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.
Baker McKenzie has promoted five lawyers to partner in Mexico City, one to partner in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, and four to partner in São Paulo.
White & Case has advised US company Sempra Energy on the completion of the sale of its Chilean businesses, generating approximately $2.23 billion in total cash proceeds.
Central American law firm Lexincorp has named Claudia Mercedes Vivas Alonso as its new managing partner in Nicaragua.
Argentina’s Marval O’Farrell Mairal has acted as local counsel to software developer Globant on a share issuance on the New York Stock Exchange.
International law firm CMS has announced a slew of promotions in various countries that includes the appointment of Marcia Santomé to the position of partner in the firm’s Mexico City-based infrastructure and projects practice.
