Latin LawyerEcopetrol bags US production rights

Thompson & Knight LLP has negotiated the first acquisition of oil and gas producing assets outside Colombia by the country's state-owned oil company, Ecopetrol.

http://www.latinlawyer.com/article.php?id=135122008-10-08 16:25:00US court rejects Chevron's arbitration claim against EcuadorA US court has ruled that Chevron cannot take Ecuador's government to arbitration over liability for damage to the rainforest from oil production.
http://www.latinlawyer.com/article.php?id=135112008-10-08 16:20:00SanCor prefigures new wave of restructuring workNicolson y Cano has helped Argentina's largest dairy company, SanCor, to complete its financial debt restructuring on 4 September, on the eve of the financial crisis.
http://www.latinlawyer.com/article.php?id=135102008-10-08 16:15:00Firms cooperate on drugstore investment dealAraújo e Policastro Advogados and Pinheiro Neto Advogados have combined forces to help a drugstore chain gain a 30 per cent equity investment from two private equity funds.

http://www.latinlawyer.com/article.php?id=135092008-10-08 16:05:00Arias & Muñoz guides office developmentCentral American real estate company Grupo Roble has built a condominium as the third stage of its Plaza Roble office development in San José, Costa Rica.
http://www.latinlawyer.com/article.php?id=135082008-10-08 16:00:00Modelo launches arbitration against parent

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP's long-term client, Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo, is continuing its protest over the InBev / Anheuser-Busch merger, announcing plans to request arbitration against the US brewer.

http://www.latinlawyer.com/article.php?id=135062008-10-07 16:20:00Contractual conflicts scupper real estate tie up

Brazilian largest real estate developer, Cyrela Brazil Realty, has cancelled its acquisition of rival Agra Empreendimentos Imobiliarios.

http://www.latinlawyer.com/article.php?id=135052008-10-07 16:15:00Mining companies gain confidence of banks in Peru

Peruvian zinc, lead and silver producer Volcán Compañía Minera has secured a US$200 million loan to bolster its operations.

http://www.latinlawyer.com/article.php?id=135042008-10-07 16:10:00Cencosud defies markets

Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites, Arntsen & Martínez de Hoz (h) has secured a US$140 million loan from the International Finance Corporation for its regular client, Chilean retailer Cencosud's Argentine unit, despite global financial turmoil.

http://www.latinlawyer.com/article.php?id=135032008-10-07 16:05:00Brazilian pulp merger on hold

The merger of two of Brazil's largest pulp businesses, Votarantim Celulose e Papel (VCP) and Aracruz Celulose, has been postponed.

http://www.latinlawyer.com/article.php?id=135022008-10-07 16:00:00UK, Peru form joint venture for sustainable forestry

Peruvian law firms Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas Abogados Financieros and Payet Rey Cauvi have together negotiated first reforestation project designed to lessen carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

http://www.latinlawyer.com/article.php?id=135002008-10-07 12:10:00Advocacia José Del Chiaro loses two

A partner and an associate have left antitrust boutique Advocacia José Del Chiaro to work in full-service firms.

http://www.latinlawyer.com/article.php?id=134992008-10-06 16:20:00