James P. Patti

James P. Patti

Partner
Chicago
T +1 312 701 8476
F +1 312 706 8185
London
T +44 20 7248 8303
F +44 20 7248 2009
VCard

Vue d’Ensemble

Experience

Actualité

Evénements
Experience
  • AddRemove
  • Build a Report 

Rechercher une Nouvelle Personne

  • Represented Garanti Bank in connection with the sale by General Electric Capital Corporation of most of its 21 percent interest in the bank. GECC and the bank’s other principal shareholder sold an aggregate of 24.9 percent of the bank to BBVA for €4.2 billion.
  • Represented the underwriters in connection with a $300 million Rule 144A offering by the operator of Argentina’s principal airports. This 2010 offering was secured by the issuer’s rights to receive both international passenger use fees and payments from duty free shops, a structure that enabled the company to access international investors notwithstanding the country’s extremely low rating.
  • Represented the originator in Brazil’s first-ever “future flow” securitization, recognized as the 2001 emerging market securitization deal of the year by Structured Finance International and as the Latin American securitization of the year by Emerging Market Investor.  In 2008, this transaction was selected by Latin Finance as the "Most Important Structured Finance Deal in Latin America" for the past 20 years.
  • Represented parties in the first-ever “diversified payment rights” transactions in Brazil (originator), Russia (arrangers), Peru (monoline insurer) and Turkey (arranger).
  • Represented the arranger or issuer in the first Tier II capital markets transaction for an African bank (in Nigeria, also only the second international capital markets issuance from a Nigerian corporate) and for different Turkish banks.
  • Represented the arranger in the first securitization guaranteed by the Asian Development Bank (in Kazakhstan).
  • Represented the debtor in one of the most successful corporate debt restructurings during Brazil’s debt crisis in 2002-2003 (over $1 billion).
  • Represented (with various partners) a large US corporate in the $5.8 billion sale of its Latin American operations (comprising 10 countries).
Les activités de Mayer Brown 2012. Tous droits réservés.

Mayer Brown is a global legal services provider comprising legal practices that are separate entities (the “Mayer Brown Practices”). The Mayer Brown Practices are: Mayer Brown LLP and Mayer Brown Europe – Brussels LLP, both limited liability partnerships established in Illinois USA; Mayer Brown International LLP, a limited liability partnership incorporated in England and Wales (authorized and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and registered in England and Wales number OC 303359); Mayer Brown, a SELAS established in France; Mayer Brown JSM, a Hong Kong partnership and its associated entities in Asia; and Tauil & Chequer Advogados, a Brazilian law partnership with which Mayer Brown is associated. “Mayer Brown” and the Mayer Brown logo are the trademarks of the Mayer Brown Practices in their respective jurisdictions.

The Build a Report feature requires the use of cookies to function properly.  Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently.  If you do not accept cookies, this function will not work.  For more information please see our Privacy Policy.