Giancarlo Reanda is an associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins.

He regularly advises clients in a variety of matters in the US and Latin America, including project bonds, project finance, securitizations, private equity and acquisition finance, with a focus on the energy and infrastructure sectors.

Mr. Reanda’s experience includes advising:

  • Citibank and Santander as global coordinators, HSBC, ING, JP Morgan, and Natixis as joint bookrunners, and Bladex (NY branch), Mizuho, Ramirez & Co., and Standard Chartered as co-managers, on Yinson Boronia Production B.V.’s 144A/Reg S offering of its US$1.035 billion 8.947% Senior Secured Notes Due 2042 to refinance the FPSO Anna Nery.
  • Mizuho, as initial purchaser, and Banistmo, as local placement agent, on Panama Infrastructure Receivable Purchaser PLC’s offering of its US$1.4 billion Series 2024-2 Senior Secured Notes due 2032, as part of a multi-tranche structure to finance the construction of the 4th bridge over the Panama Canal.
  • Lumina Capital Management (as investor for its managed accounts) as note purchaser, on Panama Infrastructure Receivable Purchaser PLC’s offering of its US$119 million Series 2024-1 Senior Secured Notes due 2026, as part of a multi-tranche structure to finance the construction of the 4th bridge over the Panama Canal.
  • The asset management divisions of HSBC and Samsung, as purchasers, in connection with REDEN Solar’s two 4(a)(2) private placement notes in an aggregate principal amount of US$135 million to refinance the construction of two portfolios of solar projects in Chile. The portfolios comprise 31 solar projects that operate under Chile’s PMGD program, with an aggregate installed capacity of 177MW.
  • Vitol, as sponsor, and VGMobility, as borrower, in a US$95 million multi-tranche financing to fund three e-bus concessions in Colombia. The financing included an accordion feature designed to allow VGMobility to add new projects to the structure, as well as a cross-currency and interest rate hedge.
  • Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, as joint global coordinators, joint bookrunners, and initial purchasers, and MUFG, SMBC, Societe Generale, CACIB, Siemens Financial Services, FDN, Bancolombia, and Banco Davivienda, as lenders, letter of credit issuers, and/or hedge providers in the Rumichaca-Pasto project, the largest-ever financing for a toll road in Colombia, the first to include a project-level letter of credit facility, and the first project bond investment by the IDB Group in Latin America. This transaction received the Infrastructure Financing of the Year, Andes award by LatinFinance.
  • Goldman Sachs as placement agent and AllianzGI as investor on the 4(a)(2) private placement US$419 million zero coupon note offering by Chile Electricity to finance the purchase from AES Gener, Enel Green Power, Engie, Colbun, and certain of their affiliates of electricity tariff receivables originating pursuant to the Chilean Tariff Stabilization Law.
  • Banco de Bogotá, Banco de Occidente S.A., Banco de América Central S.A., BAC International Bank, Inc., Banco de Bogotá, New York Agency, and other entities of Grupo Aval in connection with a future flow securitization of credit card and other air travel receivables of Taca International Airlines, S.A., guaranteed by Avianca Group International Limited, as part of the refinancing of certain existing financing facilities in the context of Avianca group’s chapter 11 restructuring process.
  • Astorg Partners in an acquisition by portfolio company IQ-EQ of Greyline Partners, an industry leading US provider of governance and regulatory compliance solutions for private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, and investors.
  • Goldman Sachs as the sole global coordinator, bookrunner, initial purchaser, and commitment provider on the US$489 million zero coupon note offering by Chile Electricity PEC to finance the purchase from AES Gener, Enel Green Power, Engie, Colbun, and certain of their affiliates of electricity tariff receivables originating pursuant to the Chilean Tariff Stabilization Law; this transaction received the Bond of the Year award by LatinFinance.*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • LL.M., University of Chicago Law School, 2019
  • JD, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, 2015

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Italian