Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
2

Band 2

Projects

USA

21 Years Ranked

4

Band 4

Capital Markets

Latin America - International Counsel

5 Years Ranked

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About

Provided by Christopher L Mann

Global

Practice Areas

Infrastructure; Project Development & Finance; Foreign Investments and Trade Regulations; Capital Markets; Africa; Latin America; Credit & Leveraged Finance; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG); Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity

Career

Co-head of S&C’s global infrastructure practice and its sovereign finance practice. Core member of the Firm’s Latin America team and also co-heads its international trade & investment/CFIUS practice and its Africa practice.

Represents sponsors, PE funds, infrastructure funds and sovereign wealth funds in infrastructure and natural resources investments, including significant M&A, joint ventures, and project development and financings. Also counsels clients with respect to matters related to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).

Recent work highlights include: Wren House Infrastructure Management, the global infrastructure investment manager owned by Kuwait Investment Authority, in a joint venture with QTS Realty Trust, a leading global data center services provider; Electrify America in the $450 million investment by Siemens; Ampliform and the Jones Family Office as the lead energy investor in a joint venture with Prospect14; Teck Resources and Compañía Minera Teck Quebrada Blanca in the project financing of the Quebrada Blanca copper project in Chile; Gateway Project; Wren House’s acquisition of i3 Broadband and a minority stake in Phoenix Tower International; a member of a Macquarie-led consortium in the purchase of Long Beach Container Terminal from Orient Overseas; CPPIB’s acquisition of stakes in Enbridge’s renewables portfolio and the Camisea gas pipeline; bond offerings for LatAm sovereigns.

Judicial Clerk, Hon Ralph K Winter, US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1989-90

Professional Memberships

Former Chair, Project Finance Committee (NYCBA). Firm Representative, Global Infrastructure Investor Association. Former President, Harvard Law School Association.

Personal

Harvard Law School (JD, 1989); University of Cambridge (MPhil, 1987); Harvard University (AB, 1985)

Chambers Review

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Chambers Global Guide

Projects - USA

2
Band 2
Individual Editorial
Christopher Mann has a strong track record for handling project finance and development across an impressive breadth of sectors, including mining, LNG and PPP infrastructure.

Capital Markets - Latin America - International Counsel

4
Band 4
Individual Editorial

Christopher Mann is routinely sought out by initial purchasers to advise on sovereign debt offerings and restructurings involving numerous Latin American jurisdictions, such as Colombia, Mexico and Panama.

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