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Juan Ignacio Mata
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Overview

Juan Ignacio Mata is an attorney in Holland & Knight's New York office and a member of the firm's Financial Services Team. Mr. Mata advises lenders, corporate borrowers and project sponsors in a wide range of cross-border financings.

Mr. Mata is experienced in diverse cross-border financing, securities offerings and liability management transactions, among others, with a focus on Latin America. He also advises issuers and underwriters on a variety of security offerings and liability management transactions in Latin America, including securities offerings made pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S, private placements and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)-registered offerings.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Mata worked as a corporate attorney in a leading firm in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as a finance attorney in another international law firm in New York.

Representative Experience

  • Served as counsel to the dealer-managers and as counsel to the issuers in liability management transactions of several Argentine companies
  • Served as counsel to the initial purchasers in the first guarani-denominated debt offering by the Republic of Paraguay in the international capital markets
  • Served as counsel to the dealer-managers in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)-registered offering of notes due 2033 for US$1.27 billion by the Republic of Uruguay and concurrent cash tender offer for outstanding peso-denominated, USD-denominated and peso-inflation-indexed notes of Uruguay
  • Served as counsel to the Republic of Chile in SEC-registered offers to exchange approximately US$6.48 billion of U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities and 4.95 billion of euro-denominated debt securities by the Republic
  • Served as counsel to the issuer in a Chilean oil and gas company's Rule 144A/Reg S offering of US$500 million notes due 2033, concurrent cash tender offer and solicitation of consents, and redemption of all outstanding notes after giving effect to the tender offer; also served as counsel to the dealer-managers to the Rule 144A/Reg S offering of US$600 million notes due 2034 and concurrent tender offer
  • Served as counsel to the joint bookrunners in the Rule 144A/Reg S offering of US$900 million for its 5.125 percent notes due 2033 by a large copper producer in Chile
  • Served as counsel to the issuer for a Chilean water and sewage company on the establishment of its Reg S medium-term notes program and initial offering
  • Served as counsel to the dealer-manager of the Republic of El Salvador's cash tender offer
  • Served as counsel to the initial purchasers of a leading Chilean bank's Rule 144A/Reg S offering of US$500 million for its 2.990 percent fixed-rate notes due 2031 under its medium-term note program

  • Served as counsel to the lenders in a US$80 million syndicated term loan facility granted to a Mexican oil and gas company, guaranteed by its Spanish parent company, under New York law
  • Served as counsel to the borrower financing of Ecuador's first AAA sustainable logistics park for US$80 million by IDB and IDB Invest
  • Served as counsel to the joint lead arrangers and bookrunners in a US$400 million senior unsecured term loan facility to a Peruvian mining company
  • Served as counsel to a Peruvian energy company in connection with an up to US$300 million loan granted by IDB and IDB Invest
  • Advised an Argentine Bank in connection with several refinancings motivated by foreign exchange regulations in Argentina
  • Advised several companies on amendment agreements motivated by LIBOR disruption

Credentials

Education
  • University of Illinois College of Law, LL.M.
  • Universidad Católica Argentina, J.D.
Bar Admissions/Licenses
  • New York
Honors & Awards
  • The Legal 500 Latin America, Leading Associate, International Firms, Capital Markets, 2025

News

Holland & Knight Advises CrediQ on $200 Million Syndicated Loan

Press Release / March 19, 2025
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