Industry: Oil & gas exploration & production

A recent decision to dismiss evidence in the bribery case against the former chief executive of Mexico’s state oil company Pemex has drawn the ire of local prosecutors.

28 September 2023

Salaverri, Burgio & Wetzler Malbrán have helped Argentina’s Pampa Energía issue US$72 million worth of notes to expand their operations in Vaca Muerta.

28 September 2023

A pair of Guatemalan renewable energy investors are pursuing a Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) claim against Honduras, as a group of US claimants drop their bid to revive a case against Nicaragua under the same free trade agreement.

26 September 2023

Saudi Arabian energy company Aramco has hired five White & Case LLP offices and Guerrero Olivos in Santiago to buy Chilean fuel distributor Esmax from Latin America-focused private equity fund Southern Cross Group.

25 September 2023

Central American firm Mayora & Mayora has added a third office in Honduras by opening a new outpost on the island of Roatán.

25 September 2023

The Dutch subsidiary of Brazilian petrochemicals giant Braskem has hired two Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP offices and Mattos Filho in São Paulo to issue US$850 million worth of notes.

20 September 2023

Burford Capital says the latest ruling in a US lawsuit it is financing against Argentina means the state will have to pay around US$16 billion for nationalising oil and gas operator YPF.

13 September 2023

Marval O'Farrell Mairal has helped France’s TotalEnergies complete an asset swap with Argentine power company Pampa Energía.

08 September 2023

Ritch Mueller y Nicolau, SC has helped Mexican private equity fund Ainda increase its stake in an offshore oil field owned by Hokchi Energy, the local subsidiary of Argentina’s Pan American Energy.

05 September 2023

Bruchou & Funes de Rioja has helped the Argentine arm of Mexican oil company Vista Energy raise US$70 million in a debt issuance.

04 September 2023