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Qualified optimism defined the first day of Latin Lawyer’s Third Annual Oil & Gas Conference, as delegates and speakers from law firms and oil companies across the region gathered to discuss the regulatory landscapes in Latin America’s leading energy industries and question whether Brazil remained a welcome destination for foreign oil investment.

Azevedo Sette Advogados has advised Komatsu Brasil International (KBI), a subsidiary of the Japanese manufacturer of mining and construction equipment, in the acquisition of its Brazilian distributor.

Veirano Advogados has helped Brazilian travel and accommodation booking website Hotel Urbano obtain a new round of investment from New York-based venture capital firm Insight Venture Partners.

UK firm Curtis Davis Garrard LLP and Brazil’s Kincaid Mendes Vianna Advogados have helped Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries purchase a stake in Brazilian shipbuilder Estaleiro Enseada do Paraguaçu (EEP).

Brazilian firm Azevedo Sette Advogados has strengthened its insurance, reinsurance and pension plan department with the hiring of a new of counsel, Antonio Siqueira Rodrigues, and associate Cassio Gama Amaral.

Souza, Cescon, Barrieu e Flesch - Advogados and Clifford Chance LLP have helped furniture maker Unicasa list on the BM&FBovespa, in what was the third IPO to come out of Brazil in the space of a week.

Brazil’s Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados and Dutch firm Houthoff Buruma have helped Brastec, a manufacturer of equipment for onshore oil & gas facilities, acquire Dutch company SAS, which provides equipment for the offshore market.

US firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Brazilian firms Vieira, Rezende, Barbosa e Guerreiro Advogados and Ulhôa Canto, Rezende e Guerra – Advogados have helped Brazilian ethanol group Cosan Indústria e Comércio acquire a US$1.8 billion stake in Companhia de Gás de São Paulo - Comgás from the UK’s BG Group to diversify into fuel distribution.

US firm White & Case LLP and Brazil’s Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados have helped Brazilian car rental company Locamerica raise 273 million reais (US$145 million) in what was Brazil’s first IPO of 2012.

Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados and White & Case LLP have advised Braskem and its finance unit in a US$500 million dual-currency bond placement.