Sebastián Quijada
Lawyer from the University of Chile.
Specialty:
Project Finance specialist and PFI model.
Postgraduate:
LL.M., International Law, Trade and Investments, Ruprecht-Karl University of Heidelberg, Germany and MSc Finance and Financial Law. University of London, UK.
Experience:
He has extensive experience in infrastructure, corporate, financial, banking and capital market matters, having developed her career in Chile and abroad. He was legal advisor to the Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE) where he was in charge of the legal structuring of APP and for the MOP to support road maintenance concessions. For five years he was Senior Vice President of the Royal Bank of Scotland plc in London, where he focused on structuring, financing and agency in syndicated loans in project finance and especially in applications of the PFI model. He is currently Managing Partner Legal Area of IKONS ATN.
Main countries with experience:
Chile, Ecuador, UK, Scotland, Ireland, Pakistan, Turkey, Russia, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Honduras, Mexico, Ecuador, Germany, Canada, Thailand, Nigeria and Guatemala.
Languages:
Spanish English.
Lawyer; LLM & MSc, specialist in Project Finance and Private Finance Initiative (PFI) models.
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Jaime Li
Lawyer from the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences
Specialty:
PPP contracts specialist
Postgraduate:
Master in Public-Private Partnerships from the International University of La Rioja. Master in Regulation with a mention in infrastructure and telecommunications from the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences. Master in Project Management from the International University of Valencia (diploma in process)
Experience:
He has been a consultant to the IDB in Guatemala, a legal consultant to the OECD for the study of PPPs in Latin America, an expert member of UNECE in the preparation of international guidelines on PPPs and a substitute member of an Ad-Hoc Arbitration Commission in Guatemala for the Escuintla – Puerto Quetzal Highway project. He has given specialized classes and conferences in Peru, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Costa Rica. He is co-president of the Latin American chapter of WAPPP, referee and postgraduate professor at APP. In Peru he has advised the MTC, ATU, SEDAPAL, ESSALUD in Peru and other entities in the administration and execution of concession contracts in the port, railway, telecommunications, urban transportation, sanitation and health sectors, participating, among others, in projects such as Line 1 and 2 of the Lima Metro, the National Fiber Optic Dorsal Network and hospital projects under PPP. Jaime is a Lawyer from the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences, he has a Master in Public-Private Partnerships from the International University of La Rioja, a Master in Regulation with a mention in infrastructure and telecommunications from the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences and a Master in Project Management from the International University of Valencia.
Main countries with experience:
Peru, Costa Rica, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic
Languages:
Spanish, English
Specialist in PPP contracts, regulation of public services and project management
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Martín Carlevaro
Specialty:
Specialist in Project Finance, Energy and M&A.
Postgraduate:
MBA full time and bilingual (IAE), Diploma in Administrative Contracts and Public Infrastructure (Austral University); Project appraisal (Skanska Program in Stockholm, Sweden); Banking & Finance (UTDT).
Experience:
More than 17 years of experience in capital markets and financing of transport, social, health and energy infrastructure at an international level, having advised lenders and sponsors in large projects in LATAM under project finance structures applied to public-private partnerships. For 7 years he was Chief Legal Counsel at Skanska ID (international investment division of the Swedish construction group) where he was in charge of the legal structuring of concession projects in Chile (i.e. Autopistas de Antofagasta), energy in Brazil (i.e. Breitener Energia) and P3 in the U.S. (ERC | Midtown Tunnel, in Virginia). Since 2015 he is Partner at BKM | Berkemeyer, leading teams of legal advisers in the first PPP experiences in Paraguay (Routes 2 and 7 and Asunción Airport), Uruguay (Road Circuits) and Argentina (RARS, AUSUR and Ferrocarril Norpatagonico, in the latter case the structuring of the PPP Contract and bidding terms for the Public Grantor).
Main countries with experience:
Chile, Brasil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, United States.
Languages:
Spanish, English, Portuguese.
Lawyer; MBA y Diploma, specialist in Project Finance, energy and M&A.
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Daniela Gatica
Lawyer from the University of Chile.
Specialty:
Specialist in design of PPP and Project Finance contracts
Postgraduate:
Law specialization for Project Finance
Experience:
She has worked in the design of transaction models for the electricity sector and logistics platforms
Main countries with experience:
Chile
Languages:
Spanish, English
Lawyer; specialist in PPP design and Project Finance contracts.
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