Chilean forestry company Arauco retained Simpson Thacher on its acquisition of a 50 per cent stake in Tableros de Fibras, a subsidiary of Portuguese conglomerate Sonae Indústria.
Paul Hastings has recruited partner Roberta Bassegio – a New York and Brazil-qualified energy and infrastructure specialist – from Brazilian law firm Veirano Advogados to head its proposed new office in São Paulo, which would be
Davis Polk advised the joint book-running managers on a $500 million senior notes offering by Bunge, the agribusiness multinational.
Global law firm Dentons, the world’s largest by headcount, is set to merge with Colombian law firm Cárdenas & Cárdenas, and Mexico firm López Velarde, Heftye y Soria (LVHS).
Security systems multinational Tyco instructed Costa Rican law firm BLP on the acquisition of Circuito SA, an engineering and electrical design products company.
Shearman & Sterling advised Volaris, Mexico’s ultra-low-cost airline, on a $175 million follow-on offering of American depository shares.
Sidley Austin’s Washington, D.C. office recently obtained a victory on behalf of the Republic of Peru in an arbitration relating to gas extraction royalties.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett was instructed by Santo Domingo Group in connection with SABMiller’s sale to rivals Anheuser-Busch InBev for approximately $106 billion.
Paul Hastings was instructed by the underwriters – Goldman Sachs, HSBC Securities and Morgan Stanley – of Televisa’s $1.2 billion senior notes offering.
Brazilian firm KLA has hired criminal law and compliance expert André Gustavo Isola Fonseca from Veirano Advogados
