Mónica Moreno

Mónica Moreno

Senior Associate

Banking & Finance / Corporate and M&A / Energy

Bar admissions: Panama

New York law experience: Arnold & Porter, Kaye Scholer LLP

Summary

Mónica Moreno is one of the top experts in Panama for complex transactions, including the structuring, negotiation, documentation and closing of mergers, acquisitions, loan facilities and EPC agreements. Her experience includes representing some of the most important national and international banks and corporations for infrastructure and renewable energy development projects. Her extensive experience in multiple cross-border transactions gives her a wide-ranging knowledge of the laws of and the capability to work in multiple jurisdictions.

Experience outside SIGMA

  • Grupo Ecos, General Counsel, 2014-2017
  • Arias, Fábrega & Fábrega, Panama City, Associate, 2012-2014
  • Arnold & Porter, Kaye Scholer LLP, Foreign Attorney, 2011
  • Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior (Bladex), Senior Legal Counsel, 2006-2012, 2013-2014

Education

  • LL.M. in Banking and Financial Law, Boston University
  • LL.B., Universidad de Panamá

Significant Panamanian Transactions

  • Glenfarne Group, US$1.76 billion debt raise, consisting of a US$710 million project bond offering pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S and a pari passu US$1.05 billion credit facility
  • Banistmo, US$400 million senior note offering pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S
  • InterEnergy Group, US$262.7 million senior secured bond offering by UEP Penonomé II, S.A., the largest wind farm in Central America, pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S. This is the first green project bond issuance by a private company in Central America
  • Banco Santander, US$65 million credit facility to Sinea, a plastic producer with operations across Latin America
  • InterEnergy Group, acquisition of the largest solar farm in Panama and negotiation of related engineering, procurement and construction agreement and operation and maintenance agreement
  • Grupo Hospiten, acquisition of Centro Médico Paitilla, one of the largest hospitals in Panama City
  • Inter-American Investment Corporation, first financing of a solar farm in Panama
  • Banco General, US$250 million public issuance of corporate bonds
  • Global Bank, project financing of the Melones Oil Terminal
  • Consorcio Línea 2, financing by UBS of the construction of Line 2 of the Panamanian metropolitan railway
  • Glenfarne Group, acquisition of Hidrotenencias, the holding company of three hydroelectric power plants located in Panama
  • Glenfarne Group, refinancing of US$65 million in existing debt of its three hydroelectric power plants
  • Bocas del Toro Energía, divestiture of the hydroelectric generation project Changuinola II
  • ENA Sur, US$395 million acquisition financing by the Government of Panama for the acquisition of the ENA Sur toll road via securitization of toll road receivable
  • Balboa Bank and Trust, acquisition of Banco Trasatlántico and the post-acquisition merger and integration of both institutions
  • Bladex, syndicated loan to Promérica for the acquisition of certain Central American targets
  • Banco General, corporate financing of Hoteles Decameron
  • BG Trust, US$50 million public issuance of revolving fiduciary participation certificates
  • The Bank of Nova Scotia, US$90 million factoring transaction related to the design, construction and operation of Panama’s water system
  • Grupo Ecos, acquisition of Generación Solar’s solar farm in Chile