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Galicia promotes three in Mexico

Galicia Abogados has announced the promotion of two lawyers to partner and another to counsel, just days after the firm elected its new management.

King & Spalding hires LatAm arbitration partner from Dechert

Dual-qualified Brazilian-American lawyer Érica Franzetti has joined King & Spalding LLP as partner in Washington, DC, after six years at Dechert, bringing substantial Latin American experience to the role.

Power company offers Costa Rica’s first sustainability-linked bonds

Costa Rica’s state-owned electricity company Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) has hired Clifford Chance LLP in New York to make the country’s first sustainability-linked bond issuance, worth US$300 million.

Guyer & Regules and Ferrere in CAF-backed motorway financing

Guyer & Regules has helped Uruguayan construction company Grupo Vial Oriental obtain a US$73 million loan to finance a motorway project.

Several Brazilian firms in real estate acquisition and issuance

Several firms have advised on Brazilian investment fund BlueMacaw’s purchase of an office space in São Paulo and receivables issuance in two deals worth a total of 634 million reais (US$118 million).

GOL issues bonds and consolidates prior offerings

Milbank in São Paulo and New York and Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados in São Paulo has helped Brazilian airline GOL make a US$150 million debt offering.

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Strategy and management

Mexico's Chávez Vargas appoints third partner

Highly Recommended Mexican firm Chávez Vargas Minutti SC has strengthened its finance, M&A and infrastructure offering by promoting one lawyer …

Galicia elects new management

Mexican Elite firm Galicia Abogados has elected José Visoso and Christian Lippert as new co-managing partners, replacing founder Manuel Galicia …

Features

Revisit Latin Lawyer and GIR’s Anti-Corruption & Investigations Mexico conference

The Anti-Corruption Investigations Mexico conference hosted by Latin Lawyer and its sister publication Global Investigations Review is now available to …