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Latin Lawyer M&A league tables: Mexico

Friday, 17 May 2013 by Rosie Cresswell

Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enriquez SC and Ritch Mueller SC have emerged as front-runners in Latin Lawyer’s M&A tables for Mexico, occupying the top two positions in both.

Brazil takes home record revenues from oil exploration auction

Friday, 17 May 2013 by Rachel Hall

The 11th bidding round for oil exploration in Brazil has raised a record 2.8 billion reais (US$1.4 billion), which the country’s oil & gas lawyers say confirms Brazil’s role as one of the oil and gas industry’s key players.

ISA Peruvian unit in international capital markets debut

Friday, 17 May 2013 by Rachel Hall

The New York office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP and Peru’s Estudio Echecopar, a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International have helped Peruvian power transmission company Consorcio Transmantaro issue US$450 million worth of notes.

Hipotecaria raises US$45 million in mortgage-backed offering

Friday, 17 May 2013 by Rachel Hall

US firm Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Panama’s Morgan & Morgan and Arias & Muñoz (El Salvador) have assisted Central America’s Banco La Hipotecaria with a US$45 million mortgage-backed trust securitisation.

Meritas names new chairman

Friday, 17 May 2013 by Rachel Hall

International corporate law firm alliance Meritas has appointed André Ryan, a partner at Canada’s BCF LLP, as chairman of the board.
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Latin Lawyer M&A league tables: Colombia

Thursday, 16 May 2013 by Rosie Cresswell

The usual suspects have taken the top positions of the Colombian league tables, with the country’s four largest firms in the top four spots of the volume and value league tables.

Pinheiro Guimarães and BM&A in Iochpe-Maxion debt offering

Thursday, 16 May 2013 by Rachel Hall

Barbosa Müssnich & Aragão has helped Brazilian auto parts and railway equipment manufacturer Iochpe-Maxion issue 320 million reais (US$159 million) worth of debentures.

Echecopar and Ferrero convene for retail trust offering

Thursday, 16 May 2013 by Rachel Hall

Peru’s Estudio Ferrero Abogados has helped retail chain Aventura Plaza renew an account-receivables securitisation programme that will finance the construction of a shopping mall in Trujillo.

Pinheiro Neto and Mattos Filho help Westfield exit Brazil

Thursday, 16 May 2013 by Joe Rowley

Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogadoshas helpedAlmeida Junior buy out Australia’s Westfield Group from a chain of shopping centers in Brazil.

UPDATE: Rebaza and Miranda help Shell return to Peru with Repsol LNG asset buy

Thursday, 16 May 2013 by Joe Rowley

In March we published an article on Royal Dutch Shell's acquisition of Repsol’s liquefied natural gas assets in Peru without including Peruvian counsel to Repsol. An updated version with the full counsel list follows.
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Latin Lawyer M&A league tables: Chile

Wednesday, 15 May 2013 by Rosie Cresswell

Carey, Chile’s largest firm, sits at the top of both of the country’s M&A league tables, with nine reported transactions and a deal value of US$5.13 billion.

BNDES releases latest airport loan

Wednesday, 15 May 2013 by Rachel Hall

Souza, Cescon, Barrieu e Flesch – Advogados has helped the concessionaire for Viracopos, an international airport on the outskirts of São Paulo, obtain a 1.2 billion reais loan (US$598 million) from development bank BNDES.

Guyer, Shearman, Ferrere and Clifford Chance in wind farm financing

Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Palmatir, a subsidiary of Spanish engineering group Abengoa, has turned to Uruguay’s Guyer & Regules and the New York office of Shearman & Sterling LLP to obtain financing worth US$112 million for a wind farm in Uruguay.

COFIDE retains Hernández for debt issuance

Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Peru’s Hernández & Cía Abogados has helped regular client Corporación Financiera de Desarrollo (COFIDE) issue its first bonds under a new debt programme.

Machado Associados opens doors in Rio

Tuesday, 14 May 2013 by Rachel Hall

Machado Associados - Advogados e Consultores has opened a new office in Rio de Janeiro to attend clients based in the city, particularly in the oil and gas sector.

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