天元律师事务所及贝克∙麦坚时国际律师事务所近日助力中国最大水电上市公司长江电力，以35.9亿美元收购了美国森普拉能源公司在秘鲁的相关资产，其中包括桑普拉在秘鲁的配电公司Luz del Sur83.6%的股份。

天元作为长江电力本次交易的牵头法律顾问，组织协调秘鲁、美国和百慕大等地律师事务所，为本项目提供了全面的法律服务。长江电力的秘鲁律所为Estudio Muñiz，伟凯律师事务所在交易中为桑普拉提供了法律意见。

根据贝克∙麦坚时的一份新闻稿，长江电力是目前世界上最大的水电公司，Luz del Sur则是秘鲁最大的上市能源公司，主要在首都利马地区提供配电业务。这是2019年中国公司在海外进行的交易额最大的并购项目，双方预计在2020年第一季度完成交易。

根据路透社的报道，森普拉希望借此退出南美市场，以专注于其在美国本土及墨西哥的业务。桑普拉还透露，其子公司桑普拉LNG已经与长江电力的母公司中国三峡集团，就供应液化天然气达成协议。

天元团队此次的牵头律师为合伙人柴杰；贝克∙麦坚时的牵头律师为三位执业于芝加哥的合伙人Lewis Popoff，Hugo Dubovoy和Jose Moran；Estudio Muñiz的牵头律师是合伙人Jorge Muñiz和Andrés Kuan-Veng；伟凯的牵头律师为Thomas Lauria和Marwan Azzi。

Tian Yuan, Bakers, W&C act on $3.59 bln China-Peru energy deal

Beijing Tian Yuan Law Firm, Baker McKenzie and Estudio Muñiz have advised China Yangtze Power Company on its $3.59 billion purchase of Sempra Energy's Peruvian businesses, with White & Case representing the seller.Tian Yuan acts as the leading legal advisor for China Yangtze Power Company in this deal, advising PRC law as well as coordinating the counsels of other jurisdictions.

The deal includes Luz del Sur, Peru’s largest utility company.  It is the largest overseas M&A transaction by a Chinese company in 2019 to date in terms of contract value, and is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2020.

Reuters reported that Sempra planned to exit from South America and to focus on its core U.S. and Mexican markets. The company’s subsidiary, Sempra LNG, has entered into an agreement with China Three Gorges Corp over potential supply of liquefied natural gas.

Jie CHAI, Lihua WANG and Xiong YIN are the responsible partners of the Tian Yuan team, while CHAI is also the leading lawyer of the whole project. The Baker McKenzie team was led by partners Lewis Popoff, Hugo Dubovoy and Jose Moran in Chicago, and the Muñiz team was led by partners Jorge Muñiz and Andrés Kuan-Veng. The White & Case team was led by partners Thomas Lauria and Marwan Azzi.

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