembourg) in a victory in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York arising out of the $3.2 billion acquisition of Maverick Tube Corporation by Tenaris
    • Tenaris (Argentina/Luxembourg) in the successful resolution of a two-year SEC investigation of an alleged bribery scheme, entering into a deferred prosecution agreement with the SEC—the first the agency has ever offered—and signing a two-year non-prosecution agreement with the DOJ
    • The Audit Committee of Tenaris (Argentina/Luxembourg), in an internal investigation of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act issues. Subsequently represented Tenaris in resolving multi-year investigations by the DOJ and the SEC, which concluded in June 2022 when the DOJ closed its investigation without taking any action and the company resolved the matter with the SEC without admitting or denying wrongdoing.

    Selected Publications

    Sergio writes frequently on international legal and financial matters.

    • “The outlook for Latin America project Financing,” BNamericas (2021) (co-author)
    • “The Guide to Corporate Crisis Management,” Latin Lawyer (2019-2021) (co-editor)
    • “Solving the Pari Passu Puzzle: The Market Still Knows Best,” Capital Markets Law Journal, a publication of Oxford Press (2017)
    • “Steps to Succession,” STEP Journal (2017) (co-author)
    • “Alternative Financing of LatAm Projects,” Project Finance International (2016) (co-author)
    • “Latin America: Lessons on Shareholder Activism from a U.S. Perspective,” The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation (2015)
    • “Problemas relacionados à FCPA em fusões e aquisições no Brasil,” Jornal do Commercio (2015)
    • “Ventajas de México frente a sus pares en AL favorecen actividad de fusiones en el país,” El Financiero (2015)
    • “Los países atractivos establecen entornos regulatorios transparentes,” El Financiero (2015) (interview)
    • “Introducing Dodd-Frank,” Latin Lawyer (2010) (co-author) – Burton Award for Legal Achievement
    • “Latin American Firms Pursue Global Status,” Latin Business Chronicle (2009) (co-author) – Burton Award for Legal Achievement
    • “Sovereign Debt Restructurings – the Market Knows Best, ”International Finance (2003) – Burton Award for Legal Achievement

    Los asuntos en que Sergio ha trabajado reflejan la versatilidad de su práctica:

    Fusiones y Adquisiciones, JVs y Capital Privado

    Aerolíneas/Aviación

    • Delta Air Lines (U.S.) in its strategic partnership with LATAM Airlines Group (Chile) and Delta’s $1.9 billion investment for a 20 percent stake in LATAM
    • LAN Airlines S.A. (Chile) in its combination with TAM S.A. (Brazil), creating the largest airline in Latin America and one of the largest in the world

    Consumo Masivo y Sector Minorista

    • Grupo Carrefour Brasil in connection with its approximately $1.2 billion pending acquisition of Grupo BIG Brasil SA from Advent International (U.S.) and Walmart (U.S.)
    • GP Investimentos (Brazil) in its $64 million acquisition (with other investors) of a 40 percent stake in Fogo de Chão Churrascarias (Holdings) LLP (Brazil)
    • Maaji (Colombia) in its combination with SEAFOLLY (Australia), a portfolio company of L Catterton’s (U.S.) Asian arm, L Catterton Asia (Singapore), under which L Catterton Asia is now the controlling shareholder of the combined business – creating the world’s largest independent swimwear and beach lifestyle business

    Deportes

    • N&P Holdings, L.P. (U.S.), a vehicle indirectly owned by the CEO of Softbank Group International (Japan), Marcelo Claure, in the sale of its interest in the Major League Soccer team Inter Miami F.C. (U.S.) to the team’s existing co-owners, Jorge Mas, Jose Mas and David Beckham

    Servicios Financieros

    • SoftBank Group International (Japan), through its SoftBank Latin America Fund (U.S.), in the $100 million Series B funding round of Habi (Colombia), the largest funding round ever raised by a woman-led Latin American company and the largest Series B for a start-up headquartered in Colombia; and in the $28 million Series B funding round of Atom Finance (U.S.)
    • Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana (Grupo SURA) (Colombia) in connection with La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec’s (CDPQ) (Canada) announced acquisition, subject to regulatory approval, of a strategic minority interest in Grupo SURA’s subsidiary SURA Asset Management (Colombia), one of Latin America’s leading financial institutions with $135 billion in assets under management, from sellers Bancolombia and Grupo Wiese (Peru)
    • Bancolombia S.A. (Colombia) in its $2.2 billion acquisition of HSBC Bank (Panama) S.A. and its subsidiaries, the largest-ever foreign acquisition by a Colombian company; and in its $790 million acquisition of Banagrícola (El Salvador) and $1 billion three-way merger with CONAVI (Colombia) and CORFINSURA (Colombia)
    • Ally Financial Inc. (U.S.) in the $865 million sale of its Mexican insurance business, ABA Seguros, to the ACE Group (U.S.); and in the $4.2 billion sale of its international operations, including in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Chile
    • Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (Spain) in its definitive agreement with The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (U.S.) for PNC to acquire BBVA USA Bancshares, Inc., including its U.S. banking subsidiary, BBVA USA, for $11.6 billion
    • Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. (BBVA) (Spain) in the $1.6 billion sale of its Mexican pension fund administrator, Administradora de Fondos para el Retiro Bancomer, S.A. de C.V., to Afore XXI Banorte, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)
    • ING Groep N.V. (Netherlands) in the $3.8 billion sale of its Latin American pensions, life insurance and investment management operations to Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana SA (Colombia)
    • The Royal Bank of Scotland in the sale of its Argentine operations to Banco Comafi; and separately, in the individual sales of its Chilean and Colombian banking operations to Scotiabank (Canada)

