Maria Larsen is counsel in the Capital Markets practice.

Project Bonds

• Empresa Eléctrica Cochrane SpA on its Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of senior secured notes in order to refinance its existing project financing
• The joint bookrunners in connection with a Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of $1.1 billion notes issued by Alfa Desarrollo (Alfa), a newly formed company wholly-owned indirectly by Celeo Redes and certain investment funds managed by APG to consummate the $1.35 billion acquisition of Colbún Transmisión
• Joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $860 million 6.375% senior secured notes due 2035 issued by, and senior secured credit facilities made available to, Cometa Energía, S.A. de C.V. (Actis), in connection with its $1.256 billion acquisition of the InterGen portfolio of energy assets in Mexico

Corporates

•  Banco de Chile in connection with its inaugural Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of $500 million fixed-rate notes
• Ecopetrol S.A. in connection with a public offering of $2 billion notes
• Oleoducto Central S.A. in connection with a public offering of $500 million of notes
• Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen, S.A., the Panamanian government-owned operator of the country’s principal international airport, in connection with the reopening of $650 million senior secured notes
• Plaza S.A. (“Mallplaza”), one of the largest mall operators in the industry in Latin America, in connection with its $530 million initial public offering
• Empresa Eléctrica Cochrane SpA on its Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of senior secured notes in order to refinance its existing project financing
• Banco Internacional del Perú S.A.A. - Interbank on its Rule 144A/Reg. S issuance of $300 million subordinated notes
• Banco de Chile on its ongoing SEC reporting requirements and various notes offerings off its MTN program
• Intercorp Peru Ltd. on its refinancing transactions, including its issuance of S/.300,000,000 principal amount of senior notes due to Peruvian investors in compliance with Reg. S under the Securities Act, its issuance of $325 million senior notes pursuant to Rule 144A and Reg. S, under the Securities Act andits tender offer for any and all of the $250 million principal amount of its outstanding senior notes
• Alicorp S.A.A. on its Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of S/ 1.64 billion in senior notes
• Alicorp S.A.A. on its tender offer for cash for any and all of its outstanding fixed rate, investment grade senior notes
• Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana S.A. (“Grupo SURA”) on the issuance of $550 million notes by Gruposura Finance, Grupo SURA’s wholly-owned subsidiary
• Banco General, S.A. on its Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of $550 million senior notes
• Initial purchasers in connection with an offering by Banco Davivienda S.A. of $500 million of its Perpetual Non-Cumulative Additional Tier 1 Junior Subordinated Notes
• The joint bookrunners in connection with a Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of $1.1 billion notes issued by Alfa Desarrollo (Alfa), a newly formed company wholly-owned indirectly by Celeo Redes and certain investment funds managed by APG to consummate the $1.35 billion acquisition of Colbún Transmisión
• Interbank in connection with a Rule 144A/Reg. S issuance of $300 million subordinated notes
• Managers on a Global SEC registered and Brazilian CVM registered secondary offering of 734,202,699 common shares of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, the Brazilian state owned oil company, including common shares represented by American Depositary Shares, sold by Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social – BNDES
• Initial purchasers in connection with a Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of $600 million of senior notes by Cable Onda, S.A.
• Initial purchasers for Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) in connection with various offerings including a $7.5 billion bond completed offering, a $5 billion completed cash tender offers and a $3.5 billion multi series of pending exchange offer
• Underwriters on a follow-on offering for Venator Materials. All of the ordinary shares were sold by Huntsman Corporation through its subsidiary, which received approximately $489.7 million in gross proceeds from the offering
• The initial purchasers in connection with Cometa Energía, S.A. de C.V.’s (owned by Actis) Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of $860 million in senior secured notes to facilitate Actis’ $1.256 billion acquisition of the InterGen portfolio of energy assets in Mexico
• Initial purchasers on a Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of $600 million senior notes by Cable Onda, S.A.
• Managers on a Global SEC registered and Brazilian CVM registered secondary offering of 734,202,699 common shares of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.
• Initial purchasers on the offering by Banco Santander (México), S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple, Grupo Financiero Santander México of $1.3 billion of its Tier 2 Subordinated Preferred Capital Notes and as dealer managers in connection with a concurrent tender offer

Selected Publications

• Author, "Preemption, Patchwork Immigration Laws, and the Potential For Brown Sundown Towns," 79 Fordham L. Rev. 321 (2010)
• Author, "Recent Developments in Medicine and the Law: Ex Parte Communications with Nonparty Treating Physicians," Tort Trial & Ins. Prac. L.J., Winter 2010, at 498