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Antofagasta Minerals gets US$1.3 billion project financing in Chile
Chilean conglomerate Antofagasta Minerals has hired Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York and local firm Jara Del Favero & Ried Fabres Abogados to obtain a US$1.3 billion project financing to fund an infrastructure project at Los Pelambres copper mine.
Update: Engie buys Petrobras gas pipeline company for US$8.6 billion
Yesterday we published an article on Engie and CDPQ's landmark bid to buy gas pipeline TAG from Petrobras. An updated version of the story with additional counsel and comment from lawyers who worked on the deal follows below.
International Lawyer of the Year: David Williams
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP’s David Williams built his legal career in Latin America off the back of early exposure to the region, managing to successfully navigate his firm’s Latin American practice through a constantly changing political and economic environment. He is 2018’s recipient of Latin Lawyer’s International Lawyer of the Year Award.
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Latin Lawyer Special Report: M&A and capital markets deal activity
An in-depth look at M&A and IPO transactions in Latin America and the law firms behind them.
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To each their own
It has become a must for major Spanish firms to make a play for Latin America, yet not all agree on the best approach. Vincent Manancourt profiles the strategies of the country's main players
YPF legal head confirmed for LL Live 10th Annual Oil & Gas Summit
German Vito Fernández, the vice president of YPF’s legal department, will speak at Latin Lawyer Live 10th Annual Oil & Gas next month.
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Insight
Reference
Construction
Chile
Alfonso Reymond Larraín and Rodrigo Riquelme Yanez
Reymond & Cía
Brazil
Fernando Marcondes, Ricardo Medina Salla, Marlon Shigueru Ushiro Ieiri, Adriana Regina Sarra de Deus and Juliana Yumi Shiina Morato
LO Baptista
Guides
The Guide to Corporate Crisis Management - First Edition
Introduction: Effective Crisis Management in Latin America
Sergio J Galvis, Robert J Giuffra Jr and Werner F Ahlers
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Dealing with the Challenges of Political Violence and Crime in Latin America
Jack Devine and Amanda Mattingly
The Arkin Group
Professional notices
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Clifford Chance LLP
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Cuatrecasas
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DLA Piper LLP
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Garrigues
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Greenberg Traurig LLP
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Haynes and Boone LLP
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Hogan Lovells LLP
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Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
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Jones Day
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Linklaters
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Maples Group
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Norton Rose Fulbright
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
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Proskauer Rose LLP
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Uría Menéndez
These firms have professional notices in the Latin Lawyer 250
Latin Lawyer - GAR Live 3rd Annual Arbitration Summit
Latin Lawyer Live 10th Annual Oil & Gas