Santiago is an associate in the Miami office of Hughes Hubbard and Reed and a member of the firm’s Corporate department.
Prior to becoming an associate, Santiago spent time at the firm as a summer associate where his work focused on the Aviation and Latin America practices. Additionally, he was a summer associate in the New York office of a nationally recognized firm working in the firm’s Finance and Real Estate group.
Santiago earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School. During his time there, he served as president of both the Latinx Law Students Association and Sports Law Society and was a founding member of the Zell Entrepreneurship Clinic’s Name, Image, and Likeness Program which offers pro bono legal representation to U-M athletes. Prior to law school, Santiago attended Florida International University where he was a member of the FIU Honors College and received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations.
Highlighted Matters
Represented Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior (Bladex) on a $206 million credit facility to support the acquisition by Grupo Estrella of Cemex’s operations in Panama.
Represented a group
of nine banks in connection with a revolving credit facility provided to
Brazilian oil giant Petrobras for up to $1.16 billion.
Represented United Airlines, Inc. in connection with a $1.35 billion public offering of enhanced equipment trust certificates (EETCs) secured by 48 Boeing aircraft.
Represented the lenders in an ~$1 billion revolving facility to Petrobras.
Represented a club of banks led by Wells Fargo in a $300 million term loan to a Chilean financial institution.
Represented United Airlines, Inc. in the amendment and extension of its $5 billion senior secured term loan facility, including partial prepayment to $2.5 billion, and the upsize, amendment and extension of its senior secured revolving credit facility, which was increased to $2.965 billion.
Represented a nine-bank club led in connection with a $1.5 billion term loan credit facility to Vale Base Metals Limited, a subsidiary of Vale S.A. focused on the mining of energy transition metals.
Represented a bank club led by Bank of America in connection with a $400 million facility to Mexico-based grocery and department store chain Chedraui.
Represented seven Chinese banks in a dual tranche USD/RMB facility in an amount equal to $1.1 billion to a Brazilian energy company.
Represented the lender in a loan to a Chilean bottling company which was synthetically linked to Chilean Unidades de Fomento (UF) and had an initial amount equal to U.S.$100M.
Represented BNP Paribas, Bank of America, Banco Itaú, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Santander in connection with a $300 million sustainability-linked revolving credit facility for Brazilian energy company Raízen.
Represented a bank group led by Rabobank, a Dutch multinational banking and financial services company, in connection with a $132 million sustainability-linked export prepayment facility for sugar company Tereos Açúcar e Energia Brasil S.A, the Brazilian subsidiary of global agricultural cooperative conglomerate Tereos.
Represented Republic Airways on a loan agreement with Agência Especial de Financiamento Industrial S.A. – FINAME, a wholly owned subsidiary of Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES), for up to 30 new Embraer 175LR aircraft, with a total lending commitment of up to ~$600 million.
