LatinFinance - January/February 2014 - 35

awards
DEALS OF THE
YEAR 2013
The best of Latin America's capital markets users took full advantage of
favorable conditions while they lasted. Hindsight shows the value of doing so

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atin america's capital markets users have
much to be proud of in the past year. companies and sovereign financing officials piled into bond markets while conditions were ripe, driving
their total funding costs lower through new issues and exchange offers.
numerous first-time issuers raised money in the debt markets, as did
junk-rated borrowers that would have been put off by high borrowing
costs under other circumstances.
in a year with such momentum in capital markets, records were
knocked down at an alarming pace. over the coming pages, we set out
the deals and institutions that stood out amid an already impressive
market backdrop. the winners were selected by LatinFinance's editorial team following an extensive process that included detailed discussions with market participants and a close review of data.
the deals represent the most impressive transactions executed by
companies and government borrowers in latin america and the caribbean between october 1, 2012, and September 30, 2013. the selection
process took into account the market significance or strategic importance of deals, as well as how they were structured and executed.
Banks' and law firms' roles in these winning deals - as well as the
volume and diversity of trades they worked on and their execution role
on particularly sophisticated, successful transactions - went toward
determining the winning institutions.
2014 begins with a markedly different environment to a year ago. as
the global economic and monetary cycle tips, latin american companies and countries are set to see a cooler market reception to their
deals. the year ahead may not be as full of superlatives as the one just
gone. But it does open the door to ever-greater sophistication: this year,
finding the right timing and the best structure will be critical.

Sovereign iSSuer
United Mexican States
Corporate iSSuer
América Móvil
Sovereign Bond
Chile
QuaSi-Sovereign Bond
Petrobras
Corporate HigH-grade Bond
Femsa
Corporate HigH-Yield Bond
Cosan
Sovereign lM
Mexico
Corporate lM
Odebrecht
ipo
BB Seguridade
Follow-on eQuitY
Enersis
private eQuitY deal
BTG Pactual / GlobeNet
CroSS-Border M&a
Cencosud / Carrefour Colombia
doMeStiC M&a deal
Afore XXI Banorte / Afore Bancomer
SYndiCated loan
Banco Itaú BBA
FinanCing innovation
América Móvil
reStruCturing
Government of Belize
loCal CurrenCY deal
América Móvil
StruCtured FinanCing
Red de Carreteras del Occidente
trade FinanCe deal
Vicentin
inveStMent Bank
JPMorgan
Bond HouSe
Citi
M&a HouSe
Credit Suisse
eQuitY HouSe
BTG Pactual
loan HouSe
HSBC
law FirM: lataM
Cleary Gottlieb
law FirM: MexiCo
Ritch Mueller
law FirM: Brazil
Mattos Filho

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