    Sanidad

    • Enfoca (Peru) in connection with its portfolio company Grupo Aúna’s (Peru) agreement to acquire Grupo Empresarial Las Américas (Colombia)
    • UnitedHealth Group (U.S.) in connection with its wholly owned subsidiary’s definitive purchase agreement with Empresas Banmédica (Chile) and certain of its shareholders and the resulting tender offer for all of Banmédica’s outstanding shares, valuing Banmédica’s equity at approximately $2.8 billion (Latin Lawyer M&A Deal of the Year, 2017)
    • UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (U.S.) in its $4.9 billion acquisition of 90 percent of Amil Participações S.A. (Brazil)

    Recursos Naturales

    • Sumitomo Metal Mining (Japan) and Sumitomo Corporation (Japan) in the up to $2.2 billion sale of their collective 45% interest in Sierra Gorda Copper S.C.M. (Chile) to South32 (Australia)
    • BHP (Australia) in its agreements with BP America Production Company (U.S.), a wholly owned subsidiary of BP Plc (U.K.), and MMGJ Hugoton III, LLC (U.S.), a company owned by Merit Energy Company (U.S.), for the sale of its entire interests in the Eagle Ford, Haynesville, Permian and Fayetteville Onshore US oil and gas assets for a combined consideration of US$10.8 billion
    • Minsur (Peru) in its sale of a 40 percent stake in Cumbres Andinas (Peru), its subsidiary that owns Marcobre and the Mina Justa copper project, to Alxar Internacional, a subsidiary of Empresas Copec (Chile), in a transaction valued at $200 million
    • OCP (Ecuador) in connection with the $385 million acquisition by Sinopec (China) of a 30 percent interest in OCP, including the assignment of transportation and other rights
    • Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (Japan) in its $1 billion acquisition of an additional 13 percent interest in the Morenci copper mine operated by Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (U.S.)
    • BHP Brazil in its role in a joint venture with Vale S.A. in Samarco Mineração S.A. in Samarco’s judicial reorganization in connection with its financial indebtedness
    • Repsol (Spain) as U.S. counsel in its agreement with Talisman Energy (Canada) to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Talisman for US$8.3 billion
    • Antofagasta plc (U.K.) in the acquisitions by Marubeni Corporation (Japan) of significant interests in Minera Antucoya (Chile), Minera Esperanza (Chile) and Minera El Tesoro (Chile); in the two companies’ agreement to contribute the Encuentro mining properties into Minera Centinela (Chile); and Antofagasta plc/Minera Los Pelambres (U.K./Chile) in its transfer of its 40 percent stake in the Alto Maipo hydroelectric project to AES Gener S.A. (Chile).
    • Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (Japan) and Sumitomo Corporation (U.S.) in their $2.9 billion joint venture with Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. (Canada), for investment in the Sierra Gorda copper-molybdenum project (Chile)
    • Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Japan) in its acquisition – with The Mosaic Company (U.S.) and Vale S.A. (Brazil) – of non-controlling stakes in a phosphorus ore project being developed by Vale in the Bayóvar area of Peru’s Piura Province – the transaction valued the Bayóvar project at $1.1 billion, with a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui having purchased 25 percent of the project for $275 million
    • Anglo American (U.K.) in its $5.5 billion acquisition of IronX (renamed Anglo Ferrous Brazil S.A.) demerged from MMX Mineração e Metálicos S.A. (Brazil), through an initial acquisition of a 63.5 percent stake from controlling shareholders and a following tagalong to remaining shareholders. Anglo Ferrous owns a 51 percent interest in the Minas-Rio iron ore mining project and 70 percent interest in the Amapá iron ore system

