Sami Mir

Sami is ranked Band 4 for Projects by Chambers Latin America 2019 and as an “Up and Coming” lawyer in 2015 and 2016. Legal 500 has noted him as “an up and coming name amongst lending agencies.” In addition, Sami was named a 2016 Law360 “Rising Star,” which recognized his work as a top project finance attorney under the age of 40.

Noteworthy experience includes advising:

• The Senior Lenders (including IFC, EBRD, JBIC, UKEF, Bpifrance, EXIAR, Finnvera, Mizuho, HSBC and ING) on the USD 5bn project financing of a constellation of 882 satellites and associated infrastructure and ground facilities for OneWeb.
• IDB Invest on the refinancing of two existing construction loans, the proceeds of which are used to develop, build and initiate operations of two solar PV projects in Uruguay, El Naranjal (57.5MWp) and Del Litoral (17.0MWp), including advising on the senior and subordinated A/B loan tranches and the issuance of senior and subordinated B-bonds to finance the participation by investors in such loans. This project was named “Latin America Structured Bond Deal of the Year” by GFC Media.
• IFC’s PPP Advisory Team in connection with advice to Proinversion in structuring, procuring and executing a public-private-partnership for Lima Water Supply Project “Obras de Cabecera”.
• China Harbour Engineering Co. Ltd in connection with the Primera Línea del Metro de Bogotá – Tramo I PPP project.
• IFC, EDC, IDB Invest, SACE, BNDES, Bancomext and NAFIN on the USD4.5bn financing of the Etileno XXI petrochemical project in Mexico sponsored by Braskem S.A. and Grupo Idesa. This project was named “Latin American Petrochemicals Deal of the Year 2012” by Project Finance Magazine, “Project Finance Deal of the Year 2012” by Latin Lawyer, “Americas Petrochemical Deal of the Year” by Project Finance International, “Americas Deal of the Year 2012” by Trade Finance Magazine and “Best Deal 2012” by GTR Leaders in Trade.
• IDB Invest and other senior lenders on the senior secured financing for the construction, operation and maintenance of four wind farms of a total installed capacity of 185MW in Argentina under its RenovAr Program sponsored by Envision Energy (Jiangsu) CO., LTD.