Akerman assisted Brazil-based Braskem in its venture with official NASA supplier Made In Space to develop the first recycling technology to be used on space missions.
García & Bodán advised Tiendas Universal on its first venture in Nicaragua.
Garrigues announced that Andrés Ordóñez has joined its Bogotá office as counsel in the M&A practice group.
BLP acted for cocoa producer Bean & Co on a $75 million acquisition of over 3,000 acres of land to develop an industrial cocoa bean plantation in Nicaragua.
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría acted for Scotiabank and Colpatria on a $20 million financing to Pieriplast, a deal spanning Colombia, Spain and Peru.
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría advised Talma Servicios Aeroportuarios on obtaining a $27 million syndicated loan.
EY and Pacheco Coto have announced that over 45 lawyers from the latter are set to join EY Law Central America on January 1st 2018.
Gardere Wynne Sewell announced the addition of Bufete Hernández Romo, a Mexico City commercial arbitration and litigation boutique.
Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal acted for the lenders on a syndicated loan granted for an amount of 163 million Argentinean pesos (equivalent to $9,206,081) to Cartasur Cards.
Peruvian law firm Muñiz, Ramírez, Pérez-Taiman & Olaya succeeded in a competitive bidding process to help ProInversión in a $2 billion copper mine project auction.
