Garrigues has hired Adriana Espinosa to head its infrastructure practice in Colombia as the law firm further consolidates its Latin America team.
Argentina’s Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites & Arntsen (PAGBAM) has acted as deal counsel in a 3.7 billion-peso ($63 million) debt offering by Banco Santander Argentina.
Chilean law firm Carey has acted as local counsel to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners on the sale of its indirect 33-per cent stake in the Autopista Vespucio Norte and Túnel San Cristóbal-Apoquindo toll roads,
Greenberg Traurig has promoted two lawyers to shareholder position in its Mexico City office, part of an elevation of 44 lawyers to shareholder across the firm.
Brazilian law firm Pinheiro Neto has acted as counsel to the dealers in a tier-1 perpetual notes offering for $700 million by Itaú Unibanco Holding.
Dominican Republic law firm Pellerano & Herrera has acted as local counsel to the underwriters in a €2.8 billion bond offering by Altice Financing.
Law firm Paul Hastings represented Itaú BBA, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and XP Investimentos as placement agents in the initial public offering (IPO) of Brazilian web services firm Locaweb on the São Paulo Stock
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Colombia) has helped Chinese state-owned China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) win a public bid for a railway project in Bogotá, worth $1.2 billion.
Mexican law firm Basham, Ringe y Correa has promoted four lawyers to partner, strengthening its tax, intellectual property, banking and finance and litigation practices, and added four counsel.
Spanish law firm ECIJA has launched a human rights and corporate social responsibility practice in Mexico, and recruited Adalberto Méndez López as the practice’s head.
