Benjamin Cuevas
Associate
Overview
Benjamin Cuevas is a financial transactions attorney in Holland & Knight's New York office and a member of the firm's Corporate Services Team. Mr. Cuevas primarily advises clients in cross-border banking, project finance, acquisition finance and other financial transactions in Latin America.
Mr. Cuevas also advises clients in capital markets transactions, including equity and debt corporate issuances for a variety of corporations in critical industry sectors such as technology, aviation, oil and gas, mining, power generation and toll roads. In addition, he assists private and public corporations, family offices and high-net-worth clients on corporate financing, asset financing, project finance, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and general corporate matters.
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Cuevas was an associate in the finance practice of an international law firm in its New York office. He has also worked for two top-tier law firms in Chile.
Representative Experience
- Represented financial institutions in a hydroelectric power plant project finance valued at $500 million
- Represented financial institutions in the project finance for the construction of two wind farms valued at $435 million
- Represented a Chilean publicly traded sports company in the financing for the construction of a new stadium in Santiago de Chile
- Represented the largest airline company in Latin America in fleet financing and leases
- Represented a financial leasing company in China in aircraft financing
- Represented the bookrunners under Rule 144A and Regulation S valued at $2.75 billion
- Represented the bookrunners under Rule 144A and Regulation S valued at $900 million
- Represented the bookrunners under Rule 144A and Regulation S valued at $500 million
- Represented the bookrunners under Rule 144A and Regulation S valued at $1.5 billion
- Represented a gold production company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, in its foreign investment and debt structure in Chile
- Represented a Chilean electricity generation company in its financings and projects in Chile
- Represented a Mexican real estate investment trust (REIT) on a $600 million senior unsecured green bond issuance, Rule 144A and Regulation S
- Represented a leading player in the auto-financing industry in Chile, in a senior unsecured syndicated loan for up to US$100 million from a syndicate of banks
- Represented a Chilean gas distribution company in a senior unsecured revolving credit facility for up to US$30 million
- Represented a Mexican ceramic company in connection with a US$665 million multicurrency dual tranche senior secured financing granted by a syndicate of lenders
- Represented a Luxembourg-based holding company in a senior unsecured credit facility for up to $144.5 million provided by a syndicate of banks
- Represented a leading bank headquartered in Ecuador and with operations throughout the Andean region, as borrower, in a senior unsecured credit facility for up to $90 million provided by a syndicate of banks
- Represented a multilateral investment bank as lender of a loan up to $70 million to a Chilean non-profit caja de compensación
- Represented a multilateral investment bank as lender of a loan up to $45 million to finance capital expenditures and working capital needs related to expansion capacity and enhancement of a Mexican agribusiness corporation
Credentials
- New York University School of Law, LL.M.
- Universidad de los Andes, Master's Degree, Taxation
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, J.D.
- New York