About the Bonds & Loans Latin America & Caribbean AWARDS 2021

Since 2015, the Bonds & Loans Awards has been recognising the most innovative and ground-breaking deals from Sovereign, Corporate and Financial Institution issuers and borrowers. This year, I am delighted to announce that for the first time we will be recognising the outstanding achievements of Investment Banks' Deal Teams, Funding Teams, Investment Managers, and Legal Advisers.

The exhaustive selection process involves close examination of deal size, tenor, structure, and distribution; analysis and background of the borrower and their accessibility to financing; with extra credit for those deals demonstrating high quality execution, accessing new pools of liquidity, innovative structuring, and opening-up new markets.

Bringing together the industry’s most high-profile figures, the Bonds & Loans Latin America & Caribbean Awards ceremony is an opportunity to raise the profile of the financial markets with the international investment community, and to inspire future issuance by Latin American & Caribbean companies.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2021 WINNERS!

Following a rigorous selection process, we are delighted to announce the Bonds & Loans Latin America & Caribbean AWARDS 2021 winners! To join the LatAm & Caribbean industry's most high-profile figures at the awards ceremony on the 1st December at The Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove, Miami Hotel, book your table here today.

Deals of the Year WINNERS:

• Sovereign, Supra & Agency Bond Deal of the Year: Republic of Peru
• Investment Grade Corporate Bond Deal of the Year: Coca-Cola FEMSA
• High Yield Corporate Bond Deal of the Year: Mercado Libre
• Hybrid Bond Deal of the Year: CEMEX
• Private Placement Deal of the Year: ATP Tower Holdings
• Liability Management Deal of the Year: United Mexican States
• Structured Finance Deal of the Year: Grupo Elektra
• Syndicated Loan Deal of the Year: Tecnoglass
• Local Currency Deal of the Year: Azul
• Leveraged & Acquisition Finance Deal of the Year: Northland Power
• Project Finance Deal of the Year: EnfraGen
• ESG & Sustainable Finance Deal of the Year: Klabin
• Ground-Breaking Deal of the Year: Suzano

Bank Awards WINNERS:

• Bond House of the Year: J.P. Morgan
• Loan House of the Year: Mizuho
• Structured Finance House of the Year: Goldman Sachs
• Project Finance House of the Year: Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
• ESG/Sustainable Finance Adviser of the Year: Morgan Stanley

Borrower Awards WINNERS:

• Sovereign Funding Team of the Year: Republic of Chile
• Corporate Funding Team of the Year: Suzano
• Bank Funding Team of the Year: CABEI

Legal Awards WINNERS:

• Banking & Finance Legal Adviser of the Year: Milbank
• Capital Markets Legal Adviser of the Year: Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton

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SELECTION PROCESS AND CRITERIA

All submissions must be received by COB on Friday 14th May 2021

Please email your completed submission form to: Awards@GFCMediaGroup.com

Winners will be notified of their success after Monday 4th October 2021

The Bonds & Loans Latin America & Caribbean Awards Ceremony will be held on Wednesday 1st December 2021

Deals of the Year Selection Process and Criteria:

• Profile of the borrower and how much access they have to the financial markets
• Deal size, tenor, pricing, spread compression (vs. IPTs)
• Features of a transaction that are new to the market, or contribute to the development of the sector
• Borrower objectives vs. results; and use of proceeds
• Market research and feedback

Bank and Legal Awards Selection Process and Criteria:

• League Table position (Deal volume and number of deals)
• Innovation, Market Leadership and Deals of Note
• Roles on key transactions
• Market Feedback

Borrower Awards Selection Process and Criteria:

• Innovation demonstrated in approach to funding and debt management
• Market Feedback

Investor Awards Selection Process and Criteria:

• Total return performance (net any fees, in USD)
• Standard deviation
• Maximum drawdown

ACCOMMODATION:

This conference will be hosted at The Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove, Miami Hotel.

If you would like to book a hotel room, please contact Rosie on Rosie.Nixon@GFCMediaGroup.com for more information.

COVID-19 HEALTH & SAFETY MEASURES

The health and safety of our attendees and staff is of utmost importance. The measures outlined in our COVID-19 health & safety document are a combination of safety protocols implemented by The Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove, Miami Hotel and additional procedures introduced by GFC Media Group. These have been put in place in-line with the advice and information shared by various health organisations such as the World Health Organisation (WHO) and respective local health authorities, to enable the safest return to live events whilst COVID-19 remains a risk.

Please note that due to client preferences, set-up for the awards dinner will comprise of round tables seating 10 people each (as per pre-COVID), however individual tables will be spread out at a greater distance than standard.