Last week, The Latin American Lawyer attended the M&A Conference of the IBA in NY and, in a separate event, hosted a discussion about M&A involving distressed companies in Latin America.
Pérez Bustamante & Ponce advised DP World on the winning bid for a deep water port concession in Ecuador.
ASM Participações Societárias (Asamar) instructed TozziniFreire on the sale of its 50% stake in Alesat Combustíveis.
Carey advised Vitapro Chile in the debt restructuring of Cultivos Yadrán, a Chilean fish producer and exporter.
Peruvian agribusiness company Camposol instructed Simpson Thacher on its private offer to exchange $200 million 9.875% Senior Notes due 2017 for newly issued 10.5% Senior Secured Notes due 2021.
Jones Day advised Atlas Holdings on its acquisition of the Interactive Printer Solutions (“IPS”) division of NCR Corporation.
Jones Day advised Ennis on the Mexican leg of its $110 million sale of Alstyle to Gildan Activewear.
This week, Brazilian law firms Azevedo Sette and BKBG announced their integration. The merger will go live on July 1st and the new organization will operate as Azevedo Sette. Meanwhile, Basham promoted seven to the