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DFC Transactions by Sector

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Energy and Infrastructure

  • WaterEquity Clean Water: Represented WaterEquity, Inc. and Global Access Fund LP in connection with a $100 million DFC loan to support access to safe water and sanitation in East Asia and the Pacific, Latin American and the Caribbean, South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Citibank Infrastructure Risk-Sharing Facilities: Represented DFC in connection with over $1.5 billion of guaranty capacity across 16 risk-sharing guaranty facilities with Citibank, N.A. to support loans made by Citibank in Pakistan, South America, Africa, the Middle East, Russia/CIS, Asia, and Central America to finance infrastructure projects.
  • Pan American Energy Oil Development: Represented DFC in connection with a $250 million Series A/Series B First Loss guaranteed loan to finance the expansion of oil development activities in Argentina.
  • Maritza III Power Plant: Represented DFC in connection with a $200 million loan to finance the development of a 600 MW independent power generation facility in Bulgaria.
  • Real Infrastructure Capital Partners Solar Power: Represented Real Infrastructure Capital Partners in connection with a $45 million DFC loan to finance the development and construction of 8 PV solar power plants with an aggregate capacity of 22.56 MW across 4 sites in El Salvador.
  • Matanzas Hydroelectric: Represented DFC in connection with the successful equity restructuring and repayment of a $20 million DFC loan that financed the construction of a 14 MW hydroelectric project in Guatemala.
  • ClearWater Water Processing Facility: Represented DFC in connection with a $2.5 million loan to finance the construction and operation of a carbonated water processing facility in Hungary.
  • IES Gas Pipeline: Represented DFC in connection with the negotiation of Non-Honoring of Sovereign Guaranty expropriation coverage for a $250 million loan that financed the construction and operation of an offshore natural gas pipeline in Israel.
  • Cerro Verde Copper Mine: Represented DFC in connection with the negotiation of political risk insurance coverage for a $250 million equity investment to finance the privatization and expansion of an open-pit copper mine in Peru.
  • Alcap Waste Recycling Facility: Represented DFC in connection with a $5 million loan to finance the construction and operation of an aluminum waste recycling facility in Poland.
  • ZAO Star Networks Telecommunications: Represented ZAO Star Networks in connection with the successful restructuring of the equity and $28 million DFC loan that financed a telecommunications project in Russia.
  • Samoa Solar Power Plant: Represented the developer in connection with a DFC loan to finance a 2.4 MW PV solar power plant in the Independent State of Samoa. OPIC’s first project in the Independent State of Samoa.
  • Rand Merchant Bank Infrastructure Facility: Represented DFC in connection with a $200 million co-lending facility with Rand Merchant Bank to finance infrastructure projects in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Private Equity Funds

  • WaterEquity, Inc.: Represented WaterEquity, Inc. and Global Access Fund LP in connection with a $100 million DFC loan to support access to safe water and sanitation in East Asia and the Pacific, Latin American and the Caribbean, South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Sarona Frontier Markets Fund: Represented Sarona Asset Management in connection with a $250 million facility leveraged with an $87.5 million DFC loan to fund SME investments in frontier and emerging market countries. OPIC’s first fund-of-funds facility.
  • Actis Fund: Represented DFC in connection with a $50 million investment guaranty to Actis Fund for investments in portfolio companies in Asia.
  • Paladin Fund: Represented DFC in connection with a $35 million investment guaranty to Paladin Fund for investment in real estate portfolio companies in Latin America.
  • Conduit Fund: Represented DFC in connection with a $60 million investment guaranty to Conduit Fund for investments in portfolio companies in Latin America.

Financial Institutions and Guaranty Facilities

  • Citibank Infrastructure Risk-Sharing Guaranties: Represented DFC in connection with over $1.5 billion of guaranty capacity across 16 risk-sharing guaranty facilities with Citibank, N.A. to support loans made by Citibank in Pakistan, South America, Africa, the Middle East, Russia/CIS, Asia, and Central America to finance infrastructure projects.
  • Citibank Microfinance Risk-Sharing Guaranty: Represented DFC in connection with a $70 million risk-sharing guaranty facility with Citibank, N.A. to fund microfinance loans made by Citibank in 48 emerging market countries.
  • WorldBusiness Capital, Inc. Risk-Sharing Guaranties: Represent WorldBusiness Capital, Inc. in connection with a risk-sharing guaranty facility with DFC that has supported over $150 million of loans made to businesses and financial institutions in Cambodia, El Salvador, India, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Moldova, Mongolia, Sri Lanka and Ukraine.
  • Bayport Management Ltd: Represented Bayport Management Ltd in connection with a $250 million DFC loan to fund BML’s strategic growth aspirations in Africa and Latin America.
  • Rand Merchant Bank Infrastructure Facility: Represented DFC in connection with a $200 million co-lending facility with Rand Merchant Bank to finance infrastructure projects in Sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Ghana Home Loans Mortgages: Represented DFC in connection with a $30 million loan to capitalize Ghana Home Loans bank mortgage company to finance primary and secondary mortgages in Ghana.
  • Iraq Middle Market Development Foundation Guaranty Facility: Represented DFC in connection with a $20 million co-guaranty facility with Global Communities and IMMDF to support loans made by local banks in Iraq.
  • AMEEN Guaranty Facility: Represented DFC in connection with a $20 million co-guaranty facility with Global Communities and AMEEN, S.A.L. to support loans made by local banks in Lebanon.
  • Liberia Enterprise Development Fund Reconstruction Facility: Represented DFC in connection with a $20 million loan to LEDFC to finance reconstruction efforts in Liberia.
  • SA Taxi: Represent SA Taxi in connection with over $350 million of loans from DFC and other development finance institutions to expand SA Taxi’s financial services business in South Africa.
  • Middle East Investment Initiative: Represented Global Communities in connection with a $110 million DFC loan to support loans in the West Bank and Gaza.

