International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, led by Global Transportation Finance partner Drew S. Fine and Global Securities partner Arnold Peinado, recently represented the initial purchasers in three separate offerings of notes by Pemex, Mexico’s national oil and gas company, totaling $1.2 billion. The joint book runners were Credit Agricole Securities, Goldman Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan.

The U.S. Export-Import Bank agreed to guarantee regularly scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the notes. These offerings mark the first time the government-backed export credit agency ...