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Holland & Knight absorbs mining boutique in Colombia
Holland & Knight absorbs mining boutique in Colombia

Highly Recommended firm Holland & Knight (Colombia) has incorporated local mining boutique Estudio Jurídico Montoya y Asociados, appointing its founding partner as of counsel.

Brookfield sells assets to Grupo Energía Bogotá and Brazil’s Argo
Brookfield sells assets to Grupo Energía Bogotá and Brazil’s Argo

TozziniFreire Advogados and Magalhães Reis Figueiró Advogados have helped Brazilian energy group Argo Energia and its Colombian majority shareholder Grupo Energía Bogotá (GEB) acquire transmission assets from Canada’s Brookfield for 4.3 billion reais (US$831 million).

Chiode Minicucci hires judge to lead workplace policy practice
Chiode Minicucci hires judge to lead workplace policy practice

Brazilian firm Chiode Minicucci Advogados has launched a workplace policy practice and hired a former justice of the Brazilian Supreme Labour Court (TST) to lead its efforts in the field.

Brazilian renewables company gets equity investment

Brazilian investment fund Augment has enlisted Pinheiro Guimarães in São Paulo to make a 459 million reais (US$85 million) equity investment in local renewable energy company Origo.

Several firms steer US$170 million Colombian energy loan

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York and Chicago and DLA Piper Martínez Beltrán in Bogotá have helped Colombian energy company Termoeléctrica el Tesorito get a US$170 million loan.

UK car dealer Inchcape buys Chilean counterpart Derco

British automotive company Inchcape has enlisted Herbert Smith Freehills in London, Claro & Cía in Santiago, Brigard Urrutia in Bogotá, Bolivian firm PPO Abogados and Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados in Lima …

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Greenberg Traurig adds LatAm-experienced finance partner
Greenberg Traurig adds LatAm-experienced finance partner

Greenberg Traurig LLP has reinforced its Latin American finance offering by hiring a name partner from US firm Luskin, Stern …

Lefosse incorporates compliance boutique
Lefosse incorporates compliance boutique

Brazilian Elite firm Lefosse has strengthened its compliance, investigations and white-collar crime practice by hiring a former BMA Advogados partner …

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Colombian firms brace for first left-wing government
Colombian firms brace for first left-wing government

As the Andean nation inaugurates Gustavo Petro as its first-ever leftist president, Colombian law firms are preparing for radical changes …

D&I: Don’t tick boxes, think outside of them
D&I: Don’t tick boxes, think outside of them

Managing partners need to demonstrate that they are committed to their pledges to boost diversity and inclusion at their firms …

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Making the magic happen
Making the magic happen

Diversity without sufficient focus on inclusion is undermining efforts to reverse a legacy of discrimination in hiring policies, according to …

ESG in a tropical climate
ESG in a tropical climate

GCs in Brazil say local companies are adopting and adapting global best practice to fill gaps in ESG regulations at …

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