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Vincente Vergara

Vicente Vergara

Associate
Santiago
About
Vicente Vergara focuses his practice in the area of finance, with experience representing borrowers and lenders in local and cross-border financing transactions. His practice encompasses the full range of financing alternatives, including project, syndicated, and single-lender lines of credit, high-yield debt, and private placements of debt. In addition, Vicente regularly advises developers on the acquisition, financing, and refinancing of renewable energy plants.

In his corporate practice, Vicente has represented numerous clients in corporate matters, civil and commercial contracts, private equity, financial restructurings, and mergers and acquisitions.
Areas of FocusCorporateFinanceFinancial ServicesProjects and Project FinanceMergers and AcquisitionsCorporate Venture Capital
Bar AdmissionsChile

EXPERIENCE

  • Summit Ridge Capital Partners: Advised as a lender in executing a $20,100,000 USD credit agreement with Vecchiola S.A., a Chilean company that provides services to the mining industry for its general corporate purposes
  • Itaú Corpbanca, Credit Bank of Perú S.A.S, and BICE Bank: Advised as lenders in the loan facility granted to three Atlantica Yield’s entities (Transmitter Baquedano S.A., Transmitter Mussels S.A., and Giant Palm Tree S.A.) for the second amendment to the financing
    • Advised on the financing of three companies belonging to Atlantica Yield for the refinancing and prepayment of current loans governed under New York law of the borrowers
    • Advised on new investments necessary for adequately functioning a recently acquired power transmission line in Vicuña, Chile
  • Zeal Chile: Advised the Chilean subsidiary of Waterlogic as a lender in a loan granted to Prisma Water SpA, an innovative Chilean company dedicated to producing purified water
  • Southern Dairy S.A.: Advised as a lender in a loan agreement granted to Dairy Torrential Agricultural Cooperative, a Chilean dairy production company
  • CarbonFree Technology: Advised on financing the acquisition and development, construction, commissioning, testing, start-up, operation, and maintenance of a portfolio of projects consisting of several photovoltaic solar energy projects with an aggregate capacity, once fully constructed and operational, of approximately 225 megawatts (MW) of generation in Chile
    • Advised on the negotiation of an international syndicated loan with project finance guarantees of $107,000,000 USD
  • Oaktree Capital Management L.P.: Advised as a creditor of Tranche A for a $1,300,000,000 USD deal for the Debtor-in-Possession (DIP) Financing Contract in Latin America
  • Janssen S.A.: Advised as a subscriber in a capital increase of shares of Kreis SpA, by which the client acquired 60% of participation in the property of Kreis and therefore, held control of the acquired company
  • Giddings Fruit S.A.: Advised as a borrower in a financing agreement governed by New York law called “Note Purchase and Guarantee Agreement” (“NPA”), by means of which certain foreign investors, as lenders, acquired promissory notes (“Notes”) that Giddings Fruit S.A. issued with the purpose of finance several corporate matters of Giddings Fruit S.A. and its subsidiaries, located in Chile, Mexico, Peru, United States, England and China
  • Federico Froebel Schools S.A.: Advised on financing granted by Security Bank for new investments in the infrastructure of the educational establishments of The Counts and Chicureo of the Deutsche Schule and for the prepayment and termination of a real estate leasing agreement precedent held with the Bank of Chile
  • BICE Bank: Advised on the credit facility for the issuance of performance bonds required by Sacyr Chile S.A. to guarantee the obligations derived from the construction contract with Américo Vespucio Oriente Concessionary Society S.A. for the construction of the work Américo Vespucio Oriente 1
    • Assisted in the drafting and execution of an inter-creditor agreement with BTG Pactual and International Bank, in which the parties agreed to a collection mechanism and return pari-passu for the performance bonds
  • Mirae Asset Daewoo Co.: Advised the Korean bank, lender, and principal agent in charge of a term loan granted to DE Energy SpA for the development, construction, financing, operation, and management of 12 photovoltaic power plants in Chile, with a total capacity of 105 MW
  • Sky Solar: Advised in the negotiation of a locally syndicated loan with project finance guarantees of $35,000,000 USD
  • Komax S.A.: Advised on financing granted by a bank syndicate composed of Santander Bank, Consortium Bank, and BTG Bank for refinancing outstanding debt and financing for acquiring a new company
Languages
  • English
  • Spanish
Education
  • Law Degree, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, School of Law, 2015
  • LL.M, Northwestern University, Law School, 2022

Awards

Legal 500 Latin America

  • Recommended, Chile: Banking and Finance, (2021-2022)
ADDITIONAL RECOGNITIONS
  • "Deal of the Year 2021," Banking and Finance, Latin Lawyer, May 2022

Publications

  • "Portfolio Financing: Eligibility standards, adequacy of collateral and development of credit facilities as investment instruments," LatAm Law, September 2023

Prior Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, School of Law, (2019-Present)
  • Foreign Associate, DLA Piper – New York, (2022-2023)
  • Associate, Ibero-American Law Firm, (2016-2018)

Memberships

  • Chilean Bar Association

Connect

Phone

+56 2 2798 2610
(Work, Santiago)
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