Greenberg Traurig, LLP issued the following announcement on Jan. 29.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP was recognized by LatinFinance with two 2020 Deal of the Year Awards. The firm received the Corporate Liability Management Deal of the Year Award for its representation of Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 and the Private Equity Deal of the Year Award for its representation of Red de Carreteras de Occidente.
Each year LatinFinance's Deals of the Year Awards recognize outstanding transactions, as well as the people and institutions that made them happen. LatinFinance's 2020 Deals of the Year Awards are decided by LatinFinance's editors following an extensive research process, according to the publication’s website.
Greenberg Traurig represented Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A. (“AA2000”), the concessionaire responsible for operations at the majority of Argentina’s 56 airports, in an innovative exchange offer and consent solicitation. The company is a majority-owned subsidiary of Corporación América Airports S.A. (“CAAP”), a NYSE-listed company and the world’s largest private sector airport concession operator in terms of the number of airports under management. The firm acted as counsel to CAAP in connection with its initial public offering in 2018.
The team representing AA2000 was led by Marc M. Rossell, a New York office shareholder in Greenberg Traurig’s Corporate Practice and co-chair of the firm’s Latin America Practice. Additional Corporate team members included Miami office Corporate Shareholder Drew M. Altman, Boston office Shareholder J. Gregory Milmoe, Miami office Associate Igal Rojzman, and Miami office Law Clerks Santos Gonzalez Victorica and Aryana M. Gharagozloo. Tax Practice team members included New York office Shareholder Erez Tucner and Minneapolis office Of Counsel Margaret J. Weil.
The Greenberg Traurig team representing Red de Carreteras de Occidente S.A.B. de C.V. (RCO) in the process leading up to the purchase of approximately 72% of its capital stock for US$2.387 billion comprised of Corporate Practice and Infrastructure Group attorneys from the Mexico City office of the firm. Greenberg Traurig Shareholders Juan Manuel González Bernal and Carlos R. Garduño were lead counsel in the sale to a partnership formed between GIC Special Investment Pte. Ltd. and Abertis Infraestructuras, S.A. Other team members included Corporate Practice Associate David Argueta and Banking & Financial Services Practice Associate Alfonso Malagón Lozano.
“It is an honor for us to receive this recognition from LatinFinance for two very complex and important transactions in Latin America,” said José Raz Guzmán, managing shareholder of the firm’s Mexico City office and co-chair of the firm’s Latin America Practice. “Congratulations to the Greenberg Traurig attorney teams whose dedication to client service and significant legal talent combined to help our clients achieve their goals of completing projects that will positively impact the region.”
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