    Energía Eléctrica, Infraestructura e Industrial

    • A consortium led by China Three Gorges, including Hubei Energy Group (China), ACE Investment Fund II LP (Cayman Islands) and CNIC (Hong Kong), in its $1.39 billion acquisition of Empresa de Generación Huallaga (Peru) from Odebrecht Energia del Perú (Peru) and Odebrecht Energía (Brazil) (Latin Lawyer Banking and Finance Deal of the Year, 2019; International Tax Review Americas Awards Impact Deal of the Year, 2019)
    • Grupo Argos (Colombia) in the COP 407 billion sale of its 50 percent stake in the port operator Compañía de Puertos Asociados (Compas) (Colombia) to West Street Infrastructure Partners III, an investment fund managed by Goldman Sachs (U.S.)
    • State Grid International Development Limited (China) in its acquisition, in a negotiated initial sale and follow-on tender offer, of a 94.8 percent stake in CPFL Energia S.A. (Brazil) from Camargo Corrêa S.A. (Brazil), several Brazilian pension funds and other shareholders for a total enterprise value of approximately $13 billion (The Financial Times Innovation in Legal Expertise: Managing Complexity and Scale, 2017)
    • Endesa (Spain) in the $58.4 billion acquisition by Enel (Italy) and Acciona (Spain), as well as in the prior unsolicited bids for Endesa by E.ON (Germany) for $81.8 billion and Gas Natural (Spain) for $52.3 billion
    • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board as a member of a private equity consortium in the $1.5 billion acquisition of HQI Transelec Chile (Chile) from Hydro-Québec (Canada)
    • Cementos Argos S.A. (Colombia) in its subsidiary’s $660 million acquisition of selected U.S. assets from HeidelbergCement AG (Germany)
    • Cementos Argos S.A. (Colombia) in its acquisition of Lafarge S.A.’s 53 percent stake in Lafarge Cementos S.A. de C.V., a Honduran cement company, for €232 million (reflecting a total enterprise value of €435 million)
    • Ternium (Argentina/Luxembourg) with antitrust merger clearance in connection with its acquisitions of ThyssenKrupp Companhia Siderurgica do Atlantico (Brazil); and in U.S. antitrust matters in connection with its $3.2 billion acquisition of Grupo Imsa (Mexico)
    • Tenaris (Argentina/Luxembourg) in its $2.2 billion acquisition of Hydril Company (U.S.); its $3.185 billion acquisition of Maverick Tube Corporation (U.S.); its agreement to sell Republic Conduit (U.S.) to Nucor (U.S.) for $335 million; and its acquisition from PAO TMK (Russia) of 100 percent of the shares of its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary IPSCO Tubulars, Inc., for $1,209 million, on a cash-free, debt-free basis, which includes $270 million of working capital

    Telecomunicaciones

    • AT&T (U.S.) in its $1.875 billion acquisition of Nextel Mexico (Mexico)
    • AT&T (U.S.) in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Mexican wireless company Iusacell from Grupo Salinas (Mexico)
    • Telefónica (Spain) in its $712 million sale of Cablevision to Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst (U.S.)
    • Telefónica (Spain) and Telefónica Media (Argentina) in their $2.1 billion acquisition of CEI Citicorp Holdings (Argentina)

    Financiación y Desarrollo de Proyectos

    • Minera Los Pelambres (Chile) in $1.3 billion of unsecured commercial bank and export credit agency term loans related to the expansion of the Los Pelambres project, which includes construction of a desalination plant. The $875 million commercial bank tranche received a Green Evaluation from S&P Global Ratings, making Los Pelambres the first mining company in the world to receive this evaluation from S&P
    • Marcobre S.A.C., and the Project, whose sponsors are Minsur and Alxar (Copec’s mining subsidiary), on the $900 million project financing for the development of the $1.77 billion Mina Justa copper project in Peru (Project Finance International 2018 Mining Deal of the Year)
    • Minera Antucoya, whose sponsors are Antofagasta plc and Marubeni Corporation, in the $650 million financing for the Antucoya copper project in Chile’s Antofagasta region
    • Sierra Gorda SCM, the project company, whose sponsors are Sumitomo Corporation, Sumitomo Metal Mining and KGHM International, in the $1 billion financing for the Sierra Gorda copper-gold-molybdenum project in Chile’s Antofagasta region
    • Minera Centinela (fka Esperanza), the project company, whose sponsors are Antofagasta plc and Marubeni Corporation, in the development and financing of the $2.4 billion greenfield copper, gold and silver project in the Atacama desert (Chile). This was the largest project financing project ever to close in Chile and was awarded the 2009 Americas Mining Deal of the Year by Project Finance International and 2009 Latin American Mining & Metals Deal of the Year by Project Finance
    • Marcobre, the project company, whose sponsors are Chariot Resources Limited, Korea Resources Corporation and LS-Nikko Copper Inc., in the development and financing of the estimated $430 million Marcona copper project (Peru)
    • Panama Canal Authority (Panama) – advice on the legal and constitutional framework in preparation for the expansion of the Panama Canal (2004 to 2007)
    • Sumitomo Corporation and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., as sponsors in the Cerro Verde II Project (Peru) – $850 million copper mining expansion financing (Latin Lawyer 2005 Project Finance Deal of the Year and Project Finance 2005 Latin American Mining Deal of the Year)
    • OCP Pipeline Project (Ecuador) and ongoing work – $1.4 billion
    • Los Pelambres Copper Project Refinancing (Chile) – $460 million
    • Camisea Gas Project (Peru) – $837 million project financing of LNG project (Project Finance 2004 Latin America Oil & Gas Deal of the Year)
    • Ocensa Pipeline Project (Colombia)
    • EVM oil and gas project (Brazil)
    • Petrozuata Heavy Crude Oil Project (Venezuela)

