From bank loans to bond markets and private credit, there’s no shortage of capital that could find its way into Latin American projects. But flexibility and ease of execution are essential to get deals across the finish line. This panel will map the current credit toolkit across the region, focused on three practical questions:

• What can and can’t be done in capital markets right now.

• Looking back over the past year, what opportunities have emerged in terms of asset type and geography, and what conditions are investors demanding as we look into the year ahead? 

• What are the key factors to consider when choosing between local and international financing?

• Creative structures that can widen the investor pool and finance smaller, often overlooked projects

Chilean renewables remain one of Latin America’s most investable decarbonization stories, with a deep developer bench and sophisticated financing ecosystem. But growth in the system has been accompanied by challenges to integrate power into the grid and a regulatory framework that is still catching up with an expansive buildout. In this panel, speakers will address:

• Competition to finance deals in a crowded market, punctuated by strong activity in solar and battery projects

• Grid constraints and an operational environment that is shifting from “build more” to “integrate better” 

• Treating congestion and stability as first-order design inputs rather than late-stage problems to be negotiated away

• The evolving regulatory backdrop, including lessons learned from the PMGD debacle

Core infrastructure is back in fashion across Latin America — helped along by post-pandemic traffic recovery, auctions, and a decarbonization agenda that is slowly reshaping “plain vanilla” assets. This panel unpacks what is driving deal flow today, which structures are actually reaching close, and where lenders still see unpriced risk by asking:

• Where is the near-term, financeable pipeline across highways, airports and urban mobility — and what’s actually coming to market in the next 12–24 months?

• Where are the opportunities in transportation project pipelines?

• How are financial mechanisms evolving to overcome challenges like currency and political risk?

• What’s blocking otherwise viable projects — permitting/land, credit quality of offtakers, sponsor appetite, political will?

As Latin America accelerates its renewables build-out, some of the region’s largest project finance tickets are still being written around extractive industries — oil, gas and mining — and the conventional power and infrastructure that keeps industrial production running. For lenders, the difference between a headline project and a bankable one still comes down to contract quality, risk allocation and sovereign wrinkles. This panel will compare what’s working across priority markets and where deals come unstuck, exploring:

• Which countries are attracting capital — and why?

• What financing structures are emerging to support these projects, and where do multilaterals move the needle? 

• Potential pitfalls

Demand for data centers in Latin America is growing at a fast clip as developers eye the region to supply computing needs for the local population and beyond. This session considers:

• The factors driving data center growth and the climate for investing

• The pipeline of projects underway and the markets with the most activity

• Challenges for data center development: power constraints, water supply, regulations, financing, opposition from local populations
  

After years of underinvestment, Mexico approved 20 private-sector renewable projects in December 2025 worth a combined USD 4.75B via a streamlined process. The call for proposals prioritized solar and wind developments in six regions where grid reinforcement is needed to support economic growth, as the government invites private generation to complement national electricity system needs. This panel will contemplate:

• The role that renewables will play to meet Mexico’s substantial power needs

• The pipeline of projects underway: who is financing them?

• Mixed investments with Mexican power utility CFE

Join us for drink to celebrate our Award Winners, and network with a range of clients. 

RSVP IS ESSENTIAL - Please register your attendance for this activity via the button in the top right hand corner (visible only to logged in delegates) ↗

Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) are often the difference between an energy or infrastructure project stalling on the drawing board and reaching financial close. By blending capital, structuring risk mitigation, and applying higher ESG standards, DFIs can help make complex projects bankable — and scalable. This panel explores: 

• How DFIs design innovative financing models and what sponsors and lenders can do to work with DFIs more effectively

• The non-financial support DFIs bring to strengthen sustainability outcomes for long-term impact

• How DFIs think about scaling — moving from one-off “hero” deals to repeatable programs

Water infrastructure is increasingly a constraint across Latin America, shaping mining output, industrial growth, and the resilience of cities. This panel looks at what is proving financeable across the full chain — desalination plants, bulk water transport, wastewater and sewage networks — with a particular focus on mining-related offtake structures. Speakers will compare:

• Contract and credit features lenders are leaning on

• Where risk still breaks deals (permits, energy exposure, collections, social license) 

• How development banks deploy guarantees and blended finance to unlock tenor and crowd in commercial lenders

The next phase of the energy transition is becoming both more complex — and more investable. Beyond wind and solar, developers are bringing forward projects related to biofuels and green hydrogen to address critical needs for aviation and agriculture in Latin America and beyond. This panel will discuss: 

• Relevant projects emerging in the space 
• Risk structures across banks, DFIs, and ECAs that make these projects viable
• The role of financing flexibility and strategic offtakers