Gaston P. Fernandez
Office Managing Partner Corporate & Finance
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh City
Languages
English, Spanish, Mandarin
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Gaston handles corporate, project development and finance matters in emerging markets, with broad experience in Asia and Latin America. Fluent in Spanish and Mandarin, in addition to his native English, he facilitates deals for clients across borders and cultures. Gaston relocated to our Vietnam offices in 2021, following assignments in the Beijing (2008-11) and Miami (2011-21) offices of the firm.
He often works for private investors in emerging markets, as well as with and across from national governments and state-owned companies. Gaston has worked on matters involving financing from U.S., European and Asian banks, including China Development Bank, The Export-Import Bank of China, Bank of China, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), and The Export-Import Bank of Korea.
Representative experience
Advising Ecuador in connection with its successful exchange offer restructuring over US$17.3bn of sovereign bonds in 2020, and rescheduling US$891m of debt payments to CDB and China EXIM Bank.
Advising a Latin American group of companies on credit facilities totaling in excess of US$250m from various international banks, including group-level corporate guarantee agreements.
Advising Development Bank of Jamaica on the establishment of a private equity / venture capital fund to support the development of small and medium enterprises, with support from the World Bank.
Advising the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Ecuador on obtaining a US$50m credit facility from a consortium of banks led by JBIC to develop green projects to achieve Paris Agreement goals.
Advising Latin American governments and state-owned entities on credit facilities from Chinese banks for hydroelectric projects, electricity transmission lines, and highways.
Advising ENEE, the Honduras state-owned electric company, on a US$298m facility from ICBC to finance the Patuca III hydroelectric project, the country's largest infrastructure project.
Credentials
- J.D., Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 2005
- B.A., Brown University, cum laude, 2002
- Florida
- District of Columbia
- Member, American Chamber of Commerce in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
- Member, American Chamber of Commerce in the People's Republic of China
- Member, Florida Bar Association