    Mercado de Capitales y otros Financiamientos

    • The Interim Government of Venezuela in disbursing $80 million in previously-frozen funds to health care workers and others via a blockchain and bank-connected payment platform
    • U.S. Treasury Department in implementation of loan and payroll support programs under the CARES Act for air cargo carriers and contractors related to the Covid-19 pandemic
    • BBVA Bancomer in connection with the establishment of its global $10 billion Rule 144A/Reg S MTN program and a $750 million issuance; and in connection with its related cash tender offers totaling up to $750 million in aggregate principal amount
    • Banco Central de la República Argentina (BCRA) in repurchase transactions involving three series of BONAR sovereign bonds with a group of seven international banks, increasing BCRA’s USD cash reserves by $5 billion; and subsequently in the early repurchase of such transactions, and in entering into new repurchase transactions for $1 billion
    • Compañía Doña Inés de Collahuasi (Chile) in connection with a $1 billion syndicated term loan facility
    • Antofagasta plc (U.K./Chile) in issuing its inaugural Rule 144A/Reg S offering of $500 million senior unsecured notes
    • Compañía Minera Antamina (Peru) in its $1 billion syndicated term loan facility, which will be used for general corporate purposes
    • Repsol S.A. (Spain) in its disposition of Argentine Government bonds received as compensation for the expropriation of shares in YPF S.A. (Argentina) and its remaining interest in YPF
    • Ternium (Argentina/Luxembourg) in its formation as a holding company and operating subsidiaries in Argentina, Mexico and Venezuela, its $496.8 million IPO and its NYSE listing
    • Tenaris (Argentina/Luxembourg) in the multi-jurisdictional $2.1 billion stock-for-stock exchange offer for the outstanding shares of Siderca (Argentina), TAMSA (Mexico) and Dalmine (Italy)
    • The Republic of Paraguay in the Debut Rule 144A offering of bonds listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and trading on the Euro MTF market totaling $500 million

    Reestructuraciones de Deudas Soberanas y Corporativas

    • The Interim Government and the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in connection with the future restructuring of Venezuela’s external debt and the debt of certain of its state-owned instrumentalities
    • Banco Central de la República Argentina (BCRA) in repurchase transactions involving three series of BONAR sovereign bonds with a group of seven international banks, increasing BCRA’s USD cash reserves by $5 billion
    • The Republic of Paraguay in the Debut Rule 144A offering of bonds listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and trading on the Euro MTF market totaling $500 million
    • The International Managing Banks on the restructuring of more than $100 billion of Argentina’s external debt. This was the largest sovereign exchange offer to date and was named by Latin Lawyer as the 2005 Debt Restructuring Deal of the Year and by The Banker for its Deals of the Year 2005
    • BHP Brazil in its role in a joint venture with Vale S.A. in Samarco Mineração S.A. in Samarco’s judicial reorganization in connection with its financial indebtedness
    • Sidor (Venezuela) in the restructuring through which Sidor and its controlling shareholder, Amazonia, reduced their aggregate financial debt from $1.9 billion to $791 million
    • The bank lenders and bondholders (mostly U.S.) in connection with restructuring the indebtedness of Cablevisión (Argentina)
    • Siderar (Argentina) in the restructuring of approximately $470 million of its outstanding debt

    Manejo de Crisis, Investigaciones y Disputas

    • Interim Government and the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in connection with various arbitration and dispute matters
    • Republic of Argentina in litigation brought by numerous funds in the Southern District of New York relating to GDP-linked securities issued in 2005 and 2010. The Court dismissed the first-filed of the cases in January 2020.
    • Republic of Argentina in litigation against hedge funds pending in the High Court of Justice in London arising out of the 2005 and 2010 GDP-linked securities
    • Republic of Argentina in a breach of contract action pending in the Southern District of New York related to Argentina’s 2012 expropriation of shares in a publicly-traded oil company
    • Dismissal of Grupo México, S.A.B. de C.V. from a shareholder derivative suit filed in Delaware Chancery Court
    • Grupo México, S.A.B. de C.V. in Delaware derivative litigation challenging acquisition of power plants
    • Volaris (Mexico) and the individual defendants in a successful motion whereby the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed with prejudice all claims in a putative class action filed against Volaris, certain of its current and former directors and officers and certain underwriters of its IPO under Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933
    • Crisis and corruption matters related to Petrobras (Brazil) developments
    • A consortium led by a Chinese company on matters related to the ongoing corruption investigations of Odebrecht and its affiliates in connection with the consortium’s acquisition in Peru of a Latin American power company from Odebrecht affiliates for an enterprise value of $1.39 billion
    • Several U.S. and foreign financial institutions, as well as a Spanish individual and a U.S. corporation, in connection with FIFA corruption investigations
    • A non-U.S. financial institution in a matter affected by OFAC’s designation of various persons and entities as SDNs under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions
    • An FCPA investigation on behalf of an industrial company into potentially improper payments to a state-owned oil company
    • Tenaris (Argentina/Luxembourg) in a victory in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York arising out of the $3.2 billion acquisition of Maverick Tube Corporation by Tenaris
    • Tenaris (Argentina/Luxembourg) in the successful resolution of a two-year SEC investigation of an alleged bribery scheme, entering into a deferred prosecution agreement with the SEC—the first the agency has ever offered—and signing a two-year non-prosecution agreement with the DOJ

    这些交易体现了高伟思律师在业务领域的深厚实力。

    并购、合营和私募股权

    航空公司/航空

    • 达美航空(美国)就其与南美航空(智利)建立战略合作伙伴关系及达美同意以19亿美元收购南美航空20%股份
    • 智利国家航空(智利)与TAM S.A.(巴西) 的合并,合并后的公司是拉美最大的航空公司及世界上最大的航空公司之一

