Antonio Arias

Recent transactions

• Advised Gameloft / Vivendi on an acquisition of a company in Argentina and Uruguay acting in the technology industry 
• Advised Seaspan Corporation and APR Energy on certain secured revolving credit facilities, including structuring of local collateral 
• Advised Seaspan Corporation in the acquisition of APR Energy 
• Advised Innovid Inc in the acquisition of a local entity acting in the technology industry
• Advised The Carlyle Group on an acquisition of a company in Argentina and five other jurisdictions
• Advices clients acting in the renewable energy industry in Argentina and which participated in the RenovAr tender process.
• Advised issuers in several debt issuance transactions under local law.
• Advised issuers in several debt issuance transactions under Regulation S and Rule 144/A.
• Participated in Several financing transactions involving the Stoneway Group, a company acting in the energy industry.
• Advised Brazilian Farmabase Saúde Animal Ltda. in the acquisition of Cevasa S.A., a company acting in the pharmaceutical business.
• Acted as counsel to purchaser in the acquisition of the Galileo Group, a company acting in the gas industry, by Blue Water Energy and management.
• Advised a fund in the acquisition of shares in Genneia S.A., a company acting in the renewable energy industry.
• Represented Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint bookrunners in connection with SEC-registered offering by Globant S.A., an Argentine company providing high-end IT services
• Represented Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Itaú BBA USA Securities, Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as joint bookrunners in connection with a SEC-registered offering by Embraer S.A. ("Embraer") of US$500 million, 10-year bonds at a yield of 5.150%, due in 2022. Embraer is one of the world's leading aircraft manufacturers, and is the market leader in the 61-120 seat jet category, considering accumulated net orders
• Advised Accenture do Brasil Participações Ltda., a company of the Accenture Group, in its acquisition of a majority stake in Vivere Brasil Serviços e Soluções S.A. (Vivere Brasil), a leading mortgage-processing technology company, which represented Accenture's first acquisition in Latin America and in the BRIC countries
• Advised Solvay Brazil, a company of the Solvay Group, in the expansion of Solvay Brazil's home & personal care products into skin care and other segments, through the acquisition of Dhaymers Indústria e Comércio de Produtos Químicos Ltda.
• Advised Solvay Brazil, a company of the Solvay Group, in the expansion of Solvay Brazil's home & personal care products into skin care and other segments, through the acquisition of Erca Quimica Ltda.
• Credit agreement between Brazilian National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) and Colombian utility Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) for the acquisition of turbines and generators from Alstom Brasil Energia e Transporte, of French engineering group Alstom (EPA:ALO), as part of the Ituango hydroelectric project