Law firm Posse Herrera Ruiz has acted as legal adviser to a group of Colombian institutional investors in the purchase of a minority stake in Banco Davivienda, part of the World Bank’s
Cleary Gottlieb represented Credit Suisse in its role as administrative agent, joint bookrunner and joint lead arranger for a $350 million senior secured guaranteed term loan facility to Mexican paper manufacturer Bio Pappel.
Anglo-Australian law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has promoted lawyer Florencia Villaggi to Of Counsel, specialising in international arbitration, as part of the firm’s Latin America Group.
Brazilian law firm De Paula Dias has recruited Carolina Machado as Of Counsel in its international arbitration practice, an area in which she has ample experience in the energy and construction sectors.
Chilean law firm Carey has advised Falabella Inversiones Financieras on its sale of Viajes Falabella, its travel services business, to Despegar.com in Chile, Colombia, Peru and Argentina.
Argentinian law firm Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal acted for local winery Dominio del Plata and its shareholders in the sale of 68.18 per cent of its shares to US private equity fund L Catterton.
The Trump administration’s new sanctions against individuals ‘trafficking’ in property confiscated by the Cuban government following the 1959 revolution include restrictions on travel in and out of the US, according to law firm Hunton Andrews
Mexican law firm Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez has hired Narciso Campos Cuevas, a former chief of staff at the finance ministry, to the position of partner, and who will form part
DLA Piper has promoted two lawyers to partner in Brazil and one in Peru, as part of an ascendancy move that creates 77 new partners in 20 countries.
Jazmina Rovi, a partner at Panamanian law firm Morgan & Morgan, has been elected chairperson of the board of directors of the Panama Maritime Law Association (APADEMAR), for the 2019-2020 tenure.
