Carey has acted as counsel to Canada’s Algonquin Power & Utilities on its acquisition of Empresa de Servicios Sanitarios de Los Lagos (ESSAL), a Chilean water utility company

Carrefour Group has instructed Brazilian law firm Pinheiro Neto as counsel on its partnership with local supermarket chain Super Nosso Group

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Milbank has represented the lenders in connection with the financing of a platform for the development and operation of transmission assets in Colombia

Cleary Gottlieb has represented the initial purchasers in an $800 million global bond offering by Mexico’s Infraestructura Energética Nova (IEnova)

Global law firm ONTIER has welcomed Aldo Cornejo as the new partner responsible for its corporate and M&A area in Lima

ClarkeModet has appointed Ricardo Boclin as its new technical and legal services director in Brazil

Brazilian law firm TozziniFreire has advised local food home delivery startup AiQFome on its buyout by retail chain Magazine Luiza

The Mexico City office of Greenberg Traurig has been honoured by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Appleseed Foundation Mexico for its pro bono work

The volume of M&A deals across Latin America has fallen by 21 per cent to August, while combined deal values are down by 47.3 per cent