White & Case wins Global and Latin America “Legal Adviser of the Year” at 2025 IJGlobal Americas Awards

White & Case is the world's and Latin America's "Legal Adviser of the Year," according to IJGlobal. The Firm won the awards—along with six "Deal of the Year" awards for Latin America—at the 2025 IJGlobal Americas Awards, held in New York on March 5.

This marks the second time White & Case has won Global Legal Adviser of the Year, and the second consecutive year we've been named Latin America Legal Adviser of the Year.

The awards celebrate "the standout greenfield and refinancing deals across the energy and infrastructure industry and the companies that drive them to successful conclusion."

The Firm's winning matters are:

• Airport Deal of the Year – Mariscal Sucre International Airport refinancing

  White & Case advised Citibank and Goldman Sachs on a refinancing deal for Corporación Quiport S.A., which runs Quito's Mariscal Sucre International Airport. The refinancing included Quiport's issuance of US$300 million in senior secured notes with a 9 percent interest rate to international investors, and a US$200 million loan facility to Quiport from Ecuadorian banks.

• Energy Transition Deal of the Year – Copiapó solar plant and BESS green loan

  White & Case advised Copiapó Energía Solar SpA, an Atlas Renewable Energy entity, on the financing of a 320 MW, four-hour battery energy storage project comprising a lithium-ion battery system in Copiapó, Chile.

• Power to X Deal of the Year – La Pampina solar PV plant and BESS, and Dune BESS

  White & Case advised BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, MUFG Bank Limited, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Société Générale on the financing of Generadora Metropolitana's Dune Plus Project. The project comprises the Dune project—a 333 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) in Antofagasta, Chile—and the La Pampina project, a 186 MW photovoltaic plant and 175 MW BESS system in María Elena, Chile.

• PPP Deal of the Year – Mato Grosso do Sul water sanitation expansion PPP additional facility

  White & Case advised Ambiental MS Pantanal SPE S.A., a subsidiary of Aegea Saneamento e Participações S.A., on a financing facility of up to US$140 million provided by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Japan International Cooperation Agency. The proceeds will be used for the installation, expansion, rehabilitation and renewal of sewage collection and treatment plants across 68 municipalities in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

• Solar Deal of the Year – Estepa I & II solar PV and BESS

  White & Case advised Atlas Energía Holding SpA in financing the development of a 215 MWp solar PV generation asset and two battery energy storage projects comprising lithium-ion type battery systems in Antofagasta, Chile.

• Power Deal of the Year – Manzanillo LNG-to-power complex

  White & Case advised a consortium of senior lenders on the financing to design, develop, build, operate and maintain two combined cycle power plants, each with a net installed capacity of circa 420 MW; and an LNG reception, storage and regasification facility able to supply gas-fired power plants with a capacity of up to 800 MW, located near Manzanillo port in the Dominican Republic.

Carlos Viana, partner and co-head of the Firm's global Project Development and Finance practice, said: "We're honored to once again be named Global Legal Adviser of the Year, as well as Latin America Legal Adviser of the Year, now for the second year running. The team has done remarkable work in the past year, guiding clients through incredibly complex, sophisticated, cross-border and national US and other matters that have an immediate, tangible impact on energy and infrastructure projects that keep the world moving. We're grateful to be a part of it and look forward to another year of firsts."

Nadav Klugman, partner and co-head of the Firm's global Project Development and Finance practice, said: "This is a tremendous recognition. The work we, and our clients, are doing today is taking place in an increasingly complex world, which naturally complicates the challenges businesses face, whether it's geopolitical risk or the growing patchwork of global regulations. Whatever the issue, it's our job to make the complex simple and to clear the way for our clients to achieve their strategic ambitions. It's what the Firm is here for."