This is now the fifth time in a row and the sixth time in seven years that Astris Finance has received the Latin America’s Financial Advisor of the Year award.
Astris's 2021 achievements:
26 deals closed across Europe, the Americas and Southeast Asia
$ 5.6bn of debt raised
Latin America Financial Advisor of the Year Award by both IJ Global (for the 6th time in 7 years!) and Proximo Infra (for its inaugural award)
Deal of the Year Awards: Puerto Antioquia (Sponsors: Colombia Banana Industry Stakeholders/CMA-CGM/Eiffage) by IJ Global and Alfa Desarollo (Sponsors: Celeo/APG) by PFI Magazine
From left to right: Romain Papassian (Head of Infra for the Americas), Tobey Collins (Head of Energy for the Americas), and Juan Francisco Toro (Head of infra for Latin America), receive the Proximo Latin American Advisor of the Year award.
New York, 9 March 2022
Washington DC, 1 April 2022
Dear friends,
It is this time of the year again – and I am very pleased to report that Astris Finance has been named 2021 Financial Advisor of the Year for Latin America by both IJ Global and Proximo Infra.
Our landmark Puerto Antioquia project in Colombia also won the IJ Global Latin America Transport Deal of the Year award. This $792 m greenfield container port project -- on which we have been working for over seven years -- is expected to drastically cut the CO2 footprint and improve the economic efficiency of international trade from and to the north of Colombia. More later on this fascinating project.
These awards cap an exciting year 2021 for Astris in Latin America. Beyond Puerto Antioquia, we have helped take six projects to financial close in Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Brazil and Peru, adding up to USD 2.3 bn of debt raised. In particular, Astris advised Dutch pension fund APG and Spanish developer Celeo on the c. USD 1.2 bn acquisition and financing of the Colbun transmission line portfolio in Chile, through an innovative 30-year project bond.
This is the sixth time in seven years that Astris Finance has been named IJ Global Financial Advisor of the Year for Latin America. As we continue strengthening our position in the Latin American infrastructure and energy space, I would like once again to thank all our clients and partners for the fantastic relationships we have established over the years -- and I want to thank our team for the rigor, the creativity and the energy they deploy on every one of our mandates.
Kind regards,
Fabrice Henry
Chief Executive Officer