Latin America

• AT&T – Sale of Vrio Corp. to Grupo Werthein, among other transactions in the region
• Carrefour – $1.3 billion acquisition of Grupo BIG Brasil
• Delta Air Lines – Strategic partnership with LATAM Airlines
• Grupo SURA – Several matters related to successive unsolicited tender offers for shares of Grupo SURA and other companies in which Grupo SURA holds significant shareholdings
• Sumitomo Metal Mining and Sumitomo Corporation – Sale to South32 Limited of their collective interest in the operating company for Chile’s Sierra Gorda copper mine for up to $2.2 billion
• TheNotCompany – Joint venture with The Kraft Heinz Company

• Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (CODELCO) – ICC arbitration and ICSID arbitration against a Latin American sovereign and the state- owned mining company arising from one of the largest copper mining projects in the world
• Grupo México – Obtained dismissal of all claims in a derivative action
• Sempra Energy – Represented the company’s Mexican subsidiary in a victory before an ICC tribunal that rejected a bid by Shell and Gazprom to terminate agreements for the use of an LNG storage facility in Mexico

• Minera Esperanza/Centinela – The largest-ever mine project in Chile, financed during difficult market conditions
• Minera Escondida – The first new money project financing into Latin America following the 1982 debt crisis; S&C continues to advise on financing matters
• Mina Justa Copper Project – $900 million financing for the development of the $1.77 billion Mina Justa copper project in Peru
• Teck Resources and Compañía Minera Teck Quebrada Blanca – $2.5 billion financing for the Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 copper project in Chile
• Lundin Mining Corporation – in connection with its and BHP’s definitive agreement with Filo Corp. to jointly acquire 100% of Filo’s issued and outstanding common shares not already owned by Lundin Mining and BHP; BHP’s acquisition of a 50% interest in the Josemaria Project; and the 50/50 joint venture between Lundin and BHP to hold and develop these assets 

• Alperton Capital – Strategic cross-border bankruptcy advice regarding Constellation Group’s Chapter 15 cases, including in an ICC arbitration
• Argentina Debt Restructuring – Advised the international dealer managers in the $102.5 billion sovereign debt restructuring of 
  the Republic of Argentina
• BHP Brazil – Joint venture with Vale S.A. in Samarco Mineração S.A. in Samarco’s judicial reorganization
• Government of Belize – An innovative debt-for-nature swap that made it the first country in the Americas to complete a debt conversion that will fund ocean and marine life

• Argos USA – Favorably resolved a DOJ antitrust investigation into the
  U.S. subsidiary of Colombia-based Cementos Argos, and related antitrust class action litigation
• FIFA investigations – Advising a financial institution with banking relationships with persons and entities connected to the FIFA investigations
• Tenaris SA – Helped resolve an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission related to Petrobras; the U.S. Department of Justice agreed to close its investigation without any criminal penalty

Estates and Personal