Gaston P. Fernandez

Representative experience

Advising the Republic of Ecuador in connection with its successful consent solicitation and exchange offer restructuring in excess of US$17.3bn of sovereign bonds in 2020, and on the simultaneous rescheduling of US$891m of bilateral debt payments to China Development Bank and The Export-Import Bank of China. 

Advising the Jackson Laboratory on a public-private partnership with the State of Connecticut for the development of a genomics research laboratory on the campus of the University of Connecticut, including assisting with negotiation of terms of a US$300m loan agreement from the State of Connecticut to The Jackson Laboratory, subject to forgiveness upon satisfaction of certain contractual obligations, and advising on related transaction documents. 

Advising a Latin American beverages bottling company on various credit facilities totaling in excess of US$250m from international banks such as Bladex, Citi, J.P. Morgan and Scotiabank, including corporate guarantee agreements covering the payment obligations of group companies.

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 the state-owned electric company of the Republic of Honduras on the negotiation and closing of a US$298m facility agreement with ICBC for construction of the Patuca III hydroelectric project, the largest infrastructure project in the history of Honduras.