Clovis Torres, former general counsel of mining giant Vale, has launched Souza, Mello e Torres, together with Luis Antonio de Souza, formerly with Souza, Cescon, Barrieu & Flesch Advogados, as well as Carlos Mello, an ex Machado Meyer partner. The latter initially launched transactional boutique Rolim de Mello – Sociedade de Advogados in 2016.
Cleary Gottlieb acted for port operator DP World on its acquisition of Cosmos Agencia Maritima for $315.7 million. Cleary Gottlieb acted for port operator DP World on its acquisition of Cosmos Agencia Maritima for $315.7 million.
Spanish law firm Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo announced the opening of a new office in San Juan, Puerto Rico, expanding its footprint in Latin America.
Carey acted for Teck Resources on the $52.5 million acquisition of an additional 13.5% participation in Quebrada Blanca.
Davis Polk advised steakhouse Fogo de Chão on its $560 million acquisition by Rhône Capital.
Cleary Gottlieb advised Vale and its subsidiary Vale Overseas in transactions to reduce the company´s debt by $2.24 billion.
Winston & Strawn and Carey advised Enel Chile on its corporate reorganization and exchange offer/tender offer, a cross-border preemptive rights offering and a related party merger.
The newly merged law firm will have an office in Mexico City.
Jones Day in Mexico and Cleary Gottlieb in New York advised Grupo Aeroportuario de la Ciudad de México on its $1.6 billion initial public offering of Fibra E shares . The underwriters instructed Paul Hastings
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett acted for Cinemex, the Mexican cinema group, on the financing for the acquisition of the assets of Cobb Theaters, in Florida.
