BKM Berkemeyer advised Consorcio Vial Bioceanico on the first international project bond in the history of Paraguay.

| 21/05/2019| Berke Report (en)

Financial close involved 2 transactions: (i) the issuance of notes (144A / REG S bonds) under New York law by an SPV, for which UBS A.G. participated as the structuring agent of the 15 years term notes that amounts to USD 430 million plus interests (interest rate ended up in 5.375%, despite the round has started at a price of 5.75%) and BONY acted as indenture trustee (issuance was a success with an oversubscription of 2,6); and (ii) a revolving syndicated loan for working capital in which local banks Banco Atlas S.A., Banco Regional, Sudameris Bank and Banco Nacional de Fomento, participated as lenders of the USD 50 Million short term credit facility and Finexpar as trustee for a local collateral trust.

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