The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $280 million loan to Ecuador to support transformation of its energy grid, improvements in energy efficiency and promotion of access to electricity generated from renewable sources.
Law firm Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (PPU) has acted as Colombian counsel for Banco Santander on the creation of a joint venture with Crédit Agricole.
Brazilian law firm Demarest has advised local holding company Companhia Melhoramentos de São Paulo on its sale of a plot of land to CCR to build the new São Paulo airport.
Baker McKenzie has named Buenos Aires-based partner Vanina Caniza as the new global chair of its healthcare and life sciences group.
Chilean law firm Jara Del Favero Abogados has recruited three new lawyers to its team, with the addition of Macarena Naranjo Opazo, who joins the firm’s corporate and anti-trust team, and whose hiring follows
Morgan & Morgan has advised Parque Industrial y Corporativo Sur, a 103-acre storage and logistics complex in Panama’s Zona Franca, in relation to its public offering of revolving corporate bonds of up to $100 million.
Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) has carried out a $3.25 billion, SEC-registered notes offering, on which it was advised by US law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.
Brazil’s Baptista Luz Advogados has assisted online reputation management company Reviewr, and Gorila, which provides research tools to measure customer and consumer satisfaction, on the creation of a joint venture, Harmo Feedback Intelligence.
Chilean law firm Carey has represented Enel Américas as local counsel on a $150 million loan granted by a syndicate of banks.
Brazilian law firm Terciotti Andrade Gomes Donato Advogados (TAGD) has acted as counsel to a team of team of executives and engineers in the acquisition of Keller Tecnogeo, the Brazilian subsidiary of UK-based Keller
