Estudio Echecopar, member firm of Baker & McKenzie International advised Citibank N.A. (Puerto Rico Branch), The Bank of Nova Scotia, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. (New York Branch), Bank of Montreal, BNP Paribas, ING Capital LLC, Intesa Sanpaolo S.P.A. (New York Branch), Mizuho Bank, Ltd., MUFG Bank, Ltd. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Lenders, the Bank of Nova Scotia, as Administrative Agent and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and The Bank of Nova Scotia as Joint Bookrunners, Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Lead Arrangers in connection with the preparation and execution of a USD 350,000,000.00 revolving unsecured loan under the laws of New York granted to Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde S.A.A. (the "Borrower"). The proceeds under the loan facility were used to fully prepay the principal balance outstanding under an existing non-guaranteed syndicated term loan executed in 2014 and modified in 2017 with several banks lead by Citibank N.A. as administrative agent.
Estudio Echecopar and Mayer Brown LLP provided joint support to the Lenders in connection with the loan facility.
Partner Marco Alarcon and associate Adrian Tovar advised the Lenders throughout the process.