Chilean law firm Carey has acted as counsel to timber company Masisa on the sale of all the forestry assets owned by its subsidiary Masisa Forestal to Forestal Tregualemu, a company wholly owned by GFP
As the COVID-19 pandemic pummels Latin America, the current human tragedy will slowly give way to an economic collapse that will plunge the region’s countries into crisis. Lawyers in Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico and
Hogan Lovells has named Mexico City-based Juan Francisco Torres-Landa as the new head of its Latin America practice. The appointment is part of a series of changes announced to the firm’s leadership across the
Peruvian law firm Estudio Olaechea has appointed two new partners, Licy Benzaquen in the energy and natural resources practice, and Diego Abeo in the criminal law and compliance area.
Brazilian law firm TozziniFreire has advised on an investment by Unicoba Indústria, a company that operates in the battery business and whose investors are GEF Capital and Confrapar funds, in Unicoba Energia, which
Lefosse Advogados has announced the election of three partners and a counsel, boosting its capital markets and competition and regulation practices.
Cleary Gottlieb has represented Latin America-focused zinc mining company Nexa Resources on a $500 million notes offering.
Cuatrecasas has acted as adviser to the Mexican state of Veracruz on the refinancing of its debt, which was carried out with the contracting of various financial instruments with banks selected through a public tender.&
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.
