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

Arias Costa Rica has advised the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank (FMO) in structuring the guarantee for the first disbursement of a $30 million credit for green loans and financing of small and medium-sized enterprises in the

Uruguayan law firm Cervieri Monsuarez has successfully defended sportswear manufacturer Adidas in three lawsuits in Bolivia to defend its distinctive ‘three stripes’ logo on its footwear and precent three local brands from registering their trademarks

Chilean law firm Guerrero Olivos has represented two local banks, Scotiabank Chile and Itaú Corpbanca, in the $54.5 million refinancing of an existing credit agreement for mining company Algorta Norte.