Clifford Chance and Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas advised Brazilian bank BTG Pactual on a $25 million loan to Peruvian utility company Electro Dunas.
Mexico’s National Hydrocarbon Commission (CNH) has agreed to make a number of changes to bidding rules for oil and gas exploration.
The Lima office of law firm Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas and the New York office of Hogan Lovells advised Peruvian-Japanese consortium Intipuquio on the acquisition of a 23 per cent stake in Cayaltí,
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy represented a group of banks acting as initial purchasers in an offering of fixed-rate notes issued by Mexico’s state-owned oil company, Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex).
Brazilian law firm TozziniFreire Advogados has launched a new cybersecurity and data privacy industry group.
Law firms Crowell & Moring, Arnold & Porter and Sullivan & Cromwell all had roles advising on AT&T’s US$48 billion acquisition of DIRECTV, which has 19 million subscribers in Latin America.
Leffose Advogados advised the Brazilian subsidiary of Britvic on the company´s US$173 million acquisition of Brazilian squash manufacturer Ebba (Empresa Brasileira de Bebidas e Alimentos SA).
Jones Day has advised Mexican construction company Arendal on in its acquisition of 100 per cent of the shares of Hoc Offshore and Shark Engineering and Construction.
Grant Thornton LLP has established a Latin America Business Group (LABG), a joint initiative between the US firm and a number of Grant Thornton’s Latin America member firms.
Simpson Thacher represented the initial purchasers in relation to offerings by Peruvian Government-owned Corporación Financiera de Desarrollo S.A. (COFIDE) of $200 million of 3.25% notes due 2019 and $600 million of 4.75% notes due 2025.
