Roberto Quiroga Mosquera has been appointed as the new managing partner at Brazilian law firm Mattos Filho, following the untimely death of the firm’s former managing partner José Eduardo Carneiro Queiroz on June 29.
Paloma Infante has been named director of the regulatory and environmental law practice at Chilean law firm Morales & Besa.
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (PPU) has acted as Chilean counsel to Ibereólica Renovables Chile and EDF EN Chile Holding in relation to the financing of the expansion of the Cabo
Italian-Brazilian law firm Guarnera Advogados has acted for the Brazilian affiliate of PSC, the Italian engineering, procurement and construction company, on the signing of a contract with CELG, an Enel Group company, for the supply
Mexican law firm González Calvillo has supported online retail delivery company Rappi in its strategic alliance with Grupo Financiero Banorte in the creation of a new digital financial services entity in the country.
Brazilian law firm Pinheiro Neto has assisted Japanese investment bank Softbank in a 250-million-reais ($46.6 million) investment in Petsupermarket Comércio de Produtos Para Animais, an online pet supplies company.
Brazilian law firm Demarest has advised Consórcio Smart Luz on its successful bid to carry out the modernisation of the public lighting system in Rio de Janeiro.
US law firm Greenberg Traurig’s Miami shareholder Antonio Peña has created and hosted the launch of a new diversity and inclusion initiative by the United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce, Inter-American Chapter.
Mexican law firm Santamarina + Steta has advised Quegat, a group of investors in Mexican football clubs, on its acquisition of the Gallos Blancos of Querétaro.
DLA Piper in Mexico has represented Latin America’s regional export development bank Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior (Bladex) in its issuance of 2-billion-peso ($86.4 million) debt securities in the form of certificados bursátiles.