Familiar names in Codelco’s US$780 million issuance
Davide Montagner
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York and Buenos Aires and Carey in Santiago have helped Chile’s state-owned copper company Codelco raise US$780 million in a bond issuance.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York and Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Chile) advised the initial purchasers.
The transaction closed on 22 October.
The notes carry a 3.7% interest rate and are due in 2050.
Codelco also made three concurrent cash tender offers using the proceeds from the debt offering, as well as existing capital, to purchase its outstanding 4.5% notes due in 2023, 2.25% notes due in 2024 and 4.5% notes due in 2025.
Codelco is the world’s largest copper producer, controlling 6% of all reserves. Last year, the company obtained nearly US$1.2 billion through several debt offerings and credit facilities. The same firms were involved in that deal too.
Counsel to Codelco
In-house counsel - Diego Brieba
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Partners Duane McLaughlin and Jason Factor, and associates Synne Chapman, JinSol Lee and Jeeihn Lee in New York, and associate Lara Gómez Tomei in Buenos Aires
Carey
Partners Diego Peralta, Manuel José Garcés and Fernando Noriega, and associate Fernanda Valdés in Santiago
Counsel to Bank of America, BNP Paribas, JP Morgan and Santander
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Partners Nicholas Kronfeld and Ethan Goldman, counsel Katia Brener and associate Tyler Scheiner in New York
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Chile)
Partner Marcelo Armas and associates Daniel Parodi, María Jesús Ibáñez and Macarena Soto in Santiago
