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.
Chadbourne & Parke LLP advised the underwriters in relation to a $1.15 billion senior secured note offering to part finance the second line of the Lima and Callao metro project in Peru.
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy advised Mizuho Bank in its role as lender and administrative agent in the $270 million senior unsecured revolving facility for E.CL, a Chilean utility company.
Shearman & Sterling advised Chilean power company AES Gener S.A. on its Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of US$425 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.000% senior notes due 2025.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom was among the firms that advised Citigroup on the sale of its retail and commercial banking operations in Costa Rica and Panama to Canadian bank Scotiabank.
