The government of US President Donald Trump issued an executive order on August 5 blocking all property or interest in property of the government of Venezuela within or transiting US jurisdiction, widening the previously imposed sanctions to step up pressure on the government of President Nicolás Maduro.
Brazilian law firm TozziniFreire Advogados has advised Mexican conglomerate FEMSA on its creation of a joint venture with Brazil’s Raízen Combustíveis to explore the convenience store business both at and separate from
Brazilian law firm Pinheiro Neto Advogados has advised the underwriters on a 1.24-billion-reais ($312.7 million) share offering by Banco Inter.
Jones Day has advised a syndicate of international and Brazilian investment banks on an international offering of $500 million of 6.625 per cent senior notes due 2029 by a subsidiary of Marfrig Global Foods.
Chilean law firm Cariola Diez Pérez-Cotapos has advised food and agribusiness investment platform Joyvio Group as parent and controller, its Chilean subsidiary Food Investment as guarantor, and Australis Mar as borrower,
Greenberg Traurig has grown its Latin America practice with the addition of Oscar Stephens as a corporate practice shareholder in the firm’s New York City office.
Brazil’s former ambassador to the United States, Sergio Amaral, is rejoining Felsberg Advogados as a counsellor. He had served as ambassador in Washington since 2016, and had previously been a partner at the Brazilian
Law firm Paul Hastings has announced the recruitment of M&A partner Jonathan Kellner and capital markets partner David Flechner, and who will be based in São Paulo, where Kellner will also serve
Felsberg Advogados has advised Mind7 Participações, the holding and founder of urban mobility company Safer, on an investment round by private investors in the company.
Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal has promoted two associates to partner, María Macarena García Mirri and Guillermo Osorio, and which strengthens the development of the Argentinian law firm’s corporate/M&A
