Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Alejandro Peña-Prieto as head of the firm’s Latin America practice, and has formed a 20-person executive committee responsible for driving the practice’s strategic direction.
The United States’ Senate has approved the USMCA, the United States-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement that has been in negotiation among the three countries for more than a year and which will replace the North American
Chilean law firm Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos has advised a group of banks acting as lenders in connection with a $250 million restructuring and new credit facilities agreement with Chilean salmon producer Salmones Multiexport.
Global law firm Clyde & Co has entered into an association with Chilean firm Grasty Quintana Majlis, giving it an on-the-ground presence in Chile for the first time.
Posse Herrera Ruiz has acted as legal adviser to NYSE-listed payment processing company Evertec Inc on its acquisition of 100 per cent of the shares of EGM Ingeniería sin Fronteras (Placetopay), a leading Colombian online
Baker McKenzie has elected six partners and one counsel in Mexico, part of a slew of 34 promotions across North America.
Mexican law firm Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, has hired Luis Salinas as counsel in the firm’s fiscal litigation and controversy practice.
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría has promoted Carolina Porras to partner in Colombia, and Rafael Lengua and Sebastián Basombrío in Peru.
Spanish law firm ECIJA has announced its merger with Mexican firm Chacón & Rodríguez, marking the former’s entry into Mexico, the 11th Latin American country in which it has a presence and
Law firm Paul Hastings has represented BBVA Bancomer as administrative agent, global coordinator and lender, in connection with a $500 million senior unsecured term loan agreement entered into by Iberdrola Generación México, an indirect
