Holland & Knight Partner Stephen Double Represents Bladex in Recent Latin American Transaction

NEW YORK (January 23, 2014) - Holland & Knight represented Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A. (Bladex) and the other lenders in a transaction that provided a $100 million credit facility from a syndicate of 10 international banks for Peru's Banco Interamericano de Finanzas S.A. (BanBif). Firm Partner Stephen Double and Associate Liliana Vidal advised on the transaction which closed on January 3, 2014.

"The transaction represented another example of the strong growth of Bladex's Latin America syndicated lending business," said Mr. Double. Bladex led the syndicate that provided the financing.