PwC Legal Argentina’s business and corporate law department has acted as counsel to financial services company Grupo Puente on its corporate restructuring to complete the fusion of its affiliates Puente Hnos., Puente Holding

Demarest has advised Facebook on the acquisition of real estate by a Brazilian subsidiary where the client will install a hub for operation of an undersea cable system for data transmission.



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Chile is significantly increasing its merger notification thresholds, by almost 45 per cent for the total turnover of all companies involved in a deal, and by 55 per cent for the turnover of at least two companies

Argentinian law firm Bruchou, Fernández Madero & Lombardi advised Banco Galicia on a $30 million loan to Grupo Insud for the construction of a 40-megawatt biomass plant in Corrientes province.

Japanese investment group Softbank has hired Patricia Menéndez-Cambo as deputy general counsel, based in Miami.

García & Bodán has opened an office in Costa Rica, its eighth in Central America, as part of its growth strategy in the region.



A less volatile market, privatisation programs, electoral reforms and new discoveries could all drive growth and M&As in the Latin America oil and gas (O&G) market in 2019 after a quiet 2018, according