Davis Polk acted for KIO Networks while Cleary Gottlieb represented the initial purchasers Credit Suisse Securities, JP Morgan Securities, Morgan Stanley and Santander Investment Securities.
Private equity house Blackstone acquired Spanish gambling operator Cirsa, in a deal which spanned Costa Rica, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Panama, Peru and Spain.
New reforms introduced criminal penalties for cartel involvement and larger fines for anticompetitive behaviour
Signs used on products to denote specific origin protected for first time, but companies still facing problems when trying to enforce IP rights
PPP work for lawyers set to increase, but more economic reforms are needed in order to avoid the further erosion of the country’s finances.
Haynes and Boone in Dallas, Houston and Mexico City teamed up with Marval in Buenos Aires to advise Shell on the $950 million sale of its local downstream business.
Cleary Gottlieb represented long-standing client Petrobras in private offers to purchase for cash six series of notes issued by its finance subsidiary.
Guerrero Olivos acted for Chilean food company Carozzi on the registration and placement of local bonds for $157.5 million.
BBVA Banco Continental instructed Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría on a PEN396 million ($123.750 million approximately) to Concesionaria Desaladora del Sur.
Davis Polk advised Notre Dame Intermédica on an offering of 146,484,361 common shares for an aggregate amount of R$2.4 billion (approximately $691 million).
