中国国家电网近日与美国电力公司桑普拉能源达成协议，将以22.3亿美元现金，收购桑普拉持有的智利切昆塔集团公司100%股权。宝维斯律师事务所为国家电网提供了法律咨询，桑普拉的代表律所则为伟凯律师事务所。

根据国家电网的一份新闻稿，切昆塔公司是智利第三大配电企业，服务人口超200万，其同时从事有输电业务。

这次交易距离9月底桑普拉宣布将其秘鲁配电业务出售给长江电力仅有不到半个月时间，桑普拉表示，两笔交易的相继完成，实现了桑普拉出售其全部南美业务的计划。这两笔交易都将于2020年第一季度完成。

宝维斯团队参与此次交易的律师为公司法合伙人Judie Ng Shortell和Mark Bergman，税法合伙人David Sicular，以及诉讼合伙人Christopher Boehning和Christopher Frey。伟凯团队的牵头人为合伙人Thomas Lauria和Marwan Azzi。

Paul Weiss, White & Case act on China Grid’s $2.23 bln acquisition of Chilean Energy Company

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has advised China’s State Grid on its $2.23 billion acquisition of Sempra Energy’s Chilean business, with White & Case advising the seller.

The sale will include Sempra Energy's 100 percent stake in Chilquinta Energía S.A., which, according to State Grid, is the third-largest energy company in Chile and provides services to more than 2 million people.

The announcement has come less than two weeks from Sempra’s deal with China Yangtze Power Company concerning its Peruvian business, and these transactions would conclude Sempra Energy's planned sale of its South American businesses.

The Paul Weiss team includes corporate partners Judie Ng Shortell and Mark Bergman, tax partner David Sicular, litigation partners Christopher Boehning and Christopher Frey; the White & Case team was led by partners Thomas Lauria and Marwan Azzi.

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