PPU acts for BNP Paribas on CMPC loan
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (PPU) has acted for BNP Paribas on the disbursement of a $100 million loan to Empresas CMPC, a Chilean pulp and paper producer
The loan is a sustainability-linked revolving credit facility in which BNP Paribas acted as joint lead arranger and sole sustainability coordinator, leading a group of banks involved in the transaction, and will also act as the administrative agent of the facility.
The other banks are Export Development Canada, MUFG Bank and Sumitomo Banking Corporation.
This is the first sustainability-linked loan for CMPC and the first for BNP Paribas in Latin America, and is the first in Chile with comprehensive environmental key performance indicators, and which include greenhouse gas emissions, industrial water use, industrial waste to landfill, and areas allocated for protection, conservation and restoration.
PPU’s team was led by partner Marcelo Armas (pictured), with associates Daniel Parodi and Macarena Soto.