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Pinheiro Guimarães and Mattos Filho in OGX fundraising deal

Friday, 3rd February

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

Hogan Lovells has expanded its New York finance practice with the addition of partner Evan Koster, who specialises in Latin American work.

Grupo Sura bolsters ING deal with co-investment

Thursday, 2nd February

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.

Latest law firm features

  • Taking flight

    The operators of Costa Rica’s main airport have finally secured necessary financing for its modernisation; a project initially launched over a decade ago, but so plagued by conflicts that construction was halted for years. Marieke Breijer talks to the lawyers who guided the project to its second take-off

  • Preparing for retirement the Chilean way

    Now more than 30 years old, Chile’s individually-funded pension system is performing as planned and has even shown itself capable of recovering from a financial crisis. Enrique Munita, partner at Philippi, Yrarrázaval, Pulido & Brunner, says other countries would do well to replicate it

  • Taking a break

    In light of Spain’s numerous treaties with Latin America and a favourable tax regime, Uría Menéndez partner Guillermo Canalejo in Madrid and associate Pere Pons in New York make the case for licences and financing through foreign branches of Spanish companies

  • Coming round to IFCs

  • Standing strong in an uncertain world (again)

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Latest in-house features

  • Insurance for sale

    The in-house team of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, the political risk insurance arm of the World Bank Group, tells Rosie Cresswell what the agency has to offer Latin America after a historic overhaul of its mandate

  • From cost centre to non-profit centre

    Pro bono is a relatively new concept in Latin America, even for law firms, so it is no wonder corporates also struggle to find their place in the region's pro bono chain. Marieke Breijer assesses the barriers companies face

  • A client’s market

    There are just too many options for legal services in Peru these days - meaning law firms cannot afford to be complacent, according to in-house counsel at a recent meeting of the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association held in Lima. Marieke Breijer reports

  • The unlikely associate

  • Balancing Act

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