Argentinian law firm Beccar Varela has advised the placement agents on a Vista Oil & Gas $50 million notes issuance.

EY Law has advised Trina Solar on the closing of a project finance structure for $12 million for the construction of the Parque Solar Bosques de los Llanos 1 solar plant in Colombia.

White & Case has assisted Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited with its agreement to divest a portfolio of select over-the-counter and prescription pharmaceutical products in Latin American countries, within its Growth and Emerging Markets Business Unit,

Squire Patton Boggs has played a leading role in securing the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the 108-megawatt Energía Sierra Juárez II wind farm, to be located in Tecate,

Argentinian law firm Cangueiro Ruiz Abogados has hired Federico Durini as a partner in its corporate law practice.

Cuatrecasas in Peru has advised Proinversión, the country’s private pro-investment agency, on the first closing of financing for a public-private partnership to expand the port of Salaverry. 

This week’s 27-per cent drop in global oil prices sparks concern for Latin America’s state oil companies and their oil-dependent economies, especially as oil demand is weak amid the measures imposed to contain

The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) and three senior officials of the government of Nicaragua for their alleged involvement in human rights abuses

Garrigues has hired Adriana Espinosa to head its infrastructure practice in Colombia as the law firm further consolidates its Latin America team.

Argentina’s Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites & Arntsen (PAGBAM) has acted as deal counsel in a 3.7 billion-peso ($63 million) debt offering by Banco Santander Argentina.