Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría advised Scotiabank on $40 million to Tasa, a Peruvian fishing company.
DLA Piper announced that Diego Martínez has joined the firm as a partner in the corporate practice group in Mexico.
Carey and Clifford Chance advised the lenders in relation to a $150m loan to Chilean industrial group COPEC, which instructed Simpson Thacher.
2017 ended with a good level of activity in infrastructure projects in Brazil and this promising trend has been confirmed so far in the new year of 2018, says Andoni Hernández Bengoa, co-head of the Iberian-American
Guerrero Olivos, Rodrigo Elias & Medrano and Linklaters acted for China Southern Power Grid (CSG) on a $5.4 billion acquisition which spanned Chile, Peru, and Spain.
Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca announced the closure because of “irreparable damage” to its reputation after its stolen confidential files became part of the so-called Panama Papers scandal.
Hoet Peláez Castillo & Duque Abogados announced the relaunch of its corporate offering as Leĝa Abogados.
Cleary Gottlieb represented Chile on a $500 million catastrophe bond issuance by the World Bank’s International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD).
Mexican law firm Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enriquez announced that Iker Arriola and Ignacio Segura have joined as partners in its M&A and project practice groups, respectively.
Lawyers in Chile are anticipating an increase in M&A work following the election of Sebastián Piñera as the country’s president