Francisco Lascurain

Mr. Lascurain’s experience includes representation of:

• Paracel S.A., an afforestation and pulp mill project in Paraguay, in a strategic equity investment agreement with Austrian pulp and paper company, Heinzel Holding GmbH, in which Heinzel will hold 25% of Paracel's shares at project completion
• HSBC Asset Management, as investor for its managed accounts, in the inaugural private placement structured by Scotiabank for InterEnergy’s PMGD wind and solar portfolio
• Initial purchasers in a US$400 million private placement of senior unsecured notes by Sempra Infrastructure Partners, a new business platform of Sempra Energy that develops, builds, operates, and invests in energy infrastructure in North America and globally
• Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), and its newly acquired Mexican portfolio company, Saavi Energía, in an acquisition finance-related US$350 million bond offering and intercreditor arrangements
• Vista Oil & Gas in its US$650 million global initial public offering, the first SPAC IPO in Latin America and the first energy exploration and production-focused IPO in Mexico, which was LatinFinance’s Financing Innovation of the Year and cited as “commended” by The Financial Times in its North America Innovative Lawyers Report
• Infraestructura Energética Nova (IEnova), the largest private-sector energy company in Mexico by market capitalization, in its US$1.6 billion follow-on equity offering, the largest equity sale in Latin America during the year of its closing and LatinFinance’s Follow-on Offering of the Year
• Lenders in project financing of wind and solar asset portfolio with aggregate capacity of 721MW located in Mexico, developed by a joint venture between ENGIE and Tokyo Gas*
• Lenders in project financing of 117MW wind farm located in Tamaulipas, Mexico*
• Lenders in project refinancing of 142MW CCGT located in Nuevo Leon, Mexico*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham