Major players boosting practices to meet demand from technology businesses after Brazil pledged to make significant investment in sector – meanwhile, flow of big-ticket M&A work continues
Panamanian firms handling an increasing amount of inbound legal work for Central American banks, as well as energy sector clients, but most investment coming from Colombia, Mexico, the US, Europe and Asia
Lawyers highlight substantial activity in finance, insurance, oil and gas, healthcare and utilities industries despite uncertainty about new government’s economic policy
Carey advised Bank of Nova Scotia on the merger of operations between Scotiabank Chile and BBVA Chile, creating what will be the country’s largest private bank, operating under the name of Scotiabank Chile.
New president López Obrador opposes attempts to privatise the oil industry, with reports suggesting the country’s oil and gas auctions could be coming to an end
Morgan & Morgan advised Hitachi, Mitsubishi Corporation and Ansaldo on the negotiation of an agreement signed with state-owned Metro de Panama for works on the monorail-type Line 3 of the Panama Metro.
Demarest has advised on a number of deals in Brazil and Chile, in the logistics, home improvement and home entertainment sectors.
Data shows that some leading Latin American firms have advised on 50% more deals in 2018, but with foreign investors demanding greater levels of service from legal advisers, some firms are struggling to cope
Argentinian law firm Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal acted as legal adviser to Banco do Brasil in its acquisition of an additional 21.42 per cent of Banco Patagonia’s social capital and shares, for an amount
Mexico has promulgated the secondary legislation for its financial technology (fintech) law, which complements the law that came into effect in March, and which set out rules governing companies working with technologies such as cryptocurrencies,
