Alejandra T. Castañeda

Alejandra Castañeda is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and a member of the firm’s Projects and Infrastructure, Latin America, Finance, and Power and Renewables Practice Groups.

Alejandra’s practice is concentrated on infrastructure and energy transactions, with experience advising on project finance, infrastructure development and procurement, public-private partnerships (PPPs), construction contracts and project agreements. She represents sponsors, developers, lenders, and other stakeholders across complex infrastructure assets and financing matters.

Alejandra received her Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review. Prior to law school, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Williams College.

Alejandra serves as the Membership Committee Chair of Young Professionals in Infrastructure, a member-led organization dedicated to fostering knowledge exchange and cultivating meaningful professional relationships among emerging leaders across sectors of the infrastructure industry.

 

 

 

Representative Transactions:

Infrastructure/Project Finance

 

 

 

• Representation of Igneo Infrastructure Partners, a global infrastructure investment manager with $23 billion in assets under management, on the acquisition financing of an approximately 75 MW, 750,000 sf portfolio of seven operational data centers across key U.S. markets from CVC DIF and Northleaf Capital Partners.
• Representation of JFK NTO LLC, the developer and operator of New Terminal One at JFK Airport, in connection with its $1.367 billion Green Bond issuance to finance Phase A of the passenger terminal development and related project costs.
• Representation of International Transportation Service LLC, operator of Piers G and J container terminals in the Port of Long Beach, in connection with the refinancing of existing debt and implementation of a new capital expenditure facility to support a Slip Fill expansion project.
• Representation of I-66 Express Mobility Partners LLC in connection with its concession awarded by the Virginia Department of Transportation to develop, design, construct, finance, operate and maintain express lanes along the I-66 corridor.

 

 

Latin America

 

• Representation of Gramercy Funds Management in respect of a $45 million senior secured term loan facility to Emerging America S.A. de C.V. and Emerging America Financiera, S.A.P.I. de C.V., in connection with the acquisition finance of a Chihuahua power plant.
• Representation of lenders (via a Mexican SOFOM structure) in a 500 million Mexican Peso subordinated loan tranche of a senior secured receivables financing to Mercado Libre (MELI) affiliates.
• Representation of lenders and agents in a senior secured term loan facility to Tala Mobile, S.A.P.I. de C.V., supporting corporate financing and growth initiatives.

Transportation and Space

• Representation of Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and a syndicate of lenders in relation to a US$1 billion+ loan facility for Castlelake, secured by a portfolio of over 80 widebody and narrowbody aircraft.

Capabilities

• Projects
• Energy and Infrastructure
• Finance
• Infrastructure
• Latin America
• Power and Renewables
• Transportation and Space

Credentials

Education:

• Columbia University - 2022 Juris Doctor
• Williams College - 2015 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• New York Bar