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More international firms bound for Bogotá?

Latin Lawyer — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:08 GMT

There are rumours in Colombia’s legal market that as many as four foreign law firms are contemplating opening offices in Bogotá.

Mexico prohibits Televisa/Iusacell deal

Latin Lawyer — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:55:31 GMT

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

Latin Lawyer — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:50:19 GMT

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

Latin Lawyer — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:45:33 GMT

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

Latin Lawyer — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:40:08 GMT

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

Latin Lawyer — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:00:15 GMT

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

Latin Lawyer — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:55:39 GMT

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

Latin Lawyer — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:50:41 GMT

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

Latin Lawyer — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:40:08 GMT

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

Latin Lawyer — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:35:19 GMT

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

Latin Lawyer — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:00:55 GMT

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

Latin Lawyer — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:55:47 GMT

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.