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More international firms bound for Bogotá?
Friday, 3rd February 2012 by Rosie Cresswell
There are rumours in Colombia’s legal market that as many as four foreign law firms are contemplating opening offices in Bogotá.
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Mexico prohibits Televisa/Iusacell deal
Friday, 3rd February 2012 by Katy Oglethorpe
Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission (CFC) has blocked the merger of mobile phone company Grupo Iusacell and media company Televisa.
Pinheiro Guimarães and Mattos Filho in OGX fundraising deal
Friday, 3rd February 2012 by Rachel Hall
Pinheiro Guimarães - Advogados has helped OGX Maranhão, the Brazilian oil and gas company responsible for the largest private-sector exploratory campaign in Brazil, obtain US$350 million from a group of banks to finance new developments in the Parnaíba Basin.
Hogan Lovells hires finance partner with Latam focus
Friday, 3rd February 2012 by Rachel Hall
Hogan Lovells has expanded its New York finance practice with the addition of partner Evan Koster, who specialises in Latin American work.
Mattos Filho in JSL and Simpar merger
Friday, 3rd February 2012 by Rachel Hall
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados has helped Brazilian logistics company JSL acquire Simpar Concessionárias, a Brazilian car and truck dealer, in a deal that required a corporate governance committee because the companies have the same controlling shareholder.
De Presno replaces de la Vega at Basham
Thursday, 2nd February 2012 by Rachel Hall
Mexico’s Basham Ringe y Correa SC has hired respected labour lawyer Jorge de Presno and his team from Thompson & Knight SC – exactly one month after Oscar de la Vega took his team to set up US employment firm Littler Mendelson’s Mexican office.
Azevedo Sette and Pinheiro Neto in credit company buy
Thursday, 2nd February 2012 by Rachel Hall
Pinheiro Neto Advogados has helped Transunion, which is the world’s largest credit bureau, enter the Brazilian market by purchasing a majority stake in Brazilian analytics firm Crivo Sistemas em Informática (Crivo).
Grupo Sura bolsters ING deal with co-investment
Thursday, 2nd February 2012 by Rachel Hall
Several international and Latin American firms have helped Colombian investment group Grupo Sura negotiate US$1 billion worth of funding for the acquisition of ING Insurance International’s Latin American assets from General Atlantic, Grupo Bolivar, the IFC and Bancolombia.
Pinheiro Neto helps Interactive Brokers enter Brazil
Thursday, 2nd February 2012 by Rosie Scammell
Pinheiro Neto Advogados has helped Interactive Brokers Group (IBG) establish operations in Brazil, opening up a new market to its existing clients, and allowing Brazilian clients to invest globally.
Arias Fábrega and Galindo in bond issuance
Thursday, 2nd February 2012 by Rosie Scammell
Arias, Fábrega & Fábrega has advised food manufacturers Productos Alimenticios Pascual and Bonlac - Sociedad de Alimentos de Primera on their first debt issuance on the Panamanian stock exchange.
Rebaza, Rodrigo and Mijares latest pharma sale
Wednesday, 1st February 2012
Two years after Mexico’s Grupo Casa Saba acquired a chain of drugstores in Peru through its purchase of Chile’s Farmacias Ahumada (FASA), Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados has helped Peru’s Quicorp buy the pharmacies for an undisclosed amount.
Holguín Neira hires two new partners
Wednesday, 1st February 2012 by Rachel Hall
Colombia’s Holguín Neira & Pombo Abogados has bolstered its team with the hiring of new equity partners, after a series of departures over the past two years saw the firm’s partnership reduced to one.
PSA Peugeot Citroën hires Siqueira Castro partner
Wednesday, 1st February 2012 by Rosie Scammell
Marcelo Angeli has begun his role as legal manager at French car and motorcycle manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroën, in a move seen as “very fruitful for both sides” by his former firm.
HRT O&G and Petra Energia agreement puts end to arbitration
Wednesday, 1st February 2012 by Rachel Hall
Barbosa Müssnich & Aragão, Sergio Bermudes Advogados and Ferro, Castro Neves, Daltro & Gomide Advogados have helped HRT O&G reach an agreement with Petra Energia that enables Russian oil company TNK-BP to assume ownership of a stake in exploration rights Brazil’s Solimões Basin, drawing an end to an arbitration procedure over the financial sum Petra Energia should receive.
Banco de Guayaquil receives IADB loan
Wednesday, 1st February 2012 by Rachel Hall
Ecuador’s Pérez, Bustamante & Ponce Abogados and US firm Andrews Kurth LLP have helped the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) grant a subordinated loan to Ecuador’s Banco de Guayaquil.
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Basham Ringe y Correa SC
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Hogan Lovells
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Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Giovani Ribeiro Loss, Pablo Sorj, Sergio Spinelli Silva Jr
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Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes SC
Francisco Fuentes-Ostos
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Pinheiro Guimarães - Advogados
Pedro Barretto Vasconcelos, Roberta Giamattey Pimentel Fonseca
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