    消费者及零售

    • Grupo Carrefour Brasil就其以约12亿美元拟议向Advent International (美国)和沃尔玛(美国)收购Grupo BIG Brasil SA
    • GP Investimentos (巴西)就其与其他投资者以6,400万美元收购Fogo de Chão Churrascarias (Holdings) LLP (巴西)的40%股权
    • Maaji (哥伦比亚)就其与SEAFOLLY (澳大利亚) (L Catterton’s在亚洲的公司 - L Catterton Asia (新加坡)拥有的一家资产组合公司)进行的合并。L Catterton Asia成为合并后公司的控股股东及通过合并产生了世界最大的独立泳装及海滩生活方式企业

    金融服务

    • Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana (Grupo SURA) (哥伦比亚) 就La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) (加拿大) 向Bancolombia和Grupo Wiese (秘鲁)战略收购Grupo SURA的子公司 - SURA Asset Management (哥伦比亚)的少数权益(有待监管批准)。SURA Asset Management 是拉美的一家领先的金融机构,管理1,350亿美元资产
    • 哥伦比亚银行(哥伦比亚)以22亿美元收购HSBC Bank (Panama) S.A.及其子公司,此项交易是有史以来哥伦比亚公司进行的最大规模涉外收购及其以7.9亿美元收购BancoAgrícola (萨尔瓦多) ,以及与CONAVI (哥伦比亚)和CORFINSURA (哥伦比亚)进行的10亿美元的三方合并
    • Ally Financial Inc. (美国)以8.65亿美元向ACE Group出售其墨西哥保险业务ABA Seguros,以及以42亿美元出售其包括有巴西、墨西哥、哥伦比亚及智利的国际业务
    • 毕尔巴鄂比斯开银行(BBVA)(西班牙)以16亿美元向Afore XXI Banorte, S.A. de C.V.(墨西哥)出售其墨西哥退休基金管理公司Administradora de Fondos para el Retiro Bancomer, S.A. de C.V.
    • 荷兰国际集团(荷兰)以38亿美元向Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana SA (哥伦比亚)出售其拉美退休金、人寿保险及投资管理业务
    • 苏格兰皇家银行(英国) 向Banco Comafi S.A.(阿根廷)出售其在阿根廷的业务;以及向丰业银行(加拿大)分别出售其在智利和哥伦比亚的银行业务

    医疗保健

    • Enfoca (秘鲁) 就其投资组合公司Grupo Aúna (秘鲁)收购Grupo Empresarial Las Américas (哥伦比亚)
    • UnitedHealth Group (美国)就其全资子公司与Empresas Banmédica (智利)及其某些股东达成的收购协议及以约28亿美元股权价值要约收购Banmédica的所有发行在外股份 (被《拉美律师》在2017年评选为年度最佳并购交易)
    • UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (美国)以49亿美元收购Amil Participações S.A.(巴西)的90%股权

    天然资源

    • 必和必拓(澳大利亚) 就其与英国石油公司的一家全资子公司 - BP America Production Company (美国)和Merit Energy Company (美国)拥有的一家公司 - MMGJ Hugoton III, LLC (美国)达成的以总对价108亿美元出售Eagle Ford、Haynesville、Permian及Fayetteville Onshore的美国石油及天然气全部权益
    • Minsur (秘鲁) 就其在一项2亿美元交易中向Empresas Copec (智利)的子公司 - Alxar Internacional出售其拥有Marcobre及Mina Justa铜矿项目的子公司 - Cumbres Andinas (秘鲁)的40%股权
    • OCP(厄瓜多尔)就中国石化以3.85亿美元收购OCP的30%股权(包括运输及其他权利的转让)
    • 住友金属采矿(日本)以10亿美元收购Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (美国)运营的Morenci铜矿的额外13%权益
    • 西班牙国家石油公司(西班牙) 作为其美国法律顾问就其同意以83亿美元向Talisman Energy (加拿大)收购Talisman的全部股权
    • Antofagasta plc (英国)就丸红株式会社(日本)收购Minera Antucoya (智利)、 Minera Esperanza (智利)和Minera El Tesoro (智利)的大部分权益;就两家公司同意向Minera Centinela (智利)投入Encuentro采矿资产;以及Antofagasta plc/Minera Los Pelambres (英国/智利)就其向to AES Gener S.A. (智利)转移其在 Alto Maipo 水电项目中40%的权益
    • 住友金属采矿株式会社(日本)和住友商事株式会社 (美国) 与Quadra FNX Mining Ltd.(加拿大)组建29亿美元合营公司,以投资Sierra Gorda铜钼矿项目(智利)
    • 三井物产株式会社(日本)就与Mosaic Company (美国) 和Vale S.A. (巴西) 收购由Vale在秘鲁皮乌拉省Bayóvar地区开发的一个磷矿石项目中的非控股股权,交易使Bayóvar项目价值为11亿美元,三井的全资子公司以2.75亿美元购买了该项目的25%的股权
    • 英美资源公司(英国)就其以55亿美元通过先向控股股东收购63.5%的股权,然后再向其他股东收购公司剩余股权的方式,收购从MMX Mineração e Metálicos S.A.(巴西)分拆出的IronX (更名为Anglo Ferrous Brazil S.A.) 。Anglo Ferrous拥有Minas-Rio铁矿石开采项目51%的股权及Amapá铁矿石系统70%的股权

