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Jonathan P Serrano
PunoLaw · Philippines
PunoLaw
Banking & Finance · Philippines
Jonathan P Serrano is a Senior Partner at PunoLaw, and heads the Banking & Finance practice of the firm. His offering focuses on banking and financial institutions regulation, project and infrastructure finance, acquisition finance, notes/bond issuances, syndicated lending transactions, M&A, real estate project structuring and development, public-private partnerships, as well as corporate/commercial law.
Prior to joining the firm in 2005, Mr Serrano worked with Baker & Mckenzie (Manila office) and was seconded to the Baker & Mckenzie Sydney office, where he worked with the Banking & Finance practice group.
Today, Mr Serrano advises project developers in various industries, including energy, infrastructure and real estate, on their financing transactions with both local and overseas lenders. He has extensive experience in acting as counsel for foreign clients in major M&A transactions, and advises both foreign and local clients on structuring of investments, as well as joint venture and partnership issues.
He has been engaged as a public-private partnership Key Legal Expert (Philippines) of the Philippine Public-Private Partnership Center in connection with the development of critical infrastructure facilities, and currently acts as corporate secretary for several Philippine companies engaged in energy, infrastructure, real estate and medical services – regularly advising them on corporate governance and regulatory issues.
In addition to his transactional and advisory work, Mr Serrano has been a resource speaker on financing Philippine infrastructure and power projects in various conferences, and is consistently cited as a leading lawyer in the field of project finance by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) 1000. He was recognised as Project Finance Lawyer of the Year (Philippines) in 2020 by Leaders in Law, and has an active role as a Professor of Philippine Corporation Law.
Representative Engagements
● Mitsui & Co. in connection with its acquisition (via tender offer) of shares in Metro Pacific Investments Corporation, one of the major conglomerates in the Philippines engaged in various industries;
● Helios Solar Energy Corp. in connection with the financing of a 132.5 MW solar energy generating facility in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, Philippines;
● Asian Greenenergy Corp. in connection with the financing of a 10.5 MW solar energy generating facility in Kibawe, Bukidnon, Philippines;
● Scatec Solar ASA in connection with its acquisition of 100% of Norfund’s interests in SN Power;
● Crescent Point Group in connection with its acquisition of an equity stake in each of (i) Del Monte Philippines, Incorporated, and (ii) LBC Express Express Holdings, Inc.;
● Rockwell Land Corporation in connection with the development of several mixed-use condominium and horizontal projects all over Luzon and the Visayas, Philippines;
● Manila North Tollways Corporation in connection with the refinancing of its outstanding project finance debt obligations;
● SNAP Magat in connection with the Php19 billion re-financing of the 360 MW Magat hydroelectric power plant located in Ramon, Isabela, Philippines;
● Cebu Energy Development Corporation in connection with the Php16 billion project financing of the construction of its coal-fired power plants in Toledo City, Cebu, Philippines.
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