NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2025 -- São Paulo Governor Tarcisio de Freitas was among top honorees last night at a gala announcing LatinFinance's 2024 Deals of the Year Awards, where he represented the government of Brazil's largest state in accepting an award for the ground-breaking privatization of São Paulo sanitation company Sabesp, a signature accomplishment of his administration.
De Freitas accepted the award for the $2.7 billion transaction in a ceremony featuring over 300 CEOs, CFOs, government officials from across the region, alongside financiers, investors and advisors involved in landmark transactions across Latin American and the Caribbean over the prior year, who convened in New York for the annual Awards Dinner.
The announcement of this year's winners followed LatinFinance's 2025 LatAm Capital Market Summit, a series of high-level, editorially-led discussions among CEOs, CFOs and investors at the New York Stock Exchange. The discussions focused on the big themes impacting capital raising and investment in the region over the coming year.
A select group of NYSE-listed Deals of the Year winners also joined LatinFinance in ringing the Opening Bell at the NYSE to celebrate their awards, kick off the day's trading and start the LatAm Capital Markets Summit.
Winners are determined independently by LatinFinance's editors following an extensive judging process that involved the evaluation of a record number of submissions this year.
The full list of winners can be found in here https://latinfinance.com/doty-2024-winners/ and in the Q2.2025 edition of LatinFinance magazine.
For more information about the selection process and the winning deals and institutions, visit www.latinfinance.com
Winning deals and institutions
Sovereign Bond of the Year - United Mexican States $7.5bn Triple-Tranche Global Bond
Corporate High-Grade Bond of the Year - Vale $1bn 6.400% 30-year Senior Unsecured Bond
Quasi-Sovereign High-Yield Bond of the Year - YPF $800m 9.500% 2031 Bond
Quasi-Sovereign Liability Management of the Year - ENAP $600m 10-Year Bond & Tender Offer
Sovereign Restructuring of the Year - Suriname $1.5bn Debt Restructuring
Corporate Restructuring of the Year - Samarco Judicial Reorganization and Chapter 15
Corporate Local Currency Deal of the Year - CCR Rio-São Paulo Highway R$10.75bn Project Financing
Loan of the Year - Pemex & PMI $8.34bn Senior Unsecured Credit Facilities
Financial Institution Deal of the Year - BCI $500m 8.750% PerpNC5 Notes
Structured Financing of the Year - FIEMEX $1.49bn 7.250% Project Bond due 2041
Financing Innovation of the Year - IBRD $225m Amazon Reforestation-linked Outcome Bond due 2033
Initial Public Offering of the Year - BBB Foods $677m IPO
Equity Follow-On of the Year - Sabesp $2.7bn International Shares Offering and Privatization
Private Equity Deal of the Year - General Atlantic / Dragoneer $1.5bn Acquisition of Arco Platform
Domestic M&A Deal of the Year - Mexico's $6.2bn Acquisition of Iberdrola's Power Portfolio
Sovereign Sustainable/ESG Deal of the Year - Republic of Colombia $2.5bn Inaugural Social Bond
Sovereign Issuer of the Year - United Mexican States
Corporate Issuer of the Year - Raizen
Debut Issuer of the Year - Ambipar
Law Firm of the Year – Argentina - TCA Tanoira Cassagne
Law Firm of the Year – Brazil - Pinheiro Neto
Law Firm of the Year – Colombia - Brigard Urrutia
Law Firm of the Year – Peru - Garrigues
Law Firm of the Year – Mexico - Ritch Mueller
Law Firm of the Year – Chile - Carey
Law Firm of the Year – Caribbean - Paul Hastings
Law Firm of the Year – Central America - BLP
Law Firm of the Year – Latin America - Cleary Gottlieb
Investment Bank of the Year – Latin America - JP Morgan
Sustainable / ESG Law Firm of the Year - A&O Shearman
Sustainable Sovereign Issuer of the Year - Federative Republic of Brazil
Sustainable Corporate Issuer of the Year - Aegea
Investment Bank of the Year – Brazil - Itaú BBA
Investment Bank of the Year – Chile - JP Morgan
Investment Bank of the Year – Colombia - JP Morgan
Investment Bank of the Year – Peru - BofA Securities
Investment Bank of the Year – Mexico - BBVA
Investment Bank of the Year – Central America - JP Morgan
Bond House of the Year - Santander CIB
M&A House of the Year - Goldman Sachs
Equity House of the Year - BofA Securities
Multilateral Development Bank of the Year - IDB Invest
Sustainable Finance Bank of the Year - BNP Paribas
Honorable Mention - América Móvil MXN$20bn 10.300% Sustainable Notes due 2034
Honorable Mention - FIBRA Prologis Acquisition of Terrafina CBFIs
Honorable Mention - LD Celulose $650m 8.000% Senior Secured Green Notes Due 2031
Honorable Mention - Murano $300m 11.000% Senior Secured Green Notes Due 2031
Honorable Mention - Petrobras $1bn 10-Year Notes & Any-and-All Droppable Tender Offer
Honorable Mention - Auna $360m NYSE IPO
Honorable Mention - Digicel $4.4bn Restructuring
Honorable Mention - Eletrobras $750m 2035 Bond
Honorable Mention - LATAM Airlines $460m Re-IPO & NYSE Relisting
Honorable Mention - Paraguay Debut Global $1bn PYG Dual Tranche Bond
Upcoming award nominations
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For more information about the selection process, visit https://latinfinance.com/2024-deals-of-the-year-awards/
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