    电力、基建及工业

    • 由中国三峡集团牵头的财团(包括湖北能源集团股份有限公司(中国) 、ACE Investment Fund II LP (开曼群岛)及国新国际投资有限公司(香港))就以13.9亿美元向Odebrecht Energia del Perú (秘鲁)和Odebrecht Energía (秘鲁)收购Empresa de Generación Huallaga (秘鲁) 2019年《拉美律师》“年度最佳银行和金融交易” ;2019年《国际税务评论》美洲奖— “最具影响力交易”
    • Grupo Argos (哥伦比亚)就其以4,070亿哥伦比亚比索向 West Street Infrastructure Partners III(高盛(美国)运营的投资基金)出售其在港口运营商Compañía de Puertos Asociados (Compas) (哥伦比亚)的50%股权
    • 国家电网国际开发公司(中国)就其先期谈判收购及后提出要约向Camargo Corrêa S.A. (巴西)、数家巴西退休基金及其他股东以约130亿美元总价值收购CPFL Energia S.A. (巴西)的94.8%权益 (该项交易被《金融时报》评选为2017年“复杂性和规模管理”法律专业创新最佳交易)
    • Endesa(西班牙)就Enel(意大利)和Acciona(西班牙)以584亿美元对其进行的收购,以及在此之前E.ON(德国)以818亿美元和Gas Natural(西班牙)以523亿美元主动对Endesa提出的要约收购
    • 加拿大退休金计划投资理事会(CPPIB) (作为一家私募股权财团的成员)就以15亿美元向Hydro-Québec (加拿大)收购HQI Transelec Chile (智利)
    • Cementos Argos S.A. (哥伦比亚)就其子公司以6.6亿美元向HeidelbergCement AG (德国)收购部分美国资产
    • Cementos Argos S.A. (哥伦比亚)以2.32亿欧元(反映出企业总价值为4.35亿欧元)收购 Lafarge S.A.在Lafarge Cementos S.A. de C.V.(一家洪都拉斯水泥公司)中的53%权益
    • Ternium (阿根廷/卢森堡)就其收购ThyssenKrupp Companhia Siderurgica do Atlantico (巴西)及与与其32亿美金收购Grupo Imsa  (墨西哥)相关的美国反托拉斯并购审查
    • Tenaris (阿根廷/卢森堡)以22亿美元收购Hydril Company (美国);以31.85亿美元收购Maverick Tube Corporation (美国) ;同意以3.35亿美元向Nucor(美国)出售Republic Conduit (美国) ;在无现金、无债务的基础上以12.09亿美元向PAO TMK (俄罗斯)收购其全资美国子公司IPSCO Tubulars, Inc.,其中包括2.7亿美元的营运资本

    电讯

    • 美国电话电报公司 (美国)以18.75亿美元收购Nextel Mexico
    • 美国电话及电报公司(美国)就其以25亿美元向Grupo Salinas (墨西哥)收购墨西哥无线电话公司 Iusacell
    • 西班牙电信(西班牙)就其向Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst(美国)以7.12亿美元出售Cablevision
    • 西班牙电信(西班牙)和Telefónica Media(阿根廷)就其以21亿美元收购CEI Citicorp Holdings(阿根廷)

    项目开发及融资

    • Minera Los Pelambres (智利) 就其与Los Pelambres 项目扩建(包括建设一座海水淡化厂)相关的13亿美元无担保商业银行和出口信贷长期贷款,上述贷款中的8.75亿美元商业银行贷款获得了标普全球评级所给予的绿色评级,使Los Pelambres成为世界上首个获得标普上述评级的采矿公司
    • Marcobre S.A.C.及相关项目(其发起人为Minsur及Alxar (Copec的采矿子公司)) 就开发秘鲁的17.7亿美元Mina Justa铜矿项目的9亿美元项目融资
    • Minera Antucoya (发起人为Antofagasta plc和 Marubeni Corporation),就其在智利Antofagasta地区Antucoya铜矿项目的6.5亿美元融资
    • Sierra Gorda SCM (一家项目公司,其发起人为住友商事株式会社、住友金属采矿有限公司及KGHM International),就在智利Antofagasta地区的Sierra Gorda 铜、金及钼矿项目的10亿美元融资
    • Minera Centinela (fka Esperanza) (一家项目公司,其发起人为Antofagasta plc及丸红株式会社),就在Atacama沙漠(智利)进行的大约为24亿美元新建地铜、金及银矿项目的开发和融资。该项目为智利史上交割的最大项目融资项目,被《国际项目融资》评选为2009年年度最佳美洲采矿交易、被《项目融资》评选为2009年年度最佳拉丁美洲采矿与金属交易
    • Marcobre (一家项目公司,其投资方是Chariot Resources Limited 、韩国资源公司和LS-Nikko铜业)就大约4.3亿美元Marcona铜矿项目(秘鲁)的开发和融资
    • 巴拿马运河管理局(巴拿马)就为准备扩展巴拿马运河的法律及宪制框架提供法律服务(2004年至2007年)
    • 住友商事会社和住友金属采矿公司(作为Cerro Verde 第二期项目(秘鲁)的发起人)进行的8.5亿美元铜矿开采扩展融资(被《拉美律师》评选为2005年年度最佳项目融资交易及被《项目融资》评选为2005年年度最佳拉美采矿交易)
    • OCP管道项目(厄瓜多尔) 和正在进行的14亿美元项目
    • Los Pelambres 铜矿项目再融资(智利) – 4.6亿美元
    • Camisea天然气项目(秘鲁) – 液化天然气项目的8.37亿美元项目融资(被评选为2004年年度拉美最佳石油及天然气项目融资交易)
    • Ocensa管道项目(哥伦比亚)
    • EVM石油及天然气项目(巴西)
    • Petrozuata重原油项目(委内瑞拉)

