Transaction Experience
Industrials
Client: Azurix Corporation
Size: $430 million
Industrials
Advised Azurix Corporation in its $430 million acquisition of Agosba, the Province of Buenos Aires water company, in a privatization
Client: Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social (BNDES)
Size: NA
Industrials
Advised Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social (BNDES), the privatization agent for the Brazilian Federal Government Privatization Program, in the successful sale of several minority interests in petrochemical companies previously owned by Petrobras Petroquimica S.A.
Client: Banco Bradesco
Size: $1.0 billion
Industrials
Advised Banco Bradesco (NYSE: BBD), Brazil second largest banking group, in the $1 billion public spin off of its industrial holdings, including controlling participations in mining giant CVRD, steel company CSN, Globo's cable company GloboCabo and VBC, into Bradespar (PNK: BRSPF.PK)
Client: Bunge Limited
Size: NA
Industrials
Advised Bunge Limited (NYSE: BG) in its acquisition of Manah Fertilizers from a private investor group, and its subsequent merger into Serrana Fertilizers
Client: Corporacion Industrial Montana
Size: NA
Industrials
Advised Corporacion Industrial Montana, Corimon - Venezuela, in its acquisition of Colorin, Argentina's second largest coating and paints producer, from a private investor group for an undisclosed amount
Client: Deere & Company
Size: NA
Industrials
Advised Deere & Co (NYSE: DE) in its acquisition of its Brazilian distributor SLC-John Deere from SLC, a private investor group, for an undisclosed amount
Client: Dow Chemical
Size: $360 million
Industrials
Advised Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) in its $360 million acquisition of Petroquimica Bahia Blanca, Argentina's largest petrochemical complex in a privatization
Client: Dow Chemical
Size: $200 million
Industrials
Advised Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) in its $200 million acquisition of Polisur, a leading polyolefins producer in Argentina, from Garovaglio & Zorroaquin
Client: Empaques Ponderosa
Size: NA
Industrials
Advised Empaques Ponderosa (PNK: EPQRY.PK), a Grupo Savia controlled company, in the sale of its flexible packaging subsidiary Aluprint to an investor group led by Citicorp Venture Capital
Client: General Electric Co.
Size: NA
Industrials
Advised General Electric Co (NYSE: GE) in the ownership restructuring of eight of its subsidiaries in Puerto Rico
Client: Industrias Klabin
Size: $510 million
Industrials
Advised Industrias Klabin, one of Brazil largest pulp and paper conglomerates, in its $510 million acquisition of Igaras, a leading Brazilian packaging company, from Cia. Suzano de Papel e Celulose and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, the New York based private equity fund
Client: Klabin Riocell
Size: NA
Industrials
Advised the Klabin family in the consolidation of its controlling interest in, and the ownership restructuring of, Klabin Riocell
Client: Navistar
Size: NA
Industrials
Advised Navistar International Corp (NYSE: NAV) in its acquisition of Maxion Motores SA, Iochpe Maxion's engine division in Brazil, for an undisclosed amount
Client: Reposo S.A.I.C.
Size: NA
Industrials
Advised Reposo S.A.I.C., a leading Argentine generic agrochemicals producer, on its sale to United Phosphorus Ltd. (BOM:512070) of India
Client: RWE-Thames Water
Size: $332 million
Industrials
Advised RWE AG British subsidiary, RWE-Thames Water, in its $332 million acquisition of Essbio (Empresas de Servicios Sanitarios del Bio Bio) from the Government of Chile in a privatization
Client: Icona S.A.I.C.
Size: NA
Industrials
Advised Icona S.A.I.C., an Argentine agrochemicals company, on its sale to United Phosphorus Ltd. (BOM:512070) of India