Carlos A. Pelaez | People | Arnold & Porter

Carlos Pelaez has experience on capital markets, finance and mergers and acquisitions transactions. He has represented issuers and underwriters in equity and debt transactions for corporate, financial institutions and sovereign clients in SEC registered and unregistered transactions.

Focus Areas

Corporate & Finance

Experience

Car manufacturer in connection with its US$7.1 billion bankruptcy exit financing.
Insurance company in a US$610 million Triple-X financing.
Car manufacturer in connection with its US$400 million financing for the construction of an assembly plant in Mexico.
Apparel retailer in connection with its US$60 million bankruptcy exit financing.
Multilateral infrastructure lender with $100 million OPIC financing to promote infrastructure development in Africa.
State-owned savings bank in $250 million credit facility with MIGA guarantee to support social housing.

Latin American airline in its US$3.2 billion acquisition of another Latin American airline. The resulting company is one of the ten largest airline groups in the world.
Cable company in its US$1.36 billion acquisition of a cable company system from a private equity group.
Health insurer in its US$4.9 billion acquisition of a health insurer.

Camposol S.A. (Peru) in its offering of US$350,000,000 6.000% Senior Notes due 2027 under Rule 144A/Reg S.
Several Latin American sovereigns or their underwriters in multiple SEC registered issuances totaling over US$18.3 billion, including the underwriters in Latin America's first century bond.
Several Latin American sovereigns in multiple liability management transactions (exchange, tender and switch tenders), including the Federative Republic of Brazil in its offer to purchase more than US$11.8 billion of its bonds.
Issuers in 144A/Reg S transactions including: (i) The Republic of Kenya in its US$2 billion debut international bond issuance, the largest ever debut sovereign bond from Africa; (ii) The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation in its offering of US$400 million Fixed-to-Floating-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C; (iii) sovereign issuers in the EEA and Latin America in issuances totaling over US$3.8 billion; and (iv) a heavy equipment manufacturer in a US$1 billion high yield bond issuance.
The Charles Schwab Corporation in its US$1 billion issuance of Senior Notes.

Bank as the issuer in a US$1 billion PIPE transaction.
Canadian mining issuer in its offer to exchange approximately US$4 billion of its non-registered securities for registered securities in an Exxon Capital transaction.
Broker-dealer in connection with its exchange of US$355 million of its outstanding debt and preferred stock for its common stock using a VWAP pricing mechanism.

Perspectives

January 5, 2024

Arnold & Porter Advises on Over $30 Billion of Sovereign Finance Deals in 2023

November 16, 2023

Arnold & Porter Advises Colombia in Landmark $2.5 Billion Social Bond Offering

October 26, 2023

The Legal 500 Latin America 2024 Recognizes Arnold and Porter Lawyers Practices

May 2, 2023

Arnold & Porter Advises Brazil on US$2.25 Billion Bond Issue

April 26, 2023

Arnold and Porter Advises on More Than US$15 Billion of Sovereign Finance Deals in Q1 2023

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Recognition

The Legal 500 Latin America

"Next Generation Partners" Capital Markets (2022-2024)
Capital Markets (2017-2019, 2021-2023)
"Next Generation Lawyer" Capital Markets (2018-2019, 2021)

Latinvex

"Top 100 Lawyers" — Capital Markets (2023)
Latin America's Rising Legal Stars (2018)

IFLR1000

"Rising Star" — Capital Markets: Debt (USA) (2019-2023)
"Rising Star" — Capital Markets: Equity, M&A (USA) (2019-2023)

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Credentials

Education

J.D., University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, 2008
B.A., University of Chicago, 1998

Admissions

District of Columbia
New York

Languages

Portuguese
Spanish