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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in San Francisco, Mattos Filho in São Paulo and Guyer & Regules in Montevideo have helped New York-based private equity group Warburg Pincus invest US$40 million in Uruguayan data platform Scanntech.

16 February 2023

Stocche Forbes Advogados has helped Brazilian electricity company CELG Distribuição (CELG-D) issue 7 billion reais (US$1.3 billion) worth of new debentures.

16 February 2023

Latin Lawyer has registered a 34% decrease in end-of-year partner promotions at Latin American law firms, while the share of female lawyers reaching the most senior rank at their respective firms has remained in line with last year’s figures.

15 February 2023

Trench Rossi Watanabe has recruited a partner from Magalhães e Dias Advocacia to co-lead its antitrust and international trade practice.

15 February 2023

Colombian firm Ibarra-Rimon has hired the legal head of local fashion retailer Línea Directa to lead its newly-opened Medellín office as partner.

15 February 2023

Colombian oil giant Ecopetrol has hired Shearman & Sterling LLP in New York to make a US$2 billion offering, shortly before it launched a US$1 billion tender offer to buy back existing debt.

15 February 2023

An International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) tribunal has ruled that an oil consortium validly terminated its agreement with a Peruvian state agency, rejecting arguments it was a bad faith move to trigger a liquidation proceeding.

15 February 2023

Greenberg Traurig SC has helped US property company Industrial Realty Group (IRG) secure a loan to fund several real estate acquisitions in Mexico.

15 February 2023

Peruvian firm Damma Legal Advisors has hired an of counsel from local firm Vodanovic Legal as a director in its corporate and compliance group.

14 February 2023

In a bid to revive its faltering leniency regime, Peru’s antitrust watchdog is calling for new legislation to exempt abuses of dominance and softcore cartels from criminal sanctions while increasing protections for whistleblowers.

14 February 2023