Americas deals of the year

Author: | Published: 1 May 2009

Debt and equity-linked
Securitisation
Equity
M&A
Private equity
Restructuring
Project finance


Debt and equity-linked

Left to right: José Roberto Opice of Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice, Raymond Fisher of Linklaters, Maya Mehta of Clifford Chance and Alasdair Robertson of Maples and Calder

Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social

In June Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social (BNDES) restructured and re-offered $1 billion in bonds. It was the first non-republic investment grade issue since Brazil's capital markets rating was upgraded.

The structure not only replaced $1 billion in cross-border financing, it extended the maturity of the bonds 10 years at a current rate by structuring sales to facilitate multiple tranches of existing financing. Through Section 3(c)(7) of the US Investment Company Act, the offering allowed a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to exchange the bonds without the involvement of existing bondholders.

Linklaters counselled BNDES while Maples & Calder served as counsel to...

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