News
Tuesday, 24th January 2012 by Rachel Hall
Tauil & Chequer – affiliated with Mayer Brown LLP has assisted Argentine conglomerate Bunge Alimentos in the purchase of a food business owned by Hypermarcas, Brazil’s largest producer of consumer goods.
Tuesday, 24th January 2012 by Rachel Hall
Peruvian firm Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas Abogados Financieros and the Moscow office of international firm Hogan Lovells have helped Russian private investors ICT Group and AN&N Investment buy controlling stakes in the Peruvian arm of Russian broadband internet access services company Yota.
Monday, 23rd January 2012 by Katy Oglethorpe
Chile’s Supreme Court has upheld the National Competition Tribunal’s fine of Radio Bio-Bio, rejecting appeals from both the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE) and the radio station itself.
Monday, 23rd January 2012 by Rachel Hall
Further firms have announced new additions to their partnerships.
Monday, 23rd January 2012 by Rachel Hall
Correction: On Friday 20 January we published an article on Brookfield Asset Management's acquisition of ACS Group's stake in the San Cristóbal tunnel and Vespucio Norte Express toll road without mentioning Barros & Errázuriz Abogados' role in the deal. We are now republishing the story today to include their involvement.
Monday, 23rd January 2012 by Rachel Hall
Brazil’s Madrona Hong Mazzuco Brandão – Sociedade de Advogados and the São Paulo office of US firm Davis Polk & Wardwell have advised Brazilian telecoms company Telemar Norte Leste in a financing arrangement with Finnvera.
Monday, 23rd January 2012 by Rachel Hall
Alessandri & Compañía has helped Chile’s National Association of Professional Football (ANFP) obtain a favourable decision before CONAR, the country’s self-regulatory body for advertising standards, to protect the association’s trademarks.
Monday, 23rd January 2012 by Rachel Hall
Peruvian firm Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas Abogados Financieros has helped power producer Rurelec acquire a 50 per cent stake in Cascade Hydro, a newly formed hydroelectric power development company focused on run-of-river projects.
Friday, 20th January 2012 by Rachel Hall
Prieto & Carrizosa and Torys LLP have helped the Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) obtain governmental authorisations in all the relevant jurisdictions required to close the purchase of a 51 per cent stake in Banco Multibanca Colpatria.
Friday, 20th January 2012 by Rosalind Donald
Mexican mobile company Grupo Iusacell has expressed concern that the country’s Federal Competition Commission (CFC) will reject its planned tie-up with media company Televisa, warning that doing so would mean the loss of a valuable chance to challenge dominant telecoms company Telmex.
Friday, 20th January 2012 by Stefano Berra
Argentina’s National Commission for the Defence of Competition has opened an investigation of the country’s five largest oil companies for fixing the price of fuel.
Friday, 20th January 2012 by Rachel Hall
Payet Rey Cauvi Abogados has assisted Pacífico Salud, a subsidiary of Pacífico Seguros, one of the largest insurance companies in Peru, in the acquisition of Peruvian private clinic Clínica el Golf.
Friday, 20th January 2012 by Rachel Hall
Ferrere Abogados has helped Uruguayan pharmaceutical company Nanokem obtain an operating licence from the Uruguayan Health Ministry.
Thursday, 19th January 2012 by Rachel Hall
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP have advised Brazilian company MPX in the formation of a joint venture with energy company E.ON, which is headquartered in Germany, to make investments in Brazil and Chile.
Thursday, 19th January 2012 by Sebastian Perry
A US appeal court has set aside a US$185 million award against Argentina because of the arbitrators' failure to respect a treaty provision mandating 18 months' prior litigation in the host state's courts.
