Alberto Haito is a Counsel in the Americas Energy and Infrastructure Group. He has extensive experience in financial markets and project financing, and has represented various financial institutions, including commercial banks, multilateral organizations, institutional investors and sponsors in numerous transactions in Latin America
Advised Bank of China Limited (Panama Branch) and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (Panama Branch), as lenders, on a US$230 million US dollar denominated facility; and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Colombia S.A., Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional S.A., and Banco de Bogotá S.A., as lenders, on a Colombian peso denominated facility in the aggregate amount of US$309 million. The facilities will be used to finance the first line of the Metro de Bogotá, which will consist of a 24 kilometer viaduct with 16 stations along its route, integrating with Transmilenio, Bogotá's bus rapid transit system.
Advised Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Senior Mandated Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A., as Senior Mandated Lead Arranger and Bank of China Limited (Panama Branch), Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., New York Branch and Natixis, New York Branch , as Mandated Lead Arrangers, in connection with a US$345 million equity bridge loan facility to finance the TOCE-CEPI transmission assets in Northern Peru, the largest transmission assets awarded in Peru, includes (i) the 500 kV Huanuco - Tocache - Celendin - Trujillo interconnection, expansions and associated substations and (ii) the 500 kV Celendin - Piura interconnection, expansions and associated substations. The transaction is expected to strengthen the reliability and efficiency of Northern Peru's electricity infrastructure.
Advised CIFI Services, S.A. (CIFI) as mandated lead arranger, Fondo de Inversión Cerrado Libre para el Desarrollo de Infraestructuras Dominicanas I, CIFI LatAm, S.A., BHD International Bank (Panamá) S.A., Banco De Reservas de la República Dominicana – Banco de Servicios Múltiples, Banco Popular Dominicano, S.A.- Banco Múltiple, BPR Bank S.A., Popular Bank Ltd., Inc., Banco Múltiple BHD, S.A., Banco Múltiple Promérica de la República Dominicana, S.A., St. Georges Bank & Company Inc., Banistmo S.A., Banco Ficohsa (Panama), S.A., as lenders, and Banco Popular Dominicano, S.A.- Banco Múltiple, as administrative agent, on the multi-currency long-term financing to SIBA Energy Corporation for the financing, construction and commissioning of a combined-cycle gas fired power plant located in the Dominican Republic, with a combined capacity of approximately 258.437 MW. The financing is comprised of three different tranches: (i) a tranche in Dominican Pesos of up to DOP$4.1 billion, (ii) a tranche in US Dollars of up to US$188 million and (iii) a tranche in US Dollars of up to US$40 million
Universidad de Lima (Abogado – JD equivalent) 2006
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (Postgraduate diploma in Mergers and Acquisitions) 2008
Columbia Law School (LL.M. Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar) 2011
Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in New York 2012
Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in the District of Columbia 2018
Awards and citations
‘I may highlight Alberto Haito (Counsel) and Julian Hurtado (Associate) within Clifford Chance team as the best lawyers I have dealt with.’ Legal 500, 2022 – United States: Finance Project finance: advice to lenders – Tier 3 Project finance: advice to sponsors – Tier 4
Ranked as a Rising Star The Legal 500 Latin America 2022: Projects and Energy – International Firms
Ranked as a Rising Star Legal 500 Latin America 2020, Projects and Energy – International Firms
Ranked as a Rising Star. Legal 500 Latin America 2019, Projects and Energy – International Firms
"Recommended" for Project Finance in Legal 500 USA 2019
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar – Columbia Law School
Rising Star – Legal 500 Latin America 2024: International firms: Projects and energy – Tier 1
Up & Coming – Chambers Latin America 2024
"Alberto Haito has a deep understanding of the financial structure at hand, and always provides insightful and reasonable counselling." – Chambers Latin America 2024 – Project Finance (International Counsel) – Band 1
