August 2006, Peru - Financial Advisor to Concesionaria IIRSA Norte, IIRSA Amazonas Norte
Astris Finance served as financial advisor to IIRSA Norte Amazonas, a project company controlled by Odebrecht, the largest construction and engineering firm in Latin America, in connection with this project,...

February 2006, Dominican Republic - Financial Advisor to Odinsa, Autopistas del Nordeste Road Concession
As financial advisor to Odinsa, the project sponsor, Astris Finance successfully advised and structured a US$162 million, 20-year final maturity, senior secured note offering to finance the construction...

June 2005, Vietnam - Financial Advisor for the City of Hanoi, Light Rail Project
Astris Finance has been retained as Financial Advisor by the City of Hanoi to study the feasibility of the first light train line in Hanoi (East-West Corridor). The Project’s proposed financing structure...

September 2004, Costa Rica - Financial Advisor to SNC Lavalin, San Jose-Caldera Road Concession
Astris Finance has been retained as Financial Advisor and Placement Agent to SNC-Lavalin Investment in connection with the Proposed Subordinated Debt and Third Party Equity Financing for the San José-Caldera...

April 2004, Chile - Financial Advisor to Agunsa, Arica Port Concession
Astris Finance is providing financial advisory services to Agunsa for Arica Port Concession Project in Chile by assisting in the preparation of its bids and reviewing all relevant financial and technical...

March 2004, Ecuador - Financial Advisor to Indigenous Groups in the Amazon
Astris Finance has been retained by the IDB to promote managerial and entrepreneurial capacity among an important group of indigenous people in Ecuadorian Amazon (as represented by their umbrella confederation...

November 2003, Costa Rica - Financial Advisor to Bidder, Road Concession
Astris Finance has been retained as Financial Advisor by a major European construction group to structure and secure subordinated debt and third party equity financing in connection with the group’s prospective...

July 2003, Mexico - Financial Advisor to Sponsor, Cancun Urban Transit Project
Astris Finance has been retained as Financial Advisor to a private Mexican developer for the development of a light rail passenger train (tramway/people mover) along the Cancun hotel strip. The project...

July 2003, Costa-Rica - Financial Advisor to the Government of Costa Rica, San José-Heredia Tramway Project
Astris Finance has been retained as Financial Advisor by Costa Rica’s National Railway Institute (INCOFER) to study the feasibility of the first line of the San Jose tramway. The Project’s proposed financing...

January 2003, Costa Rica - Financial Advisor to the Government of Costa Rica, Road Concessions
Astris is Financial Advisor to the Central Government of Costa Rica for the structuring and bidding of two major road concessions (San José-Limon and San José Beltway). These projects are part of the current...

January 2003, Ecuador - Financial Advisor to Bidder, Guayaquil Airport Concession
Astris Finance is providing financial advisory services to one of the prospective bidders for Guayaquil Airport Concession Project in Ecuador by assisting in the preparation of its bids and reviewing all...

December 2002, Mexico - Financial Advisor and Sole Placement Agent to Sponsor, Hotel Refinancing
Astris Finance is Financial Advisor and Sole Placement Agent in the refinancing of the Akumal Beach Resort, a luxury hotel located on the Costa Maya in Mexico. The deal benefits from a very solid structure...

October 2002, Bolivia - Financial and Technical Advisor to two Bolivian Cities, Infrastructure and Service Concessions
Astris Finance/Dexia Credit Local was mandated by the Inter-American Development Bank to help two cities (La Paz and Cochabamba) evaluate ways for concessioning their urban infrastructure services and...

October 2002, Peru - Financial Advisor to the Municipality of Lima, Urban Transport Project
Astris Finance provided technical advisory support to the Municipality regarding its ability to incur up to US$90 million in multilateral debt to finance a controlled-access bus system. The Advisory reconstructs...

May 2002, Bolivia - Financial Advisor and Sole Placement Agent to Gas Transboliviano, Mezzanine Debt Financing, Oil and Gas Project
In October 2001, GTB retained Astris Finance to be lead arranger on a senior secured bond issue in the Bolivian markets to finance the same project. The issue, which was ready to go to market in early...

April 2002, Ecuador - Financial Advisor to Amazonia Gas, Oil and Gas Project
Astris Finance was hired by Amazonía Gas to be their financial advisor for various projects under development by the company. Amazonía Gas is wholly owned by the Confederation of Indigenous people in the...

February 2002, Dominican Republic - Transaction Advisor to the City of Santiago, Urban Parking Concession
Astris Finance was retained by the City of Santiago to design an on-street parking concession and to develop a general strategy for off-street parking consistent with this concession. Working closely with...

February 2002, Bolivia - Financial Advisor to Bidder, Road Concession
Astris Finance provides financial advisory services to one of the bidders in the "Distribuidor Vial del Este" concession, a 200+ Km toll road in Bolivia's Santa Cruz Department. Astris is assisting in...

December 2001, Bolivia - Financial Advisor to Banco Do Brasil, Guarantee Structuring for Road Concession Project
Astris Finance has been retained by a major Brazilian construction firm and its financing bank, Banco do Brasil, to structure a guarantee mechanism based on Bolivian gas revenues, to secure a US$300 million...

October 2001, Bolivia - Financial Advisor to Gas Transboliviano, Asset-backed Bond Issue
Astris Finance is Financial Advisor for a US$55 million bond issue in the Bolivian market, to finance the additional compression required to increase the Bolivia-to-Brazil pipeline's capacity to 30 MM...

September 2001, Latin American/Caribbean Region - Consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank
Astris Finance was retained to review current initiatives of the multilateral institutions in funding private sector projects in the smaller or less creditworthy countries of the Latin America and the...

June 2001, Panama - Transaction Advisor to City of Panama, Urban Parking Concession
Astris Finance has been retained by the City of Panama to structure the bidding process for the on-street parking and parking enforcement system. This assignment started with a round of meetings with the...

March 2001, Bolivia - Financial Advisor to Prefecture of Tarija, Royalties Securitization Bond Issue
Astris Finance was hired by the Prefecture of Tarija, Bolivia, to look into the feasibility of securitizing part of the gas royalties which the Prefecture is to receive under Bolivian law during the next...

February 2001, Honduras - Transaction Advisor to Municipality of San Pedro Sula, Road Concession
In early 2001, Astris Finance was appointed by the Municipality of San Pedro Sula, Honduras’ economic capital, to manage the concession process for an urban roadway, including structuring the deal so that...

December 2000, Argentina - Project Developer and Financial Advisor to Puerto La Plata Inc., Greenfield Port Project
Executives of Astris Finance identified an excellent opportunity to develop a multi-purpose terminal in the port of La Plata, 50 Km. south of the port of Buenos Aires. A team of experts in port development...