    证券及其他融资

    • 美国财政部就其根据《新冠病毒援助、救济与经济安全法案》为航空货运承运公司和承包商实施与2019冠状病毒病大流行相关的贷款和工资支持计划
    • 阿根廷中央银行(BCRA)就其涉及七家国际银行发行的三项BONAR主权债券的回购交易,该交易使BCRA的美元现金储备增加50亿美元
    • 西班牙国家石油公司(西班牙)就其出售YPF S.A.(阿根廷)股份国有化偿付获得的阿根廷政府债务及其在YPF的剩余股权
    • Ternium (阿根廷/卢森堡) 组建控股公司及在阿根廷、墨西哥和委内瑞拉成立运营子公司,以及其4.968亿美元的首次公开发行和在纽约证券交易所的上市
    • Tenaris (阿根廷/卢森堡)就其以21亿美元在多个司法管辖区对Siderca (阿根廷)、TAMSA (墨西哥)以及Dalmine (意大利)发行在外的股份进行股份交换

    主权债务及公司债务重组

    • 委内瑞拉玻利瓦尔共和国临时政府和国民议会就未来委内瑞拉对外债务及其部分国有工具债务的重组
    • 阿根廷中央银行(BCRA)就其涉及七家国际银行发行的三项BONAR主权债券的回购交易,该交易使BCRA的美元现金储备增加50亿美元
    • 巴拉圭共和国就其首次根据144A规则发售5亿美元债券及在卢森堡证券交易所上市和在欧元MTF市场进行交易
    • International Managing Banks就超过1,000亿美元阿根廷外债的重组,这是迄今为止最大的主权交换要约,并被《拉丁律师》评为2005年度债务重组交易,并被《银行家》评为2005年度交易年度
    • Sidor (委内瑞拉)就其重组,据此Sidor及其控股股东Amazonia将他们的金融债务总额从19亿美元减少到7.91亿美元
    • 银行贷款人和债券持有人(主要是美国)就Cablevisión (阿根廷)债务重组
    • Siderar (阿根廷) 就其对约4.7亿美元发行在外债务重组

    危机管理、调查及争议解决

    • 委内瑞拉玻利瓦尔共和国临时政府和国民议会就其各项仲裁和争议事宜
    • 阿根廷共和国就多家基金因于2005年和2010年发行的与本地生产总值挂钩的证券而于纽约南区联邦地区法院提起的诉讼。法院于2020年1月驳回了首次提出的案件
    • 阿根廷共和国因2005年和2010年与本地生产总值挂钩的证券而于伦敦高等法院对多家对冲基金进行的未决诉讼
    • 阿根廷共和国在纽约南区联邦地区法院就阿根廷于2012年没收一家上市石油公司的股份的未决违约诉讼
    • Grupo México, S.A.B. de C.V.就有关电厂收购在特拉华州进行的衍生诉讼
    • Volaris (墨西哥)及被告方个人就对Volaris、其某些现任及离任董事和高级管理人员及根据美国1933年《证券法》第11及15条进行首次公开发行的承销商提起的假定集体诉讼成功取得美国纽约南区地区法院认为因偏见而撤销所有索赔的提议
    • 就与巴西石油公司的发展有关的危机处理及腐败事宜
    • 由一家中国公司牵头的财团就以13.9亿美元企业价值在秘鲁向Odebrecht关联公司收购一家拉美电厂有关的对Odebrecht及其关联公司进行的腐败调查
    • 数家美国和外国金融机构和一位西班牙人及一家美国公司就与国际足联有关的腐败调查
    • 一家非美国金融机构就OFAC根据《外国毒枭认定法》将某些人员及实体列入制裁名单所受影响的事宜
    • 代表一家工业公司就根据美国《反海外贿赂法》对有可能向一家国有石油公司做出不适当支付进行调查
    • Tenaris (阿根廷/卢森堡) 就Tenaris以32亿美元收购Maverick Tube Corporation引发的诉讼在美国纽约南区地区法院取得胜诉
    • Tenaris (阿根廷/卢森堡) 就其顺利处理解决美国证管会对一项涉嫌贿赂计划进行长达两年之久的调查及与美国证管会达成延期起诉协议(美国证管会有史以来首次提出)和与美国司法部达成两年不起诉协议
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    Rankings and Recognitions

    Rankings and Recognitions

    Sergio is regularly recognized in the areas of M&A, private equity, project development and finance, capital markets, and Latin American investment by the following authorities.

