Thursday, 24 May 2012
The tax reform bill currently before Chilean Congress should not hugely affect foreign investors operating in the country say lawyers, though they warn that lack of clarity in some elements of the bill need to be addressed before it is implemented.
Thursday, 17 May 2012
Can you guess who sports a beard, seems forever suited and booted in shades of black and grey, and whose natural habitat is either on the driving range or in a Jaguar sports car? According to leading Chilean business magazine Revista Capital, the answer is the country’s lawyers.
Monday, 14 May 2012
Chilean governmental agency Corporación de Fomento de la Producción (CORFO) has retained Morales & Besa to divest its ownership in a fourth water and sanitation company, Essal, following sales of stakes in Esval, Essbio and Aguas Andinas last year as part of the privatisation of Chile’s water and sewage processing industry.
Thursday, 10 May 2012
Chilean firm Carey y Cía and Andrews Kurth LLP in the US have helped Chile’s largest wind farm, El Arrayán, obtain US$245 million worth of financing from a syndicate of French, Japanese and Chilean lenders.
Friday, 04 May 2012
Marieke Breijer profiles the winners and runners-up of Latin Lawyer’s 2011 Deal of the Year Awards, celebrating the ever-increasing sophistication shown by the legal teams involved in the continent’s most remarkable business deals
Friday, 04 May 2012
A guide to the lawyers leading the way in antitrust
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Carey y Cía have helped the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) buy a stake in Chile’s largest urban toll road operator, Grupo Costanera.
Friday, 13 April 2012
Much of Latin America emerged largely unscathed from the global financial crisis and continues to feature a host of countries experiencing economic growth rates the US and Europe can only dream of. So it is little surprise that increasing numbers of multinationals should look to the region in search of new markets and higher returns on investment. Joe Rowley takes a look at the leading M&A lawyers best equipped to help acquisitive companies seal the deal
Friday, 13 April 2012
To mark the launch of the 14th edition of Latin Lawyer 250, for the next four weeks the Latin Lawyer briefing will reflect on the developments that have taken place in Latin America’s key legal markets over the past 12 months. Today we turn to Chile.
Tuesday, 10 April 2012
Carey y Cía has worked alongside Australian firm Freehills to advise gas and electricity company Origin Energy in its acquisition of 51 per cent of the Energía Austral – one of the largest hydroelectric projects in Chile.
Friday, 30 March 2012
Latin Lawyer has announced the winners of its Deal of the Year Awards at its sixth annual charity awards ceremony, held last night in São Paulo and attended by some 200 guests.
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Is the private equity industry finally convinced of the returns to be had in Latin America? The glowing reports from leading bankers and legal practitioners at Latin Lawyer’s private equity conference suggest the region’s moment has now arrived. Rosie Cresswell reports
