Stocche Forbes and Mattos Filho advise on sanitation financing
Stocche Forbes advised Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Japan International Cooperation Agency on the US$ 140,000,000 financing granted to Ambiental MS Pantanal SPE, to support the expansion and modernization of sewage collection and treatment infrastructure across 68 municipalities in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
The transaction was guaranteed by a corporate guarantee granted by Aegea Saneamento e Participações and coordinated by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro, acting in multiple roles.
The transaction was also secured by the debtor’s shares owned by the guarantor.
Stocche Forbes advised Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Japan International Cooperation Agency and relied on partners Frederico Moura (pictured left), Marco Saliba, Laercio Munechika and Mariana Saragoça, associates Andre Bogossian, Andre Reis, Larissa Chaves and Theo Mothe.
Milbank LLP advised the same parties and relied on partners Alexander Borisoff, Tobias Stirnberg and Fabiana Sakai, associates Rafael Bresciani, Caio Junqueira and Louise Farias.
Mattos Filho Advogados advised Ambiental MS Pantanal SPE and Aegea Saneamento e Participações and relied on partner Benardo Mocho (pictured right), associates Leonardo Ruiz and Laura Capellão.
White & Case LLP advised the same party and relied on partners Evelyn Balassiano and John Guzman, associates Fabiana Fadel Guillot.
In-house counsel list:
Ambiental MS Pantanal SPE: Fabiano Puppi, Beatriz Moll, Maria Carolina do Amaral and Rafaela Tavares Ramos
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation: Shotaro Nishimura and Rafael Bittar
Japan International Cooperation Agency: Ryosuke Sasaki.
