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Vincente Vergara

Vicente Vergara

Asociado
Santiago
About

Vicente Vergara concentrates his practice in Finance, with experience representing borrowers and lenders in local and cross-border financing transactions. His practice encompasses the full range of financing alternatives, including project, syndicated, and single-lender lines of credit, high-yield debt, and private placements of debt. In addition, Vicente regularly advises developers on the acquisition, financing, and refinancing of renewable energy plants.

In his corporate practice, Vicente has represented numerous clients in corporate matters, civil and commercial contracts, private equity, financial restructurings, and mergers and acquisitions.

Areas of FocusCorporativoFinanzasServicios financieros Projects and Project FinanceFusiones y adquisicionesCorporate Venture Capital
Bar admissionsChile

EXPERIENCE

  • Summit Ridge Capital Partners: Advised the client, as a lender, in executing a US$20,100,000 credit agreement with Vecchiola S.A., a Chilean company that provides services to the mining industry for its general corporate purposes.  
  • Itaú Corpbanca, Banco de Crédito del Perú S.A.S, and Banco BICE: Advised the clients, as lenders, for the loan facility granted to three Atlantica Yield´s entities (Transmisora Baquedano S.A., Transmisora Mejillones S.A., and Palmucho S.A.) for the second amendment to the financing.
  • Zeal Chile: Advised the client, a Chilean subsidiary of Waterlogic, as a lender to a loan granted to Prisma Water SpA, an innovative Chilean company dedicated to producing purified water.
  • Lácteos del Sur S.A.: Advised the client, as lender, to a loan agreement granted to Cooperativa Agrícola Torrencial Lechero, a Chilean company.
  • CarbonFree Technology: Advised on financing the acquisition and development, construction, commissioning, testing, start-up, operation, and maintenance of a portfolio of projects consisting of several photovoltaic solar energy projects with an aggregate capacity, once fully constructed and operational, of approximately 225 MW located in Chile. The lender was Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.
  • Oaktree Capital Management L.P.: Advised the client, as a creditor of Tranche A, for US$1,300,000,000 for the DIP (“Debtor-in-Possession”) Financing Contract in Latin America – Awarded “Deal of the Year 2021” in the category “Banking and Finance” by Latin Lawyer.
  • Janssen S.A.: Advised the client, as a subscriber, of a capital increase of shares of Kreis SpA, by which the client acquired 60% of participation in the property of Kreis and, therefore, held control of the acquired company.
  • Giddings Fruit S.A.: Advised the client, as a borrower, in a financing agreement governed by New York law called “Note Purchase and Guarantee Agreement” (“NPA”), by means of which certain foreign investors, as lenders, acquired promissory notes (“Notes”) that Giddings Fruit S.A. issued with the purpose of finance several corporate matters of Giddings Fruit S.A. and its subsidiaries, located in Chile, Mexico, Peru, United States of America, England and China.
  • Itaú Corpbanca, Banco de Crédito del Perú S.A.S, and Banco BICE: Advised the clients on the financing of three companies belonging to Atlantica Yield for the refinancing and prepayment of current loans governed under New York law of the borrowers. We also advise them for new investments necessary for adequately functioning a recently acquired power transmission line in Vicuña, Chile.
  • Colegios Federico Froebel S.A.:  Advised on financing granted by Banco Security for new investments in the infrastructure of the educational establishments of Las Condes and Chicureo of the Deutsche Schule and for the prepayment and termination of a real estate leasing agreement precedent held with the Banco de Chile.
  • Banco BICE:  Advised the client on the credit facility for the issuance of performance bonds required by Sacyr Chile S.A. to guarantee the obligations derived from the construction contract with Sociedad Concesionaria Américo Vespucio Oriente S.A. for the construction of the work Américo Vespucio Oriente 1. We also assist the Banco BICE in the drafting and execution of an inter-creditor agreement with BTG Pactual and Banco Internacional, in which the parties agreed to a collection mechanism and return pari passu for the performance bonds.
  • Mirae Asset Daewoo Co.:  Advised the Korean bank, lender, and principal agent in charge of a term loan granted to DE Energía SpA for the development, construction, financing, operation, and management of 12 photovoltaic power plants in Chile, with a total capacity 105MW.
  • Sky Solar: Advised in the negotiation of a local syndicated loan with project finance guarantees for USD 35,000,000.
  • CarbonFree Technology: Advised in the negotiation of an international syndicated loan with project finance guarantees for USD107,000,000.
  • Komax S.A.: Advised on financing granted by a bank syndicate composed of Banco Santander, Banco Consorcio, and Banco BTG for refinancing outstanding debt and financing for acquiring a new company.
Languages
  • Inglés
  • Español
Education
  • LL.M, Northwestern University, Law School, 2022
  • Law Degree, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2015

Awards

The Legal 500 Latin America

  • Recommended, Chile Banking and Finance  (2021 - 2022)

Publications

“FINANCIAMIENTO DE PORTAFOLIOS: Estándares de elegibilidad, adecuación de garantías y desarrollo de facilidades crediticias como instrumentos de inversión.” September, 2023

Prior Experience

  • Foreign associate at DLA Piper LLP (US) – New York Office, 2022-2023
  • Before joining DLA Piper, Vicente was an associate in an Ibero-American law firm, 2016-2018
  • Professor assistant, School of Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2019 to date

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FINANCIAMIENTO DE PORTAFOLIOS

29 de septiembre de 2023

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