Puttré, Richard P.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• Spanish

Lawyer Overview

Rich Puttré represents lenders, underwriters, and borrowers in conventional and complex financing structures, with a primary focus on cross-border project finance transactions. He counsels financial institutions, project sponsors, and investors in the development, financing, acquisition, and disposition of infrastructure companies and assets throughout the world, principally in the transportation and renewable energy sectors. Rich is co-chair of the Global Infrastructure Practice and a leader of the Latin America Practice.

Rich represented the lenders in the leveraged lease financing of the Nevada Solar One Project and in connection with various wind power projects in the United States. He has been actively involved in the nascent American public-private partnership sector, representing various bidders in connection with infrastructure projects in Illinois, Indiana, and Colorado. Rich has extensive experience in cross-border transactions throughout Latin America. He recently represented the lenders in two major toll road financings in Costa Rica as well as the developers in connection with a major 85MW hydroelectric generation project in Panama. His representative clients include Acciona, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, Banco Santander, Caja Madrid, Sacyr Vallehermoso, and Unión Fenosa.

Rich has written articles and spoken at conferences and seminars on infrastructure and energy topics in the United States and Latin America and has lectured at the Instituto de Empresa and the San Pablo CEU University in Madrid.

Areas of Practice

• Banking & Finance
• Capital Markets
• Energy
• Global Infrastructure
• Project Finance
• Energy Finance
• Energy Projects
• Energy/Utilities

Representative Cases

• Abengoa Chile refinances project debt for Ralco-Charrua transmission line
• Acciona and Sacyr Vallehermoso obtain financing for toll road project in Chile
• Banco Popular provides financing for hotel acquisition
• Banco Santander, BBVA, and Caixa Banco de Investimento finance thermal solar electric generating facility project in Nevada , (2009)
• Bayerische arranges financing for wind power project in Oklahoma
• BBVA finances luxury resort project in Mexico
• BBVA, Banco Santander, Bayerische Landesbank, and J.P. Morgan finance wind power project in North and South Dakota
• BEFESA obtains financing for waste treatment project in Antofagasta, Chile
• BEFESA obtains financing for waste treatment project in Hidalgo, Mexico
• Caixanova finances golf course project in Cancun, Mexico
• Caixanova, BBVA and Instituto de Crédito Oficial finance luxury hotel and golf resort in Mexico
• Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo and EBN Banco de Negocios S.A. finance hotel project in Riviera Maya, Mexico
• Caja Madrid and Central American Bank finance toll road project in Costa Rica
• Endesa acquires carbon emission trading company Asin Holdings , (2010)
• Harsco Corporation acquires ESCO Interamerica, Ltda. , (2009)
• Industrial Bank of Taiwan arranges securitization to finance the expansion of Chi Mei Optoelectronics
• Sacyr Vallehermoso in $10B deal with Citi fund relating to Rutas del Pacífico toll road , (2009)
• Sacyr Vallehermoso in $10B deal with Citi fund relating to  Vespucio Sur toll road , (2009)
• Telefónica Móviles obtains credit facility for subsidiary
• Unión Fenosa Internacional refinances debt relating to Mexican power generation operations , (2009)
• Union Fenosa obtains $600 million financing for Tuxpan power facility in Mexico

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Commercial Banks, Commercial Leasing, Credit Unions, Debtor/Creditor, International Banking, Lending & Secured Transactions, Loan Workouts, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Public Finance, Savings & Thrifts, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• New York

Education

• Columbia University - New York
• Fordham University

Address

Paseo de Recoletos 37-41
Planta 5ª
28004 Madrid, Spain

Phones

34.91.520.3945 (Business Phone)
52.55.3000.4000 (Other Phone)

Faxes

34.91.520.3938 (Business Fax)
52.55.3000.4040 (Other Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com