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Hong Kong and PRC Restructuring & Special Situations 2022 Year in Review
30 November 2022
Gaston P. Fernandez
Office Managing PartnerHanoi, Ho Chi Minh City
Email [email protected]hoganlovells.com
Phone +84 28 3829 5100 (Hanoi) +84 28 3829 5100 (Ho Chi Minh City)
Fax +84 24 3946 1156
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish, Mandarin
Practice groupCorporate & Finance
Gaston handles corporate, project development and finance matters in emerging markets, with broad experience in Asia and Latin America. Fluent in Spanish and Mandarin, in addition to his native English, he facilitates deals for clients across borders and cultures. Gaston relocated to our Vietnam offices in 2021, following assignments in the Beijing (2008-11) and Miami (2011-21) offices of the firm.
He often works for private investors in emerging markets, as well as with and across from national governments and state-owned companies. Gaston has worked on matters involving financing from U.S., European and Asian banks, including China Development Bank, The Export-Import Bank of China, Bank of China, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), and The Export-Import Bank of Korea.
Awards and recognitions
2020
Project Development, Notable Practitioner
IFLR1000
2020
Project Finance, Notable Practitioner
IFLR1000
2020
Energy, Notable Practitioner
IFLR1000
2020
Natural Resources, Notable Practitioner
IFLR1000
2020
Utilities, Notable Practitioner
IFLR1000
2019,2022
International Firms: City Focus: Miami, Project & Energy
Legal 500 Latin America
2019
International Firms: Projects and Energy
Legal 500 Latin America
2018
International Firms: Banking and Finance
Legal 500 Latin America
Education and admissions
Education
J.D., Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 2005
B.A., Brown University, cum laude, 2002
Memberships
Member, American Chamber of Commerce in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Member, American Chamber of Commerce in the People's Republic of China
Member, Florida Bar Association
Bar admissions and qualifications
Florida
District of Columbia
Representative experience
Advising Ecuador in connection with its successful exchange offer restructuring over US$17.3bn of sovereign bonds in 2020, and rescheduling US$891m of debt payments to CDB and China EXIM Bank.
Advising a Latin American group of companies on credit facilities totaling in excess of US$250m from various international banks, including group-level corporate guarantee agreements.
Advising Development Bank of Jamaica on the establishment of a private equity / venture capital fund to support the development of small and medium enterprises, with support from the World Bank.
Advising the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Ecuador on obtaining a US$50m credit facility from a consortium of banks led by JBIC to develop green projects to achieve Paris Agreement goals.
Advising Latin American governments and state-owned entities on credit facilities from Chinese banks for hydroelectric projects, electricity transmission lines, and highways.
Advising ENEE, the Honduras state-owned electric company, on a US$298m facility from ICBC to finance the Patuca III hydroelectric project, the country's largest infrastructure project.
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