EX-5.1 3 ex5-1.htm

 

Exhibit 5.1

 

 

Logistic Properties of the Americas

c/o Ogier Global (Cayman) Limited

89 Nexus Way, Camana Bay

Grand Cayman, KY1-9009

Cayman Islands

 

D +1 345 815 1877

E bradley.kruger@ogier.com

 

 

Reference: 506709.00001

     
    15 February 2024

 

Logistic Properties of the Americas (the Company)

 

We have acted as legal advisers to the Company in connection with the Company’s registration statement on Form F-4, including all amendments or supplements thereto, filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), (including its exhibits, the Registration Statement) relating to the issuance and registration with the Commission under the Act of up to 38,959,388 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company of a par value of US$0.0001 each (the Ordinary Shares) pursuant to the Registration Statement and the Business Combination Agreement (as defined in Schedule 1).

 

This opinion is given in accordance with the terms of the Legal Matters section of the Registration Statement. Unless a contrary intention appears, all capitalised terms used in this opinion have the respective meanings set forth in Schedule 1.

 

A reference to a Schedule is a reference to a schedule to this opinion and the headings herein are for convenience only and do not affect the construction of this opinion.

 

1Documents examined

 

For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have examined the corporate and other documents and conducted the searches listed in Schedule 1. We have not made any searches or enquiries concerning, and have not examined any documents entered into by or affecting the Company or any other person, save for the searches, enquiries and examinations expressly referred to in Schedule 1.

 

 
 

 

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2Assumptions

 

In giving this opinion we have relied upon the assumptions set forth in Schedule 2 without having carried out any independent investigation or verification in respect of those assumptions.

 

3Opinions

 

On the basis of the examinations and assumptions referred to above and subject to the qualifications set forth in Schedule 3 and the limitations set forth below, we are of the opinion that:

 

Corporate status

 

(a)The Company has been duly incorporated as an exempted company with limited liability and is validly existing and in good standing with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands (the Registrar).

 

Corporate power

 

(b)The Company has all requisite power under its M&A to issue the Ordinary Shares as contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Business Combination Agreement.

 

Corporate authorisation

 

(c)The Company has taken all requisite corporate action to authorise the issuance of the Ordinary Shares as contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Business Combination Agreement.

 

Shares

 

(d)The Ordinary Shares to be issued by the Company as contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Business Combination Agreement, when issued by the Company upon:

 

(i)payment in full of the consideration as set out in the Registration Statement and the Business Combination Agreement and in accordance with the terms set out in the Registration Statement and the Business Combination Agreement and in accordance with the M&A; and

 

(ii)the entry of those Ordinary Shares as fully paid on the register of members of the Company,

 

shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. As a matter of Cayman Islands law, the Ordinary Shares are only issued when they have been entered into the register of members of the Company.

 

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4Matters not covered

 

We offer no opinion:

 

(a)as to any laws other than the laws of the Cayman Islands, and we have not, for the purposes of this opinion, made any investigation of the laws of any other jurisdiction, and we express no opinion as to the meaning, validity, or effect of references in the Documents or the M&A to statutes, rules, regulations, codes or judicial authority of any jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands;

 

(b)except to the extent that this opinion expressly provides otherwise, as to the commercial terms of, or the validity, enforceability or effect of the documents reviewed (or as to how the commercial terms of such documents reflect the intentions of the parties), the accuracy of representations, the fulfilment of warranties or conditions, the occurrence of events of default or terminating events or the existence of any conflicts or inconsistencies among the documents and any other agreements into which the Company may have entered or any other documents; or

 

(c)as to whether the acceptance, execution or performance of the Company’s obligations under the documents reviewed by us will result in the breach of or infringe any other agreement, deed or document entered into by or binding on the Company.

 

5Governing law of this opinion

 

5.1This opinion is:

 

(a)governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the Cayman Islands;

 

(b)limited to the matters expressly stated in it; and

 

(c)confined to, and given on the basis of, the laws and practice in the Cayman Islands at the date of this opinion.

 

5.2Unless otherwise indicated, a reference to any specific Cayman Islands legislation is a reference to that legislation as amended to, and as in force at, the date of this opinion.

 

6Consent

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and also consent to the reference to this firm in the Registration Statement under the heading “Legal Matters”. In the giving of our consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

Yours faithfully  
   
/s/ Ogier  
   
Ogier (Cayman) LLP  

 

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Schedule 1

 

Documents examined

 

Corporate and other documents

 

1The Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated 9 October 2023 issued by the Registrar (the Certificate of Incorporation).

