Margarita Oliva Sainz de Aja

• Represented a Canadian energy company on a bank facility with a major Japanese bank for the development and construction of a battery storage facility in Chile.
• Represented Desalcott, the Trinidad & Tobago water desalination company, on its existing credit facility with local banks.
• Represented BBVA (NY branch) on its USD50M synthetic credit facility to GMF Colombia guaranteed by GMF Inc.
• Represented Finanzauto (Colombia), on its proposed credit facility with DFC.
• Represented FinDev (Canadian DFI) and Triodos on their first project finance in Latin America consisting of a USD25M facility of a solar plant in the Dominican Republic.
• Represented FootPrint International, a US corporate in the sustainable packaging business, on its approximately USD300M credit facility with Macquarie and the German ECA EulerHermes as guarantor of payments under the facility.
• Represented BBVA (NY branch) on the restructuring of a credit agreement with a Uruguayan company on the agricultural sector.
• Represented Innergex on its US private placement note issuance for the refinance of the acquisition of a portfolio of renewable projects and new developments by Canadian company Innergex.
• Represented Marubeni on its secured credit facility to a Colombian company in the agricultural sector.
• Represented Termorichal (a power company in Colombia) on the restructuring and increase of its project finance credit facility.
• Represented TriplePoint on the coordination of security arrangements in several jurisdictions in Latin America.
• Represented PROPARCO (French development bank) on the conversion to Peruvian Pesos of a USD20M credit facility for a Peruvian borrower.
• Represented BBVA (NY branch) on a USD80M secured credit facility to Alpina, a Colombian corporate on the food business.
• Represented SMBC on its USD100M credit facility to GNL Mejillones, in Chile.
• Represented Deutsche Bank on a USD90M credit facility to Bolivian development bank Fonplata.
• Represented Banco Santander as arranger of a loan agreement for Spanish group Sese on the NY law security arrangements over the shares of the US operations and certain contracts.
• Represented Grupo Cobra on the analysis of bond documentation for a potential change of control in relation to their equity ownership of a power plant in Peru.
• Represented BIO and Triodos on the restructuring of San Martin hydro project in Central America.
• Represented BlueElephant on the financing for a solar project with German development bank DEG and Proparco, as lenders.
• Represented BBVA (Uruguay branch) on first Sustainable Bond in Uruguay with IDB Invest as subscriber.
• Represented PROPARCO (French development bank) on the conversion to Peruvian Pesos of a USD20M credit facility for a Peruvian borrower.
• Represented BBVA (NY branch) on a USD80M secured credit facility to Alpina, a Colombian corporate on the agri-food business.
• Represented SMBC on its USD100M credit facility to GNL Mejillones, in Chile.
• Represented Deutsche Bank on a USD90M credit facility to Bolivian development bank Fonplata.

The Legal 500 Latin America

• Recommended, Latin America: International Firms Projects and Energy (2023-2024)
• Recommended, Latin America: International Firms Banking and Finance (2022-2024)

Latin Lawyer 250

• International Counsel, Banking and Finance (2023) 
• International Counsel, Project Finance & Infrastructure (2023)

Additional Awards

• Named among the Top 100 Female Lawyers in Latin America, Latinvex (2013-2024)
• Women in Business, 100 Top Latinas in the US – Hola USA (2020)

Recent Transactions Recognition:

• Ergon off-the grid solar project in Peru - Best Latin America Distributed Power Deal of the Year award, IJ Global
• Ferrocarril Central project in Uruguay - Best Rail PPP Deal of the Year Award, IJ Global 
• Cajamarca transmission line in Peru - Transmission Line Deal of the Year, IJGlobal and Niche Market Deal of the Year, CFG Media Group
• San Martin hydro project in Nicaragua - Best Latin America Hydro Deal of the Year, IJGlobal
• Enersis' $6 billion capital increase – Best Corporate Finance Deal of the Year, Latin Lawyer
• Etileno XXI ethylene plant in Mexico - Latin America Petrochemical Deal of the Year, PFI Magazine
• Quiport, airport in Ecuador - Airport Deal of the Year award, Euromoney