Alejandro Gordano is a partner in the Capital Markets practice.

Alejandro advises corporations, governments and investment banks on corporate finance transactions, including SEC-registered and exempt debt and equity offerings, credit facilities, restructurings, liability management and structured finance transactions, including diversified payment right securitizations. He also provides SEC-disclosure and corporate governance advice, and has knowledge of the banking, transportation, TMT, biotech, retail and energy sectors.

Alejandro has been at the forefront of ESG capital market deals across Latin America, leading a number of ESG “firsts”, including the first emerging-market sustainability-linked bond, the first sustainability-linked bond by a sovereign worldwide, the first international sustainability-linked bond out of Peru, and the first exchange offer in Argentina replacing standard bonds with green bonds.

Alejandro is ranked in Chambers & Partners Latin America 2024 with one client noting his “hands-on approach,” reporting him to be “always on call,” and providing “excellent client service.”

Liability Management Transactions

• Arcor in connection with its US$500 million exchange offer^*
• Mastellone in connection with its US$200 million exchange offer^*
• The dealer managers in connection with an exchange offer and consent solicitation for Aeropuertos Argentina 2000's US$53.0 million senior secured notes and US$326.4 million Cash/PIK Class I Series 2020 additional senior secured notes^*
• The dealer managers in connection with an exchange offer and consent solicitation for Telecom Argentina’s US$465 million notes^*

High Yield Bond Offerings

• The bookrunner in connection with an inaugural offering of US$600 million senior notes by SierraCol^*
• The joint bookrunners and dealer managers on an offering of US$475 million senior notes by Volcan Compañía Minera and a concurrent offer to purchase for cash up to US$125 million of its senior notes^*
• The initial purchasers and dealer managers and solicitation agents on a sustainability-linked bond offering of US$380m senior guaranteed notes by San Miguel Industrias PET (SMI) and a concurrent offer to purchase for cash all of its US$300 million senior guaranteed notes^*

Sovereign and Quasi-Sovereign Transactions

• Republic of Chile on all of its international SEC-registered and exempt bond offerings since January 2021 for an aggregate principal amount of over US$25bn^*
• The dealer manager in connection with a tender offer by the Republic of El Salvador^*
• The dealer managers and solicitation agents on the US$500 million exchange offer and consent solicitation by Agua y Saneamientos Argentinos S.A.^*
• Province of Rio Negro on the solicitation of consents to restructure its US$300 million notes, with the application of collective action clauses^*

Loans

• ENGIE Energía Perú in connection with a US$300m loan facility granted by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and IDB Invest, for the development of a wind farm project^*
• The lead arrangers and bookrunners, and a syndicate of lenders, in connection with a US$400 million senior unsecured term loan facility by Volcan Compañía Minera^*
• ENAP in connection with two bilateral loan facilities each for US$100 million^*

Private Placements, MTN Programs and DPR Transactions

• Ferreycorp on the sale of US$90m senior notes to The Prudential Insurance Company of America pursuant to Section 4(a)(2)^*
• Counsel on the establishment of Aguas Andinas S.A.’s Medium-Term Notes Program and offering of its AUD Fixed Rate Notes and JPY Fixed Rate Notes under its Green and Social Bond Framework^*
• Dealer managers on a US$500 million Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of fixed rate notes by Banco de Chile under its Medium-Term Notes Program^*
• Banco do Brasil S.A. in connection with the issuance by Dollar Diversified Payment Rights Finance Company of US$400m aggregate principal amount series 2022-1 floating rate notes and US$150m aggregate principal amount series 2022-3 fixed rate notes^*

ESG Transactions

• Republic of Chile on the first sustainability-linked bond by a sovereign worldwide^*
• The underwriters and dealer managers on the SEC-registered offering of US$750 million notes by Suzano, the first sustainability-linked bond issued in the emerging markets, and cash tender offers for guaranteed notes^*
• Genneia in connection with an exchange offer and consent solicitation relating to its US$500 million Series "XX" notes and US$53 million notes in accordance with its green bond framework^*

* Denotes prior firm experience

Speaking Engagements

• Speaker, Argentinian Banking Committee: “Diagnosis and challenges for the development of sustainable finances,” December 2022
• Speaker, Argentine Chamber of Commerce: “ESG Bonds,” August 2022
• Moderator, North American Chilean Chamber of Commerce: “The State of Sustainability Efforts in Chile,” March 2022
• Speaker, University of Lima, Corporate Finance Event: “Thematic Bonds,” November 2021

Publications

• “Financing Sustainable Development” Chapter 3 in Latin Lawyer’s Guide to Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance, December 2022
• “How to greenify a bond” IFLR, September 2022
• “Are social bonds the answer to Latin America’s liquidity needs?” Latin Lawyer, April 2020