 

2The memorandum of association and articles of association of the Company filed with the Registrar on 9 October 2023 (together, the Existing M&A).

 

3The draft amended and restated memorandum and articles of association for the Company set out in Exhibit 3.4 to the Registration Statement (the Replacement M&A).

 

4The Registration Statement.

 

5The business combination agreement dated as of 15 August 2023 (as it may be amended, supplemented and/or restated from time to time, the Business Combination Agreement), between, amongst others, two, a Cayman Islands exempted company (SPAC), Latam Logistic Properties SA, a company incorporated under the laws of Panama (LLP), and by the Joinders (as defined below) each of Logistic Properties of the Americas Subco, a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (Merger Sub), the Company, and LPA Panama Group Corp., a company incorporated under the laws of Panama as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (Company Merger Sub).

 

6Separate joinder agreements entered into in relation to the Business Combination Agreement by (a) LLP, SPAC and the Company dated as of 11 October 2023, (b) LLP, SPAC and Merger Sub dated as of 11 October 2023 and (c) LLP, SPAC, the Company, Merger Sub and Company Merger Sub dated as of 8 December 2023, respectively (together, the Joinders).

 

7A Certificate of Good Standing dated 15 February 2024 (the Good Standing Certificate) issued by the Registrar in respect of the Company.

 

8A certificate dated on the date hereof as to certain matters of fact signed by a director of the Company in the form annexed hereto (the Director’s Certificate) having attached to it a copy of the written resolutions of the directors of the Company passed on 11 October 2023 and 7 February 2024 (together, the Resolutions).

 

9The Register of Writs at the office of the Clerk of Courts in the Cayman Islands as inspected by us on 15 February 2024 (the Register of Writs).

 

In this opinion, (a) the Registration Statement, the Business Combination Agreement and the Joinders and the exhibits thereto are referred to as the Documents; and (b) the Existing M&A, as proposed to be amended and restated by the Replacement M&A, are referred to as the M&A.

 

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Schedule 2

 

Assumptions

 

Assumptions of general application

 

1All original documents examined by us are authentic and complete.

 

2All copy documents examined by us (whether in facsimile, electronic or other form) conform to the originals and those originals are authentic and complete.

 

3All signatures, seals, dates, stamps and markings (whether on original or copy documents) are genuine.

 

4Each of the Certificate of Incorporation, the M&A, the Good Standing Certificate, the Resolutions and the Director’s Certificate is accurate and complete as at the date of this opinion. Without limiting the foregoing, all corporate authorisations in force on the date hereof in respect of the Company will remain in full force and effect on the date of the issuance of the Ordinary Shares.

 

5There will be no intervening circumstance relevant to this opinion between the date hereof and the date upon which the Ordinary Shares are issued.

 

6No invitation has been or will be made by or on behalf of the Company to the public in the Cayman Islands to subscribe for or purchase any of the Ordinary Shares.

 

7Prior to giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (the Transactions), including by issuing the Ordinary Shares: (i) the Registration Statement (including all necessary post-effective amendments), will have become effective under the Act; (ii) all statutory documents necessary to give effect to such Transactions will have been executed, delivered, and filed with the applicable governmental authorities (including, where applicable, the Registrar) and all required fees and other amounts will have been paid; and (iii) all other necessary action will have been taken under all applicable laws (other than the laws of the Cayman Islands) to authorise, approve and permit the Transactions, and any and all consents, approvals and authorisations from applicable governmental and regulatory authorities required to authorise and permit the Transactions will have been obtained.

 

Status, authorisation and execution

 

8Each of the parties to the Documents other than the Company is duly incorporated, formed or organised (as applicable), validly existing and in good standing under all relevant laws.

 

9Each Document and the performance of the obligations of each party thereto has been duly authorised, executed and unconditionally delivered, as applicable, by or on behalf of all parties to it in accordance with all applicable laws (other than, in the case of the Company, the laws of the Cayman Islands).

 

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10In authorising the exercise of the Company’s rights and performance of its obligations under the Documents and the issuance of the Ordinary Shares, each of the directors of the Company has acted in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company and has exercised the standard of care, diligence and skill that is required of him or her.

 

11Any individuals who sign or have signed documents or give information on which we rely, have the legal capacity under all relevant laws (including the laws of the Cayman Islands) to sign such documents and give such information.

