Shearman & Sterling represented Bank of Communications (BoCom), one of the five largest banks in China, in its acquisition of approximately 80% of the total outstanding shares of Banco BBM in Brazil.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton advised Pemex on its $5.5 billion Rule 144A/Reg S offering of debt securities.
Dominican Republic law firm Pellerano & Herrera advised Grupo Poma on the development of the Real Intercontinental Hotel Santo Domingo, an investment of over $80 million in the Dominican Republic.
Davis Polk advised Santander Chile on a $185 million offering in Taiwan and another one, for CHF125 million, in Switzerland.
Tauil & Chequer Advogados announced the arrival of Bruno Aurélio as a new partner in the corporate and securities practice group in Sao Paulo.
DAC Beachcroft announced the formation of two new associations in Peru and across Central America with Torres Carpio Portocarrero & Richter (TCPR) and BLP, respectively.
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy advised French renewable energy company Neoen on negotiating a $117 million financing from the Inter-American Development Bank.
Demarest Advogados announced the arrival of two new partners, Christiano Chagas Monteiro de Melo and Thiago Rodrigues Maia, to its Sao Paulo office.
Miranda & Amado advised Intralot in the sale of 80% of its Peruvian capital stock to Nexus.
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy advised Mitsubishi UFJ and Santander as lead arrangers, and lenders Sumitomo Mitsui, Caixa, and Société Générale in the financing for a natural gas pipeline project connecting sites