Loan Restructurings and Workouts

  • EAG Afghanistan: Represented Emergent Advisory Group, LLC in connection with its purchase of Afghan Growth Finance and the successful restructuring of a DFC loan that funded loans and equipment leases made to SMEs in Afghanistan.
  • Servicio Grafico Quipus: Represented DFC in connection with the successful restructuring of the DFC loan that financed the purchase of equipment for the expansion of a printing company in Bolivia.
  • Fresh Start Bakeries: Represented DFC in connection with the successful assignment and transfer of a $6 million DFC loan that financed the construction and operation of a bakery in Brazil.
  • SCI Cocoma: Represented DFC in connection with the successful sale of shares as part of the restructuring of the DFC loan that financed the construction of a hotel in Cote d’Ivoire.
  • Agro Tech: Represented DFC in connection with the successful negotiation of a settlement agreement with the project sponsors in connection with DFC loans that financed poultry production in the Dominican Republic.
  • Phyto-Riker Pharmaceutical Facility: Represented DFC in connection with the successful restructuring of the equity and sale of the DFC loan that financed the privatization and expansion of a pharmaceutical distribution facility in Ghana.
  • Camas Ghana Cocoa Bean Equipment: Represented DFC in connection with the successful restructuring of the DFC loan that financed the installation and operation of cocoa bean sorting equipment in Ghana.
  • Teberebie Goldfields: Represented DFC in connection with the successful restructuring and sale of a $20 million DFC loan that financed the construction and expansion of a gold production facility in Ghana.
  • Matanzas Hydroelectric: Represented DFC in connection with the successful equity restructuring and repayment of a $20 million DFC loan that financed the construction of a 14 MW hydroelectric project in Guatemala.
  • Inter-Mac Honduras Housing: Represented the project sponsors, borrowers and construction contractor in connection with the successful restructuring of a DFC loan that financed the redevelopment and expansion of an affordable housing community project in Honduras.
  • ZAO Star Networks Telecommunications: Represented ZAO Star Networks in connection with the successful restructuring of the equity and $28 million DFC loan that financed a telecommunications project in Russia.
  • Century 21 Real Estate Franchise: Represented a U.S. company in connection with the successful purchase and restructuring of a DFC loan that financed the operation of a real estate franchise in Russia and the Ukraine.

Microfinance and SME Finance

  • Sarona Frontier Markets Fund: Represented Sarona Asset Management in connection with a $250 million facility leveraged with an $87.5 million DFC loan to fund SME investments in frontier and emerging market countries. OPIC’s first fund-of-funds facility.
  • Citibank Microfinance Risk-Sharing Facility: Represented DFC in connection with a $70 million risk-sharing guaranty facility with Citibank, N.A. to fund microfinance loans made by Citibank in 48 emerging market countries.
  • SEAF COVID-19 Facility: Represented Small Enterprise Assistance Funds in connection with a $20 million DFC loan to fund emergency relief to SMEs worldwide to enable them to survive the COVID-19 crisis.
  • SEAF Global Facility: Represented Small Enterprise Assistance Funds in connection with a $30 million DFC loan to fund loans to SMEs worldwide.
  • SEAF Women’s Global Finance: Represented Small Enterprise Assistance Funds and SEAF Women’s Global Finance LLC in connection with a $20 million DFC loan to fund loans to women-owned and women-led SMEs worldwide.
  • SEAF Afghanistan SME Facility: Represented Small Enterprise Assistance Funds in connection with a $50 million DFC loan to fund loans and equipment leases to SMEs in Afghanistan through Afghan Growth Finance.
  • SEAF Co-Lending SME Facility: Represented Small Enterprise Assistance Funds in connection with a $30 million DFC co-lending facility to fund loans and equipment leases to SMEs in Afghanistan.
  • Iraq Middle Market Development Foundation: Represented Global Communities in connection with a $10 million DFC loan to IMMDF to support SME and agribusiness loans made in Iraq.
  • Middle East Micro Credit Company: Represented Global Communities in connection with a DFC loan to fund microfinance and SME loans made by MEMCO in Jordan.
  • Microfinance and Housing Facility: Represented DFC in connection with a $30 million loan to Global Communities to fund microfinance and housing loans in Lebanon.
  • Microenterprise, Small Enterprise, and Housing Facility: Represented Global Communities in connection with a $25 million DFC loan to support micro enterprise, small enterprise, and housing loans in Lebanon.
  • Liberia Enterprise Development Fund SME Facility: Represented LEDFC in connection with a $17 million DFC loan to support SME lending in Liberia.
  • Tameer MicroFinance Bank: Represented Global Communities in connection with a $5 million DFC loan to fund microfinance loans made by Tameer MicroFinance Bank in Pakistan.
  • Counterpart International: Represented DFC in connection with the financing of a venture capital fund targeting investments in environmentally-focused SMEs in the Philippines.
  • S.C. Express Finance: Represented Global Communities in connection with loans from DFC and other international finance institutions for on-lending to S.C. Express Finance, a microfinance bank in Romania.
  • West Bank Microfinance/Housing Facility: Represented Global Communities in connection with a $7.5 million DFC loan to fund microfinance and housing loans in the West Bank.

