Alejandro Nobila

Alejandro Noblía

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"Alejandro Ezequiel Noblía is recognized for his experience advising Argentine provinces on credit facilities and debt issuances. A market insider considers him to be 'a very good lawyer’." -Chambers Latin America, 2020.
About

Alejandro Noblía is the Head of the Structured Finance Group. He advises public and private sector clients, including sovereign entities, corporations, banks, financial trustees and financial organizations in capital markets, corporate finance, and debt restructuring.

Among other noteworthy transactions, he was responsible for designing, structuring, and documenting the very complex warranty trust related to the Stoneway Corporation US$ 500 million project financing (deal of the year in LatAm by Latin Finance) and its US$165 million follow on. He also advised the Province of Jujuy on its US$ 180 million green bond issuance for the financing of the largest solar project in South America. Recently, he advised EDELCOS in the mandatory offer to purchase Class B shares of Edenor S.A. (the largest electricity distribution company in Argentina) listed in the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange (2021) and in the exchange offer of securities of Edenor S.A. and the issuance of senior notes qualified as social bonds under the ICMA guidelines (2022).

On matters of energy law, he has participated in several biddings process and in the acquisition of blocks.

EXPERIENCE

  • Counsel to Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor S.A.), the largest electricity distributor in Argentina, in successive issuances under its global program, including Class 8 Notes (US$80M) and Class 9 Notes (AR$20,000M), Class 10 Notes (US$550M, with a concurrent repurchase offer for its outstanding Class 7 Notes, later reopened for approximately US$200M, bringing the total outstanding amount of Class 10 Notes to approximately US$750M), and Class 11 Notes (US$213M). In aggregate, Edenor's U.S. dollar-denominated issuances totaled approximately US$1.04 billion
  • Counsel to Empresa Distribuidora de Electricidad de Mendoza S.A. (EDEMSA) in multiple issuances under its Global Program for the issuance of Notes (whose maximum outstanding amount was increased to US$400M), including Additional Class 3 Notes (two tranches, for US$12M and US$5M), Class 5 Notes (AR$14,000M, ~US$12M), Class 6 Notes (US$150M, issued under Rule 144A and Regulation S, Class 7 Notes (AR$22,000M), and Class 8 Global Notes (US$300M), the latter concurrent with a tender offer for its outstanding Class 6 Notes. In aggregate, EDEMSA's U.S. dollar-denominated issuances totaled approximately US$467.5 million
  • Counsel to Banco de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires in the issuance of its Class 23 Notes (AR$102,000M) and Class 24 Notes (AR$21,000M), for a combined total face value of approximately AR$124,000M.Counsel to Vicentin on its US$1.5 billion debt restructuring
  • Counsel to Stoneway Corporation in the structuring of the collateral related to US$ 500 million project financing (deal of the year in Latam by Latin Finance) and its US$165 million follow on
  • Counsel to the Province of Jujuy on its US$180 million green bond issuance for the financing of the largest solar project in South America – Cauchari – La Puna
  • Counsel to AUSUR S.A. in the PPP Program for the construction of Corredor Sur toll roads
  • Counsel to Enercana S.A. in the Parva Negra Oeste (Vaca Muerta) Oil and Gas Block bidding process
  • Counsel to Raiser S.A. in the US$120 million sale of the Oil and Gas Block Cruz de Lorena
  • Counsel to US Bank Trust and First Trust of New York in the bond restructuring of Hidroelectrica Piedra del Aguila, Edenor S.A., Transportadora de Gas del Norte (TGN), Alto Paraná S.A., Aerolineas Argentinas, among others

Awards

Chambers Latin America

  • Band 4, Argentina Banking & Finance (2019-2020)
    Chambers comments, "Alejandro Ezequiel Noblía is recognized for his experience advising Argentine provinces on credit facilities and debt issuances. A market insider considers him to be 'a very good lawyer.'" 2020

The Legal 500 Latin America

  • Recommended, Argentina Banking and Finance (2018, 2021, 2023-2024)
Additional Recognitions

Latin Lawyer 250

  • Key Partner, Capital Markets (2023-2024)
    International Counsel, Project Finance & Infrastructure (2023-2024)

IFLR 1000

  • Notable practitioner, Banking (2023)
Education
  • Graduate degree, Securities, School of Law of Universidad Católica Argentina, 2001

  • Graduate degree, Oil and Gas, School of Law of Universidad Católica Argentina, 2000

  • LL.M., Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1998

    Law degree, Universidad de Buenos Aires Law School, 1996

Prior Experience

Cabanellas Etchebarne Kelly -Former law firm that is now representing DLA Piper in Argentina (2003-2017)

Important law firm in Argentina (1997-2003)

Additional Information:

Participated as speaker in the forum “Investments, Structuring and Financing of Green and Sustainable Project” – Argentine Chamber of Corporations (June 2021). 

Organizer of the event “Capital Markets Day 2022” Alvear Hotel, November 2022.

He was also part of the panel “Green Bonds, Social Bonds. The LatAm Perspective”.

Memberships And Affiliations

Member of the City of Buenos Aires Bar Association

Connect

Phone

+5411 4114 5500
(Work, Buenos Aires)

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