Deal of the Year: the shortlists for M&A, ESG and private equity
Latin Lawyer is delighted to announce the deals shortlisted for the private and public M&A, ESG and private equity categories of our 17th annual Deal of the Year Awards.
Listed below are the three deals that have been shortlisted in each category.
The winners will be announced on the night of our charity awards ceremony at the Hotel Unique in São Paulo on Thursday 11 May.
The dinner is being held in aid of two of the region’s pro bono clearinghouses. More information and tickets are available here.
Congratulations to all those involved in these transactions.
The shortlists for the disputes, regulatory and restructuring categories can be seen here, whilst the shortlisted deals for the capital markets, banking and finance and project finance categories are available here.
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Mergers & Acquisitions: private companies
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GIP buys LatAm renewables group Atlas from Actis
Counsel to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP)
In-house counsel - Julie Ashworth and Marissa Marco
Latham & Watkins LLP
Machado Meyer Advogados
Morales & Besa
Galicia Abogados
Posadas
Counsel to Actis
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Pérez-Llorca
Mattos Filho
Claro & Cía
Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes SC
Ferrere (Uruguay)
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Advent buys remaining stake in Argentina’s Prisma
Counsel to Advent
Baker McKenzie LLP
Baker McKenzie (Argentina)
Counsel to Prisma Medios de Pago and Visa Internacional, Banco Santander Río, Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires, Banco BBVA Argentina, Banco Macro, Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, HSBC Bank Argentina, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Argentina), Banco Patagonia, Nuevo Banco de Santa Fe, Banco Itaú Argentina, Banco Comafi, Banco de la Nación Argentina, Banco Credicoop and Citibank
In-house counsel to Prisma Medios de Pago - Juan Cruz Alvarez and Eliana Tylkovitch
Covington & Burling LLP
Beccar Varela
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US investor becomes major shareholder in Botafogo football club with SAF structure
Counsel to John Textor
Campos Mello Advogados in cooperation with DLA Piper
Counsel to Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas
BMA Advogados
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Mergers & Acquisitions: public companies
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Univision and Televisa form largest Spanish-language media group
For the acquisition
Counsel to Univision
In-house counsel – Amy Tenbrink
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Galicia Abogados
Counsel to Televisa
In-house counsel – Luis Alejandro Bustos, Armando Martínez, Nemer Farjat, Javier Luevanos, Liliana Martínez and Francisco Fernández
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP
Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes SC
For antitrust matters
Counsel to Univision
Covington & Burling LLP
Galicia Abogados
Counsel to Televisa
In-house counsel – Luis Alejandro Bustos, Armando Martínez, Jesus Araujo, Nemer Farjat, Javier Luevanos and Liliana Martínez
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes SC
For the equity investment
Counsel to Softbank
In-house counsel – Stephen Pelliccia and Stephen Lam
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Galicia Abogados
Counsel to Google
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Counsel to The Raine Group
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
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Hapvida and Notre Dame US$21 billion merger in Brazil
Counsel to Hapvida
Madrona Fialho Advogados
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Counsel to Notre Dame
Mello Torres
Lefosse
Mattos Filho
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Brazilian air mobility company merges with US SPAC
In the SPAC
Counsel to Embraer
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Mattos Filho
Counsel to Zanite
White & Case LLP
White & Case SC
In the PIPE
Counsel to Banco Bradesco
Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados
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Corporate finance: ESG
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Brazilian water company BRK issues LatAm’s first blue bonds
Counsel to BRK
Mattos Filho
Counsel to BTG Pactual
Machado Meyer Advogados
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The Central America Bottling Corporation (CBC) SLB issuance and tender offer
Counsel to CBC
In-house counsel - Oscar Arroyo Arzú
Hogan Lovells LLP
Walkers
AVL Abogados
Benjamín Valdez & Asociados
Palacios & Asociados/Sercomi
Bufete Forlar Abogados
DunnCox
Consortium Legal (Nicaragua)
Fabrega Molino
Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados
Pietrantoni Mendez & Alvarez LLC
Guyer & Regules
Counsel to Citigroup Global Markets and JP Morgan Securities
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Uría Menéndez
Harneys
Alta QIL+4 Abogados
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Chile issues world’s first sovereign sustainability-linked bonds
Counsel to the Republic of Chile
Linklaters
Morales & Besa
Counsel to BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole and Société Générale
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Garrigues (Chile)
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Private equity
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Several firms help Chile’s GNL Quintero get new owners
Counsel to EIG
White & Case LLP
Counsel to Fluxys
Linklaters
Barros & Errázuriz Abogados
Counsel to EIG and Fluxys
Guerrero Olivos
Counsel to OMERS
Milbank
Carey
Fischer & Cía
Counsel to Enagás
Baker McKenzie LLP
Baker McKenzie (Chile)
Counsel to BNP Paribas
Latham & Watkins LLP
Claro & Cía
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KKR and Telefónica set up Colombian fibre optic project
Counsel to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR)
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Cuatrecasas
Gómez-Pinzón
Counsel to Telefónica Colombia
Latham & Watkins LLP
Brigard Urrutia
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Multiple firms steer Lumen’s US$2.7 billion LatAm business sale
Counsel to Stonepeak Infrastructure
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Marval O’Farrell Mairal
Mattos Filho
TozziniFreire Advogados
Barros & Errázuriz Abogados
Gómez-Pinzón
Consortium Legal (Costa Rica)
Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (PBP)
Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enriquez SC
Arias, Fábrega & Fábrega
Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas
Guyer & Regules
Travieso Evans Arria Rengel & Paz
Counsel to AustralianSuper
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Counsel to Lumen
Jones Walker LLP
KLA Advogados
Miranda & Amado