FradynSuárez

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Fradyn Suárez has more than 18 years of experience representing stakeholders in connection with complex finance transactions and restructurings and other investments in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Her practice is mostly focused on project finance, with a concentration in transportation and renewable energy. Most recently, Fradyn has been involved in the representation of a bidding consortium in connection with the California High Speed Rail Project and the $4 billion Bogota Metro Project. She also led the Firm's representation of the sponsors in the $525 million Rumichaca-Pasto 4G Project. She has extensive experience working with lenders, export credit agencies, and multilaterals and regularly serves as finance counsel to various energy and infrastructure companies with investments in the United States and Latin America.

Fradyn is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Cuban American Bar Association, and the Hispanic National Bar Association. She is consistently recognized by Chambers, The Legal 500, Latinvex, and other leading directories for her extensive finance experience.

Fradyn is also active in Jones Day's women's and Hispanic lawyer groups and co-leads the Firm's global project finance team.

Erfahrung

  • Millicom International Cellular S.A. and Telemóvil El Salvador, S.A. de C.V. obtain $100 million term loan facilityJones Day advised Millicom International Cellular S.A. and Telemóvil El Salvador, S.A. de C.V. in connection with a five-year, $100 million term loan facility.
  • Millicom International Cellular S.A. obtains $100 million term loan facilityJones Day advised Millicom International Cellular S.A. in connection with a five-year, $100 million term loan facility.
  • Millicom International Cellular obtains bridge loan facilityJones Day advised Millicom International Cellular S.A. in connection with a bridge loan facility with a syndicate of commercial banks.
  • Millicom obtains $125 million term loan facilityJones Day advised Millicom International Cellular S.A. and Millicom Cable Costa Rica, S.A., in connection with a 5-year, $125 million multi-currency term loan facility with a syndicate of five commercial banks.
  • Leading Panamanian cable and wireless services provider obtains US$110 million loanJones Day advised a leading cable and wireless services provider in Panama in connection with a 5-year $110 million financing.
  • J.F. Lehman & Company acquires CTS EnginesJones Day advised J.F. Lehman & Company, a leading middle-market private equity firm focused exclusively on the aerospace, defense, maritime, government and environmental sectors, in the acquisition of CTS Engines, LLC and CTS Testing, LLC.
  • Millicom International Cellular obtains $600 million ESG-linked revolving credit facilityJones Day advised Millicom International Cellular S.A. in connection with a 5-year, $600 million revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) with a syndicate of 11 commercial banks.
  • NSi Industries acquires Polaris Sales Co., LLCJones Day advised NSi Industries, LLC in its acquisition of Polaris Sales Co., LLC, d/b/a Polaris Electrical Connectors, an Odessa, Florida-based market leader of American-made pre-insulated multi-tap connectors.
  • Financial holding company provides secured term loan credit facility to mid-market hedge fundJones Day advised a financial holding company in connection with a secured term loan credit facility provided to a mid-market hedge fund that invests in asset-backed securities, mortgage servicing rights, and other mortgage and consumer-related assets.
  • Financial holding company provides secured term loan credit facility to mid-market private equity fundJones Day advised a financial holding company in connection with a secured term loan credit facility provided to a mid-market private equity fund that invests in asset-backed securities, mortgage servicing rights, and other mortgage and consumer-related assets.
  • Sacyr Concesiones S.L. obtains $451.5 million project financing for Colombian toll road projectJones Day represented Sacyr Concesiones S.L., as sponsor, Unión Vial Río Pamplonita S.A.S., as concessionaire, and Fideicomiso Unión Vial Río Pamplonita S.A.S., as borrower, in connection with a $451.5 million long-term project financing, consisting of a U.S. dollar tranche and Colombian Peso debt tranches, provided by a syndicate of major financial institutions led by Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  • Millicom's subsidiary Telefónica Celular del Paraguay S.A.E. completes $250 million International re-tap offering of Senior NotesJones Day represented Telefónica Celular del Paraguay S.A.E. (“Telecel”) in connection with a $250 million Rule 144A and Regulation S re-tap offering to Telecel’s $300 million 5.875% Senior Notes due 2027 issued in April 2019.
  • Cable Onda completes $600 million notes offeringJones Day represented Cable Onda, a Panamanian subsidiary of Millicom International Cellular, in connection with a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Senior Notes due 2030.
  • Concesionaria Vial Union del Sur, Patrimonio Autonomo Union del Sur, Sacyr Concesiones S.L., and Herdoiza Crespo Construcciones obtain $575 million term financingJones Day represented Concesionaria Vial Union del Sur, as concessionaire, Patrimonio Autonomo Union del Sur, as borrower, and Sacyr Concesiones S.L. and Herdoiza Crespo Construcciones S.A., as sponsors, in connection with a $575 million long term financing to, among other things, repay a bridge loan facility and fund design, construction, operation and maintenance costs for a toll road in Colombia between the cities of Pasto and Ipiales, near the Rumichaca border crossing to Ecuador.
  • Grupo Kuo obtains US$300 million multi-draw revolving loanJones Day represented Grupo Kuo, S.A.B. de C.V., a Mexico-based industrial and commercial global holding company, and its subsidiaries in connection with a US$300 million multi-draw revolving loan financing comprised of a U.S. dollar tranche and a Mexican Peso tranche provided by a syndicate of major financial institutions.
  • Grupo Kuo obtains US$175 million senior unsecured term loanJones Day represented Grupo Kuo, S.A.B. de C.V., a Mexico-based industrial and commercial global holding company, in connection with a US$175 million senior unsecured term loan provided by Bank of America, N.A.
  • Teyma Group obtains $45 million financing from Newfoundland Capital ManagementJones Day represented Teyma Sociedad de Inversion, S.A. and certain other subsidiaries of Abengoa S.A. in Uruguay ("Teyma Group") in connection with a $45 million financing provided by Newfoundland Capital Management to fund the purchase of the Teyma Group's outstanding financial debt and provide additional liquidity to the Abengoa Group for the development of current and future projects in Uruguay.
  • Sacyr and HCC sponsor Rumichaca-Pasto road project in ColombiaJones Day represented Sacyr S.A. and Herdoiza Crespo Construcciones S.A., as sponsors, in connection with a bridge loan financing for the Rumichaca-Pasto road project located in Colombia.
  • Terminal Portuario Paracas obtains $183 million long term financing for port expansion in Pisco, PeruJones Day represented Terminal Portuario Paracas S.A., as concessionaire, and Servinoga S.L, Pattac Empreendimentos e Participações S.A., and Tucumann Engenharia e Empreendimentos Ltda., as sponsors, in connection with a $183 million long term financing to fund construction costs relating to the expansion of the Pisco port in Peru.
  • Millicom International Cellular sells and lease back towers to American Tower in Paraguay for approximately Gs700 billion (US$125 million)Jones Day advised Millicom International Cellular S.A. and its subsidiary Telefonica Celular del Paraguay S.A. in the sale of approximately 1,400 wireless communications towers to a subsidiary of American Tower Corporation ("ATC") in Paraguay for approximately Gs700 billion (US$125 million) in cash.

