Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York and Slaughter & May in London are advising Mexican cement company Cemex through its restructuring process. 20 November 2008 | Read

Negotiation of the free-trade agreement between Peru and China is complete, with the countries expected to sign this week. 20 November 2008 | Read

Thompson & Knight's Brazilian arm, Tauil & Chequer, has assisted Angola's national oil company, Sonangol, in its first investment in Brazil. 20 November 2008 | Read

The former director of legal affairs for the Andean region at BT has moved to US-based telecoms company Global Crossing. 20 November 2008 | Read

Rex Participações Hoteleiras - part of Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista's EBX Group - has bought the Glória Hotel in Rio de Janeiro. 20 November 2008 | Read

Buenos Aires-based consortium Arcos Dorados has refinanced the US$350 million bridge loan it used to secure its franchising of McDonald's Corporation's Latin American restaurants. 19 November 2008 | Read

Peru's largest welding company Soldexsa is expanding in South America, having fully acquired two Colombian welding operations and their Venezuelan unit for US$97 million. 19 November 2008 | Read

Former public prosecutor in the attorney's office in the state of Ceará Maria José Rossi Jereissati has joined TozziniFreire Advogados as a partner in the firm's corporate department. 19 November 2008 | Read

A bicameral committee in Argentina's congress has recommended that the country's government expropriate the Spanish-owned airline Aerolíneas Argentinas, opening the way for a possible lawsuit. 19 November 2008 | Read

Ecuador’s Attorney General office is hosting a conference to educate its in-house team on arbitrations concerning the government and the importance of international law. 19 November 2008 | Read

The 15-year old Venezuela-the Netherlands bilateral investment treaty, which was used to launch a number of arbitrations against the South American country, was terminated last week. 18 November 2008 | Read

'Heavy workload and time zone differences' are the major challenges for Visa Inc's new deputy general counsel for international regions, Carlos Vásquez, as he settles into his role. 18 November 2008 | Read

The deal counsel for the US$300 million loan by Argentina’s pension funds administrator - ANSES - to Empresa Provincial de Energía de Córdoba says that if the pension fund nationalisation goes ahead, the deal will set a precedent for future Argentine project financing. 18 November 2008 | Read

HSBC's overseas holding company has sold its stake in Mexican microfinance lender Financiera Independencia. 18 November 2008 | Read

The head of Watson, Farley & Williams' oil and gas practice yesterday questioned the value of arbitration in disputes between energy companies and governments. 18 November 2008 | Read