Sabrena Silver
Biography
Overview
Sabrena has over 20 years' experience in completing US domestic and cross-border financing transactions. She advises financial institutions and companies on complex financing transactions, including structured finance deals, acquisition financings, syndicated and bilateral loans, bridge loans, margin loans, investment grade loans, private equity and hedge fund financings, private banking transactions, debt restructurings, sovereign loans, trade financings, supplier financings, receivables purchases and non-performing loan (NPL) transactions.
Sabrena has broad international experience, and has worked extensively in Europe, Asia and Latin America, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru, as well as other Latin American jurisdictions. Named by Latinvex in 2019 as one of Latin America's top 100 lawyers, Sabrena has led on many high-profile finance deals.
Experience
Representation Bayport Colombia S.A., a subsidiary of leading specialist credit provider Bayport Management Limited, on its entry into a COP-denominated secured loan agreement of up to US$150 million through a Colombian trust established by Bayport Colombia S.A., as borrower, and a syndicate of leading international lenders;
Representation of Bayport Mexico (Financiera Fortaleza S.A. de C.V.), a subsidiary of leading specialist credit provider Bayport Management Limited, on its entry into a MXN 1.5 billion secured loan agreement with a syndicate of leading international lenders;
Representation of Deutsche Bank in a US$ 150 million finance transaction for Avianca S.A. backed by future credit card receivables;
Representation of Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners, and Scotiabank Peru S.A.A., as Administrative Agent in connection with Alicorp S.A.A.'s US$500 million senior unsecured bridge loan for the acquisition of Intradevco Industrial S.A.;
Representation of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, ABN AMRO Bank N.V. and ING Bank N.V. as lenders and joint lead arrangers in a US$700 million revolving loan facility granted to Bunge Limited Finance Corp., an American agribusiness and food company. On satisfaction of certain conditions following the sale of a majority interest in certain Brazilian subsidiaries, the revolving loan facility will be converted to a pre-export loan facility to be made to such Brazilian subsidiaries;
Representation of Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank as lender in connection with two separate bilateral facilities to finance the Argentine operations of Pan American Energy, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("PAE"). The first was a US$12 million senior unsecured term loan facility for Parque Eólico del Sur S.A., an Argentine subsidiary of PAE, as borrower, with PAE acting as the guarantor, to be used to finance the construction of a 24.15 megawatt wind power project in the Province of Chubut in Argentina. The second was a US$38 million senior unsecured term loan facility for Pan American Energy LLC, Argentine Branch to be used for general corporate purposes; and
Representation of a leading global financial institution on multiple domestic and international margin loans, for a broad range of borrowers in the U.S., Latin America, Europe and Asia, secured by U.S. listed shares or American depositary receipts (ADRs) and non-U.S. listed shares.
Co-author, "Acquisition Finance in Latin America: Navigating Diverse Legal Complexities in the Region", International Comparative Legal Guide, April 2019
Co-author, "Acquisition Finance in Latin America: Navigating Diverse Legal Complexities in the Region", International Comparative Legal Guide, April 2018
Co-author, "Acquisition Finance in Latin America: Navigating Diverse Legal Complexities in the Region", LSTA 2018 Loan Market Chronicle, February 2018
Co-author, "US Country Report in the IFLR Cross-Border Financing Report 2014", International Financial Law Review, September 2014
Co-author, "Margin rules create smoother squeeze-outs", International Financial Law Review, May 2014
Author, "Let's Talk Margin Stock", Latin Lawyer, May 2013
Co-author, "How Can a Hedge Fund Investor Pledge Its Hedge Fund Interest as Collateral for a Loan Without Obtaining the Consent of the Hedge Fund's Manager or General Partner?", The Hedge Fund Law Report, June 2010
Listed in Euromoney's Women in Business Law Guide for Banking & Finance, 2020
Latin America's Top 100 Lawyers, Latinvex, 2020
Banking & Finance: Foreign Expert, Chambers Global 2020
GC Powerlist, Mexico, The Legal 500, 2017, 2018 and 2019
Latin America's Top 100 Female Lawyers, Latinvex, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019
Leading Individual, Banking and Finance, Chambers Latin America, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020
Rising Star, IFLR1000 Leading Lawyer, 2020