New US sanctions against seven Cuban companies could affect the sending of remittances to Cuba by US citizens, and which would have a major economic impact on the island nation.
The partners of Argentinian law firm Bruchou, Fernández Madero & Lombardi have elected the firm’s new board for the 2020-22 term, and which includes new chairman Hugo Bruzone, Liban Kusa as managing partner,
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has nominated Jesús Seade Kuri, the economist who led the country’s negotiatios towards a new free agreement , the USMCA, with Canada and the US,
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $280 million loan to Ecuador to support transformation of its energy grid, improvements in energy efficiency and promotion of access to electricity generated from renewable sources.
Law firm Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (PPU) has acted as Colombian counsel for Banco Santander on the creation of a joint venture with Crédit Agricole.
Brazilian law firm Demarest has advised local holding company Companhia Melhoramentos de São Paulo on its sale of a plot of land to CCR to build the new São Paulo airport.
Baker McKenzie has named Buenos Aires-based partner Vanina Caniza as the new global chair of its healthcare and life sciences group.
Chilean law firm Jara Del Favero Abogados has recruited three new lawyers to its team, with the addition of Macarena Naranjo Opazo, who joins the firm’s corporate and anti-trust team, and whose hiring follows
Morgan & Morgan has advised Parque Industrial y Corporativo Sur, a 103-acre storage and logistics complex in Panama’s Zona Franca, in relation to its public offering of revolving corporate bonds of up to $100 million.
Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) has carried out a $3.25 billion, SEC-registered notes offering, on which it was advised by US law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.
