White & Case advises lender on SABESP’s financing and initial purchasers on issuance of US$1.35 billion blue senior secured notes

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Inter-American Investment Corporation (IDB Invest), as lender, on Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo's (SABESP) financing agreement. The financing includes an A Loan of up to US$200 million from IDB Invest, as well as a B Bond issuance totaling US$1.35 billion, on which White & Case advised Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Itaú BBA USA Securities, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as initial purchasers.

This transaction represents the largest blue bond issuance in history and the first IDB Invest A/B bond transaction in Brazil.

The financing package will accelerate universal access to sewage collection and treatment services across the State of São Paulo by expanding and modernizing wastewater infrastructure.

The White & Case team was led by Project Development and Finance partners John Anderson (São Paulo) and Sean Goldstein (Miami), and Capital Markets Partner Rafael Roberti (New York). The team also included Capital Markets associate Clara Silva (São Paulo) and Project Development and Finance associate Andre Felipe Salles Cristofaro (São Paulo). Law clerk Salma Abouhashish (New York) and Latin America Fellow Reginaldo Sorrenti (Washington, DC) also advised on the matter.

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