NHG advised Water Operator Agency of Los Cabos Municipality (OOMSAPASLC) to sign a USD$144 million public-private partnership (PPP) agreement with a municipality in the northwestern Mexican state of Baja California to build a desalination plant.

NHG advised the Government of Sinaloa and the Municipality of Mazatlán on the structuring of the public private partnership project for the construction and operation of the New Mazatlán Aquarium, in the State of Sinaloa.

The Project is being developed through a combination of different public and private economic resources. This is the first self-sustainable project under the Public Private Partnership, considering that the invest re-payment mechanism of the Developer depends exclusively of the fees charged to the visitors of the New Mazatlán Aquarium.

NHG advised Mexican construction consortium APP Coatzacoalcos Villahermosa securitise collection rights from a toll road, issuing notes worth MXN$1,950 million in an innovative project financing transaction.Banco Invex and Monex Casa de Bolsa acted as trustee and common representative for the noteholders respectively.

The deal monetises future toll road revenue it will get from drivers using the motorway; it issued the notes through a trust, which is the payment beneficiary under the PPP.

APP Coatzacoalcos Villahermosa is a consortium made up of Portuguese construction company Mota-Engil and Mexican counterparts Calzada Construcciones and Construcciones y Dragados del Sureste.