Brazilian law firm Pinheiro Neto has elected seven new partners, and who will assume their positions in January, covering IT and technology, tax and corporate litigation, banking and regulatory banking, corporate finance and mergers and

Argentinian law firm Estudio Garrido has advised CryoHoldco de Latinoamérica on the purchase of 100 per cent of local stem cell bank Biocells.

Law firm BLP has assisted in the carrying out of feasibility studies for the construction of a new port in Bluefields, Nicaragua.

Madrid-based law firm Lupicinio International has advised Spanish engineering, construction and agricultural development company Grupo Kodysa in its negotiations with the Cuban government for the development of an agro-industrial program to supply chickens to the

Argentinian law firm EGFA Abogados has acted as adviser to Telecom Argentina in the signing of a $300 million syndicated loan from Deutsche Bank.

Argentinian law firm Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal acted as legal adviser in the creation of the second series of the Mercado Crédito II financial trust, totalling 279.4 million pesos 10,519 ($7.3 million).

BLP has acted as legal advisor to Panama-based Promerica Financial Corporation (PFC) in a $200 million debt issuance.

Dentons has opened an office in the Nicaraguan capital Managua as part of its growth strategy in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Law firm Clifford Chance has acted for a syndicate of banks on the financing of Argentina’s first biomass plant, which will be located in Santa Rosa province.

Peruvian law firm Estudio Echecopar, a Baker McKenzie associated firm, advised Darby Latin American Private Debt Fund III on a $30 million loan to Abengoa Perú and Omega Peru Operación y Mantenimiento.