Manufacturing and Construction

  • Roumel Development Corporation Housing: Represented DFC in connection with a $2.5 million loan to finance the construction and development of low-income housing in Bosnia & Herzegovina. OPIC’s first project in Bosnia & Herzegovina.
  • Braslo Meat Processing Facility: Represented DFC in connection with a $17 million loan to finance the construction and operation of a meat processing facility in Brazil.
  • Phyto-Riker Pharmaceutical Facility: Represented DFC in connection with a $12.5 million loan to finance the privatization and expansion of a pharmaceutical distribution facility in Ghana, as well as the successful restructuring of the equity and sale of the DFC loan.
  • LaGray Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility: Represented DFC in connection with a $5 million loan to finance the construction and operation of a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Ghana.
  • Spice Dehydration Facility: Represented DFC in connection with a $2 million loan to finance the construction and operation of a spice dehydration facility in Ghana.
  • Cocoa Bean Equipment: Represented DFC in connection with a $2 million loan to finance the installation and operation of cocoa bean sorting equipment in Ghana, as well as the successful restructuring of the DFC loan.
  • Casa Encantadas Hotel Construction and Expansion: Represented DFC in connection with the financing of the purchase, refurbishment and expansion of a hotel in Guatemala.
  • Honduras Homes Housing: Represented DFC in connection with a $9 million loan to finance the construction and development of low-income housing in Honduras.
  • Inter-Mac Honduras Housing: Represented the construction contractor in the acquisition of an affordable housing community in Honduras; and represented the project sponsors, borrowers and construction contractor in connection with the successful restructuring of a DFC loan that financed the redevelopment and expansion of the project.
  • International School of Kenya: Represented the International School of Kenya in connection with an $8 million loan from DFC to finance the construction and expansion of its school in Kenya.
  • Jopa Villas Housing: Represented DFC in connection with a $7 million loan to finance the construction and development of middle-income housing in Kenya.
  • Mongolian Resorts: Represented DFC in connection with a loan to finance the construction of an eco-tourist camp and tourist facility in Mongolia. OPIC’s first project in Mongolia.
  • Hospital Construction and Expansion: Represented a U.S. foundation in connection with a DFC loan to finance the construction and expansion of a hospital in Pakistan.
  • MVB Panama Housing: Represented the borrower in connection with a $7.5 million DFC loan to finance the construction and development of low-income housing in Panama.
  • Pacific Sub-Sea Saipan: Represented DFC in connection with a $10 million loan to finance a submarine reef exploration project in Thailand.
  • Ukrainian Catholic University Expansion: Represented Ukrainian Catholic University in connection with a $6.5 million DFC loan to finance the expansion of the University’s campus in Lviv, Ukraine.
  • Raymond de Venezuela Equipment Manufacturing Facility: Represented DFC in connection with a $2 million loan to finance the construction and operation of an equipment manufacturing facility in Venezuela.
  • VTRAC Storage Facility: Represented DFC in connection with the financing of the construction and operation of a storage facility in Vietnam.
  • ZAO Europlan: Represented DFC in connection with a $40 million loan to finance an equipment leasing portfolio in Russia/CIS.

Political Risk Insurance

  • Djibouti Salt Mine: Represented DFC in connection with DFC’s issuance of $60 million of political risk insurance to cover the debt financing of the construction and operation of a salt mine in the Republic of Djibouti.
  • Bucheit International: Represented DFC in the successful defense of a political risk insurance claim brought against DFC under DFC’s political risk insurance contract covering the equity investment in a construction project in Gaza.
  • Rota International: Represented DFC in the successful defense of a claim brought against DFC under DFC’s political risk insurance contract covering the equity investment in a cashew production facility in Guinea-Bissau.
  • IEC Gas Pipeline: Represented DFC in connection with the negotiation of Non-Honoring of Sovereign Guaranty expropriation coverage for a $250 million loan that financed the construction and operation of an offshore natural gas pipeline in Israel.
  • Josco: Represented DFC in the successful settlement and recovery of an expropriation claim brought against DFC under DFC’s political risk insurance contract covering the equity investment in a processing facility in Jamaica.
  • Cerro Verde Copper Mine: Represented DFC in connection with the negotiation of political risk insurance coverage for a $250 million equity investment to finance the privatization and expansion of an open-pit copper mine in Peru.