    • Chambers Global
    • Chambers Latin America – among the most recognized lawyers in the Latin America-wide guide with high standings in four categories (banking & finance, corporate/M&A, energy & natural resources and projects)
    • Chambers USA
    • Euromoney
    • Financial Times – Recognized as an Innovative Lawyer (2017)
    • Hispanic Business – Recognized as one of The 100 Most Influential U.S. Hispanics (2008)

    • IFLR1000
    • Law360 – Recognized as a Project Finance MVP (2017) and an M&A MVP (2013)
    • Lawdragon Hall of Fame (2022), Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America
    • Latin Lawyer – Recognized as International Lawyer of the Year (2015)
    • The Legal 500 Latin America – Recognized on the Private Practice Powerlist Mexico
    • The Legal 500 United States
    • The National Law Journal – Recognized as an Energy & Environmental Trailblazer (2018) and as one of The 50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America (2008)

    Sergio ha sido reconocido como uno de los mejores abogados del mundo por numerosas publicaciones legales y comerciales, incluyendo:

    • Chambers Global
    • Chambers América Latina – abogado con mayor cantidad de reconocimientos en la guía (2018)
    • Chambers USA
    • Euromoney
    • Financial Times – Innovative Lawyer (2017)
    • Hispanic Business – 100 Most Influential U.S. Hispanics (2008)
    • IFLR1000
    • Law360 – Project Finance MVP (2017); M&A MVP (2013)
    • Lawdragon
    • Latin Lawyer – International Lawyer of the Year (2015)
    • The Legal 500 Latin America – Private Practice Powerlist Mexico (2018, 2017)
    • The Legal 500 United States
    • The National Law Journal – Energy & Environmental Trailblazer (2018); 50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America (2008)

    高伟思律师在并购、私募股权、项目开发及融资、资本市场及拉美投资等方面取得的成就经常获得各种机构的认可。该等机构其中包括:

    • 《钱伯斯全球》
    • 《钱伯斯拉美》–  在拉美指引中获得最高评价的律师之一,并在四个业务领域内获得极高评价(银行及融资、公司并购、能源和自然资源以及项目) (2020)
    • 《钱伯斯美国》
    • 《欧洲货币》

    • 金融时报》– 被认可是最具创新能力的律师(2017)
    • 西班牙裔商务》– 被认可是100位最有影响力西班牙裔美国人之一(2008)
    • 《国际金融法律评论》
    • 《法律360》– 项目融资MVP (2017) 以及并购 MVP (2013)
    • 《拉美律师》– 年度最佳国际律师 (2015)
    • 《Lawdragon》
    • 《拉美法律500强》– 在私人执业权力名单(墨西哥)被认可 (2018、2017)
    • 《美国法律500强》
    • 国家法律杂志》– 获得“能源及环境开拓者”的认可 (2018)以及美国最具影响力的50位少数族裔律师之一 (2008)
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    News

    News

    • Sergio Galvis and Werner Ahlers Speak at IBA Latin American Regional Forum Conference

      March 14, 2023
    • Sergio Galvis, Christopher Mann, Werner Ahlers and John Horsfield-Bradbury Speak at ABA International Law Section Fall Conference

      September 13–15, 2022
    • Sergio Galvis Comments on Bilateral Investment Treaties in Financial Times

      August 25, 2022
    • S&C Advises Tenaris on SEC Settlement

      June 8, 2022
    • Sergio Galvis Speaks at IBA Conference on Deals in the Americas

      December 6–8, 2021
    • S&C Advises Japan’s Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. and Sumitomo Corporation on the Up to $2.2 Billion Sale of Interest in Sierra Gorda Copper Mine

      October 18, 2021
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    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    • Sergio Galvis and Benjamin Kent Author Lexis Practice Advisor Article on Preparing for Cross-Border Acquisitions

      Articles December 15, 2022
    • Sergio Galvis and Benjamin Kent Discuss Latin America Project Finance with BNamericas

      Articles December 20, 2021
    • Latin Lawyer: The Guide to Corporate Crisis Management, Fourth Edition

      Books December 15, 2021
    • Latin Lawyer: The Guide to Corporate Crisis Management, Third Edition

      Books March 2, 2021
    • M&A and Dealmaking Implications of the FCPA Resource Guide, Second Edition

      Podcasts February 17, 2021
    • Project Finance Trends in Latin America

      Podcasts November 6, 2020
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    Credentials

    Credentials

    Education

    • Harvard Law School, J.D., 1983
    • College of William and Mary, B.A., 1980

    Bar Admissions

    • New York

    Languages

    • Portuguese
    • Spanish

    Clerkships

    • The Honorable Lawrence W. Pierce, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1983-1984
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    Related Practices

    Related Practices

    • General Practice
    • Capital Markets
    • Credit & Leveraged Finance
    • Criminal Defense & Investigations
    • Crisis Management
    • Energy & Natural Resources
    • Energy Transition
    • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
    • FCPA & Anti-Corruption
    • Infrastructure
    • Latin America
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Mining & Metals
    • Oil & Gas
    • Power & Utilities
    • Private Equity
    • Project Development & Finance
    • Restructuring
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