Posse Herrera Ruiz and Milbank advised the city of Bogotá in the offer and sale of a 10.6% of the shares it owned in energy company Grupo Energía Bogotá.
Demarest advised União Química in the acquisition of a biotechnology plant in the US from Eli Lilly.
Cleary Gottlieb and Claro advised the selling shareholders while Prieto and Shearman acted for Mallplaza on its $529.1 million IPO, Chile’s biggest so far.
Holland & Knight in the US and Arias, Fábrega & Fábrega in Panama acted for BLADEX on a $145 million 3-year syndicated loan for Banco Aliado.
Chilean law firm Barros & Errázuriz announced it has elected Cristián Barros as its new managing partner.
Cleary acted for the sovereign on its $1.3 billion bond offering. Simpson Thacher in the US and Pellerano in the Dominican Republic advised the underwriters.
Batalla, the Costa Rican law firm, announced that Luis Cedeño has joined its environmental law practice group from EY.
Pinheiro Neto announced it has opened an office in Palo Alto, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley. This is as first for a Latin American law firm.
Bofill Mir & Álvarez Jana acted for EMR Capital in the acquisition of Cerro Colorado mine in Chile from BHP.
Hogan Lovells is set to close its Rio de Janeiro outpost, it has been confirmed. This is the firm’s second office closure in Latin America in 2018.
