Proskauer advised a consortium led by BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (TIG) on the acquisition of Weyerhaeuser’s timberland and manufacturing assets in Uruguay.
Cleary Gottlieb acted for Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, UBS and BTG, the initial purchasers, on the $482 million global IPO of BanBajío. The issuer instructed Jones Day.
Davis Polk advised Brazil´s Natura Cosméticos on its proposed acquisition of The Body Shop.
Demarest Advogados announces that André Luiz Freire has joined the firm as partner.
Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas advised Grupo Wiese on investing approximately $1 million in Civitano, a food franchise operator in Peru.
The province of Buenos Aires returned to Cleary Gottlieb for counsel on its global offering of AR$15.2 billion Notes due 2022 ($950 million approximately).
Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal advised Angel Estrada y Compañía on a $15 million notes issue. The underwriters instructed Perez Alati, Grondona, Benites, Arntsen & Martinez de Hoz (h).
Jones Day advised NII Holdings, owners of Nextel Brazil, on an agreement with AINMT to jointly own and operate the Brazilian mobile company.
Estudio Beccar Varela in Buenos Aires announced the promotion of Juan Antonio Stupenengo and Guido H. Krolovetzky to the partnership.
Jones Day advised Autopistas del Sol on first concurrent local and international bond issuance in Costa Rica. Clifford Chance acted for Citigroup, sole global coordinator and book-runner.