    • The following represents experience acquired prior to joining Jones Day.

    Represented a U.S. lender in connection with the $182 million acquisition financing of a Mexican REIT.

    Represented the lender in a $45 million financing for the construction of a biomass energy generation facility in Honduras.

    Represented the lender in a $65 million financing of a natural gas and gas product exploitation and thermoelectric generation project in Peru.

    Represented the sponsor in the $420 million sale of shares of a Panamanian toll road concessionaire to the government of Panama.

    Represented the development bank in connection with a $60 million financing of a Peruvian financial institution.

    Represented the lender in a $50 million bilateral facility of a global corporate group.

    Represented the issuer and operator of a toll road in connection with the redemption of $150 million project bonds.

    Represented the lender in the 1 billion peso loan to a subsidiary of a Mexican construction company.

    Represented a Mexican corporation as borrower in a $182 million loan from a large global financial institution.

    Represented a global financial institution in connection with the proposed $450 million acquisition financing of U.S. and Mexican borrowers.

    Represented a multilateral financial institution in a $10 million loan to a corporate group for the expansion of telecommunication operations in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

    Represented a multilateral financial institution in the $137 million financing of a port terminal in Brazil.

    Represented the issuer in connection with a $160 million project bond financing for the construction of a toll road in the Dominican Republic.

    Represented a U.S. lender in connection with a $50 million loan to a Mexican steel company.

    Represented IDB in connection with a 80 million peso loan to a Mexican financial institution.

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