White & Case has advised Termocandelaria Power (TPL), the fifth largest electric power generation company in Colombia and the largest non-hydro generator in the country, in connection with the development and financing of the conversion of its power plant located in Cartagena de Indias from simple to nominal 566-megawatt net combined-cycle.
The January-February issue of The Latin American Lawyer is now online, featuring interviews with lawyers from Pinheiro Neto, Cuatrecasas and ECIJA, a report by Baker McKenzie’s on what lies in store in litigation and
Panamanian law firm Morgan & Morgan has hired two new associates for its corporate law practice, Maria Eugenia Crespo and Miguel A. Arias.
Brazilian law firm Demarest Advogados has strengthened its real estate practice with the hiring of partner Marc Stadler.
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.
