Alejandra Castañeda is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of Gibson Dunn’s Corporate Practice Group.
Alejandra received her Juris Doctor in 2022 from Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and the Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review. Prior to law school Alejandra was the Deputy Political Director of a nonprofit organization. Alejandra received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Williams College.
Alejandra currently serves as a Membership Committee Chair of Young Professionals in Infrastructure, a member-led organization dedicated to increasing knowledge transfer among young professionals in the infrastructure industry and cultivating meaningful relationships among young professionals across sectors and disciplines.
Representative Transactions:
Infrastructure/Project Finance
- Representation of JFK NTO LLC (“NTO”), the developer and operator of the New Terminal One at JFK Airport, in connection with its $1.367 billion Green Bond issuance, which will be used to finance costs relating to Phase A of the project to develop, design, construct, finance and maintain the New Terminal One international passenger terminal facility as well as in connection with certain related assets at JFK Airport.
- Representation of International Transportation Service LLC (ITS), operator of the Piers G and J container terminal in the Port of Long Beach under a long-term preferential assignment agreement (PAA) with the City of Long Beach, in connection with the refinancing of its existing debt (including senior secured term loans and tax-exempt debt instruments) and implementation of a new capital expenditure facility to finance construction work within the Slip Fill 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 and associated facilities and services along the I-66 corridor in Virginia.
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 60 widebody and narrowbody aircraft.
Latin America
- Representation of Gramercy Funds Management in respect of a $45 million senior secured term loan facility to Emerging America Inmobiliaria, S.A. de C.V. and Emerging America Financiera, S.A.P.I. de C.V., the proceeds of which were used, in part, to finance the acquisition of EMPower’s Chihuahua power plant from Riverstone.
- Representation of lenders (indirectly through a Mexican SOFOM structure) in respect of a 500 million Mexican Peso subordinated loan tranche of a senior secured receivables financing credit facility to a Mexican financing subsidiary of Mercado Libre (MELI).
- Representation of lenders and agents in respect of a senior secured term loan facility to Tala Mobile, S.A.P.I. de C.V., SOFOM, E.N.R., a Mexican subsidiary of InVenture Capital Corporation.
Real Estate
- Representation of a real estate investment fund in respect of a $50,000,000 preferred equity investment to finance the construction of a 269,063 square foot mixed used, multifamily building in New York City, which was part of an aggregate $290,000,000 financing for the project.
- Representation of a lender syndicate in respect of the amendment of a $225,000,000 mezzanine loan to fund the renovation of an office building in New York City.
- Representation of a commercial real estate debt manager, as mortgage and mezzanine lender, in respect of amendments to an aggregate $155,000,000 financing for a New York City construction.
- Representation of investment fund in respect of an amendment of a $55,926,307 mortgage loan and sale of a $38,750,000 mezzanine loan in connection with a New York City construction.
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