Emilio J. Alvarez-Farré concentrates in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, including privatizations, and financings related to such transactions.

He represented Corporación Durango, S.A. de C.V., the largest paper company in Mexico, in several acquisitions and dispositions in the US, as well as in its financial restructurings completed in 2005 and 2009.

He represented Corporación de Fomento de la Producción, the Chilean privatization agency, in the privatization of Emos, the Chilean water company, and the Fondo de Inversiones de Venezuela, the Venezuelan privatization agency, in the privatization of C.V.G. Siderúrgica del Orinoco, C.A., the Venezuelan steel company.

He advised the Republic of Argentina in the privatizations of Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales, S.A., MetroGas, S.A., and Transportadora de Gas del Norte, S.A.

He represented Bankers Trust Company and BNP Paribas in leveraged financings to the Exxel Group and Advent International in Argentina and Mexico.

He recently advised Santander Investments, as arranger, in the financing provided to Arcos Dorados, S.A. in connection with its acquisition of the Latin American operations of McDonald's.

Recent Transactions:

• Represented Citigroup Global Markets Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC in a US$1 billion senior bridge loan facility and a US$500 million syndicated term loan facility for Banco de Bogotá S.A.
• Represented Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank in connection with a US$500 million syndicated senior secured credit facility for P.M.I. Trading Limited.
• Represented SphereInvest Americas LLC in the sale of its 50% equity stake in Milbox LLC, to BXR Agro B.V.
• Represented SphereInvest Americas LLC in the sale of a 46% equity stake in Ontario Graphite Ltd.
• Represented Banco Supervielle S.A. in connection with the establishment of its medium term note program and the issuance of Fixed Rate Tier 2 Notes thereunder.
• Represented Millennium Global Special Situations Americas Fund, Ltd in the sale of its shares in Ancash Mining, Ltd.
• Represented International Trade Logistics S.A., and Exolgan S.A. in connection with a senior secured term loan facility provided by International Finance Corporation.
• Represented Mexichem in its acquisition of the AlphaGary plastic compounding business of Rockwood Holdings, Inc.
• Represented Mexichem in its acquisition of the fluorochemical business of the Ineos Group.
• Represented Grupo Financiero G&T Continental in connection with the proposed sale of Banco G&T Continental.
• Represented Corporación Durango, S.A. de C.V. in the sale of its McKinley box plant operations.
• Represented Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) in its equity investment in Enfoca Discovery I L.P.
• Represented a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund in its equity investment in Fisker Automotive.
• Represented Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) in its equity investment in the Colombia Opportunity Fund.
• Represented Advent International in its bid to acquire Amanco.
• Represented GBH Investments and Swissport, S.A. in the sale of GBH Swissport in Peru.
• Represented Cobb-Vantress in its acquisition of the poultry breeding operations of Hendrix Genetics.
• Represented a private equity firm in its proposed investment in Inversiones Alsacia S.A. in Chile.
• Represented a minority shareholder in connection with the acquisition of a 10% equity interest in Comunicaciones Celulares, S.A. in Guatemala.
• Represented Tyson Foods, Inc. in a joint venture with Cresud in Argentina.
• Represented HSBC Bank plc in a US$500 million senior revolving credit facility to CVRD International, S.A.
• Represented HSBC Bank plc in a US$400 million senior liquidity facility for Banco Itaú, S.A.
• Represented Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF), in a US$100 million A/B loan facility to Empresa Brasileira de Telecomunicações S.A.
• Represented a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund in its proposed equity investment in El Tejar S.A. in Argentina.
• Represented Tyson Foods, Inc. in a joint venture with Godrej in India.
• Represented a private equity group in its proposed investment in MetroNet, S.A. in Mexico.
• Represented Tyson Foods, Inc. in the expansion of its poultry business in Brazil.
• Represented a private equity firm in a minority equity investment in International Consolidated Minerals in Peru.
• Represented Palladium Equity Partners in its investment in Carpio, Inc.
• Represented two private equity firms in connection with the formation of a joint venture to acquire oil and gas exploration and production rights in Texas and Oklahoma.
• Represented a group of private equity firms in the acquisition of a significant equity position in BRA Transportes Aéreos in Brazil.
• Represented a private equity firm in connection with a minority equity investment in Caza Oil & Gas, Inc.
• Represented a consortium of private equity firms in its bid to acquire a controlling equity stake in the largest electrical utility in Rio de Janeiro.
• Represented the selling shareholders in the sale of Home Mart to Home Depot in Mexico.
• Represented Tyson Foods is its bid to acquire the Mexican operations and assets of Pilgrim's Pride.
• Represented Shaw Capital, S.A., in the acquisition of shares of Ogden Argentina.
• Represented Telepuerto Internacional de Buenos Aires, S.A. in the sale of all its equity interest in Intelsat S.A. to an affiliate of GE Capital.
• Represented Symbios Capital in the sale of its equity interest in Phoenix Capital Limited.
• Represented Symbios Capital in its equity investment in Digitel, S.A., in Venezuela.
• Represented Corporación Durango, S.A. de C.V. in connection with its disposition of the molded pulp packaging business of Empaques de Cartón Titán, S.A. de C.V.
• Represented the Fundación Luis Sacramento Angelo in its sale of Cocelco to Bell South International.
• Represented the selling shareholders in their disposition of Keytech S.A. in Argentina to AT&T.
• Represented Church & Tower in its merger with Burnup & Simms, now Mastec, Inc.

Bars and Courts
Florida State Bar, 1986

Education
JD, The University of Chicago Law School, 1986
MBA, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, 1986
Graduate Fellow in the Department of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1978-1980
AB, Stanford University, 1978
American School of Classical Studies, 1977

Languages
English
Spanish

Citizenship
United States