Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom advised Duke Energy on the $1.2 billion sale of its Brazilian assets. TozziniFreire and White & Case acted for the buyers, China Three Gorges. 

Duke Energy announced the sale of its assets in Latin America and instructed Skadden for the deals. Chadbourne in NY and Rodrigo, Elias & Medrano in Peru advised the buyer I Square Capital.

Simpson Thacher acted for Argentinean bank Banco Hipotecario on its offering of 6,078,320,000 Argentinean pesos aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Notes due 2020, Series No. 40, issued under a US$1 billion Global Note Program. 

The partners of CMS UK, Nabarro and Olswang have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a proposal to combine, the three firms have announced in an statement. 

Banco Agromercantil de Guatemala have retained Consortium Legal in Nicaragua as counsel in a $44 million syndicated loan to an agribusiness organization. 

Davis Polk advised the initial purchasers in a $750 million offering of 5.250% notes due 2026 by Ultrapar.

Consortium Legal lawyers in Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua advised Cerberus on a $90 million syndicate loan to Lowell Acquisition LLC.

Carey advised Chilectra Americas, the electrity provider, on the Chilean aspects of the second stage of its reorganization process.

Norton Rose Fulbright is poised to open in Mexico later this year, according to sources.

Citibank instructed the Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica offices of Consortium Legal as local counsel on an $87 million loan to AJEGROUP.