 

Enforceability

 

12Each of the Business Combination Agreement and the Joinders is legal, valid, binding and enforceable against all relevant parties in accordance with its terms under the laws of the jurisdiction specified in such Document to be the governing law of that Document (its Proper Law) and all other relevant laws. Further, the express choice in the Business Combination Agreement and each Joinder of its Proper Law as the governing law of such Document was made in good faith and is a valid and binding selection under such Proper Law and all other relevant laws (other than the laws of the Cayman Islands).

 

13None of the opinions expressed herein will be adversely affected by the laws or public policies of any jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands. In particular, but without limitation to the previous sentence:

 

(a)the laws or public policies of any jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands will not adversely affect the capacity or authority of the Company; and

 

(b)neither the execution or delivery of the Documents nor the exercise by any party to the Documents of its rights or the performance of its obligations under them contravene those laws or public policies.

 

14There are no agreements, documents or arrangements (other than the documents expressly referred to in this opinion as having been examined by us) that materially affect or modify the Documents or the transactions contemplated by them or restrict the powers and authority of the Company in any way.

 

15None of the transactions contemplated by the Documents relate to any shares, voting rights or other rights that are subject to a restrictions notice issued pursuant to the Companies Act (Revised) (the Companies Act) of the Cayman Islands.

 

Share issuance

 

16The issued shares of the Company have been issued at an issue price in excess of the par value thereof and have been entered on the register of members of the Company as fully paid, and the Ordinary Shares shall be issued at an issue price in excess of the par value thereof.

 

17The Replacement M&A will be adopted by the Company in accordance with the Existing M&A prior to the date that any Ordinary Shares are issued by the Company.

 

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Schedule 3

 

Qualifications

 

Good Standing

 

1Under the Companies Act annual returns in respect of the Company must be filed with the Registrar, together with payment of annual filing fees. A failure to file annual returns and pay annual filing fees may result in the Company being struck off the Register of Companies, following which its assets will vest in the Financial Secretary of the Cayman Islands and will be subject to disposition or retention for the benefit of the public of the Cayman Islands.

 

2In good standing means only that as of the date of the Good Standing Certificate the Company is up-to-date with the filing of its annual returns and payment of annual fees with the Registrar. We have made no enquiries into the Company’s good standing with respect to any filings or payment of fees, or both, that it may be required to make under the laws of the Cayman Islands other than the Companies Act.

 

Limited liability

 

3We are not aware of any Cayman Islands authority as to when the courts would set aside the limited liability of a shareholder in a Cayman Islands company. Our opinion on the subject is based on the Companies Act and English common law authorities, the latter of which are persuasive but not binding in the courts of the Cayman Islands. Under English authorities, circumstances in which a court would attribute personal liability to a shareholder are very limited, and include: (a) such shareholder expressly assuming direct liability (such as a guarantee); (b) the company acting as the agent of such shareholder; (c) the company being incorporated by or at the behest of such shareholder for the purpose of committing or furthering such shareholder’s fraud, or for a sham transaction otherwise carried out by such shareholder. In the absence of these circumstances, we are of the opinion that a Cayman Islands’ court would have no grounds to set aside the limited liability of a shareholder.

 

Non-assessable

 

4In this opinion, the phrase “non-assessable” means, with respect to the Ordinary Shares in the Company, that a shareholder shall not, solely by virtue of its status as a shareholder, be liable for additional assessments or calls on the Ordinary Shares by the Company or its creditors (except in exceptional circumstances, such as involving fraud, the establishment of an agency relationship or an illegal or improper purpose or other circumstance in which a court may be prepared to pierce or lift the corporate veil).

 

Register of Writs

 

5Our examination of the Register of Writs cannot conclusively reveal whether or not there is:

 

(a)any current or pending litigation in the Cayman Islands against the Company; or

 

(b)any application for the winding up or dissolution of the Company or the appointment of any liquidator, trustee in bankruptcy or restructuring officer in respect of the Company or any of its assets,

 

as notice of these matters might not be entered on the Register of Writs immediately or updated expeditiously or the court file associated with the matter or the matter itself may not be publicly available (for example, due to sealing orders having been made). Furthermore, we have not conducted a search of the summary court. Claims in the summary court are limited to a maximum of CI $20,000.

 

Public offering in the Cayman Islands

 

6The Company is prohibited by section 175 of the Companies Act from making any invitation to the public in the Cayman Islands to subscribe for any of its securities.

 

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