Global law firm Proskauer has advised British Telecommunications (BT) on its sale of selected domestic operations and infrastructure in 16 countries in Latin America to CIH Telecommunications Americas, an affiliate of CIH Technology Holdings.
EY Law in Guatemala is advising on a number of important infrastructure projects in the country, including advising on a feasibility study for the modernisation of La Aurora International Airport and on the AeroMetro project,
DLA Piper has recruited Dino Barajas as a partner in Los Angeles, and who will serve as co-chair of the firm’s US Projects and Infrastructure practice and the Latin American corporate and finance practice.
A majority of residents of the Mexican northern border city of Mexicali that participated in a plebiscite on March 21-22 have voted for the cancellation of a brewery under construction in the city by US
Argentinian law firm Bruchou Fernández Madero & Lombardi has advised the banks acting as placement agents in a $10.8 million notes offering by Tecpetrol.
US law firm Polsinelli has launched a Latin America practice and recruited experienced corporate lawyer Emil R. Infante as shareholder in the firm’s Miami office, who will head the practice.
The March-April issue of The Latin American Lawyer is now available for free download.
ECIJA El Salvador has strengthened its criminal law practice with the integration of local law firm Selegales, which specialises in economic criminal law, with the appointment of Enrique Araujo as a new partner in the
Bolivia’s interim government has announced the presidential elections scheduled for May 3 will be postponed for 14 days, but without setting a new date for the vote.
Chile’s Congress has voted to postpone the planned constitutional referendum until October 25 amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
