TozziniFreire announced that Leonardo Miranda has joined the firm as a partner and head of its oil and gas practice group.

BLP lawyers were part of the legal team which acted for Guatemala on a labour arbitration case brought by the US under CAFTA-DR rules. 

Davis Polk advised the joint bookrunners on an offering by BR Properties of common shares for an aggregate amount of 953 million Brazilian reais (approximately $288 million).

Veirano Advogados acted as deal counsel as Portal Telemedicina closed a round of angel investment. 

Peruvian law firm Santivañez Abogados advised the owners of Pescados Capitales, a gourmet seafood restaurant in Lima, on its sale to Civitano. 

PPU, Jones Day, White & Case and Gómez-Pinzón Zuleta convened to broker a $300 million syndicated loan for the Colombian mobile telephony operator. 

Peruvian law firm Miranda & Amado acted for TC Latin America Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in two real estate entities controlled by InGroup.

Dominican Republic law firm Pellerano & Herrera acted for Scotiabank on the financing of the residential compound for staff of the US embassy in Santo Domingo. 

Norton Rose Fulbright and Chadbourne & Parke have completed their combination, with the latter’s brand name disappearing after 115 years in the market.

Cleary Gottlieb advised the Dominican Republic while Pellerano & Herrera acted for the initial purchasers on the $500 million sovereign bond reopening.