Law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell has advised a group of banks as the initial purchasers in connection with the offering by Telefónica Celular del Paraguay (TELECEL) of a $300 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.875% notes due 2027.
Argentinian law firm Allende & Ferrante has promoted associate Emilio Fontana to the position of partner.
Central American law firm García & Bodán, through its managing partner in El Salvador Julio Vargas, has advised the country’s Ministry of Education in the processing of patent applications for a chemical
Law firm Cleary Gottlieb has represented the Mexican government in a euro-denominated registered offering of €1.5 billion of its 1.625% global notes due 2026, in addition to €1 billion of its 2.875% global notes due 2039.
Law firm Jones Day is advising French utility company Engie on the purchase of a 90 per cent stake in Transportadora Associada de Gás, the largest natural gas transmission network owner in Brazil.
Davis Polk & Wardwell has advised purchasers on a series of debt offerings across Latin America by business process outsourcing company Atento, meat processing company JBS and by Banco Santander Chile in Switzerland.
Felsberg Advogados has promoted lawyer Renato Olivério Brandão to the position of partner to strengthen the Brazilian firm’s services in distressed M&A deals.
Attorneys Isabella Gandini, Carolina Arciniegas, and Inés Elvira Vesga have joined Holland & Knight’s Bogotá office as senior counsel.
As part of its regional growth strategy and responding to the needs of the local market, law firm BLP has appointed Cynthia Sequeira (pictured) as special counsel at its Guatemala office, where she will practice
Ernst & Young (EY) Peru has added eight professionals to its legal services team in its Lima office, bolstering the practice’s ability to counsel companies on business growth and legal risk mitigation.
