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A US-owned catering group has threatened Chile with a treaty claim as it seeks payment for meals provided to the country’s public schools during the 2019 riots.

21 February 2023

The finance subsidiary of Brazilian airline GOL has enlisted two Milbank offices to raise US$203 million through a series of notes offerings.

21 February 2023

The electricity subsidiary of Argentine state-owned oil group YPF has hired O'Farrell to help it raise US$150 million in a bond issuance, the proceeds of which are earmarked for the company’s fourth wind project.

21 February 2023

Rubio Leguía Normand has recruited a partner from BBGS Abogados (Peru) to head its restructuring and insolvency practice.

20 February 2023

Canadian firms Boughton Law Corporation and Aird & Berlis LLP, three offices of Dorsey & Whitney LLP and PPO Abogados in La Paz have helped British Columbia-based San Cristóbal Mining acquire a Bolivian mine from Japan’s Sumitomo.

20 February 2023

A Mexico-registered financial services firm has brought an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) claim worth more than US$100 million against Honduras for allegedly seizing control of the company in contravention of a local court order.

20 February 2023

Demarest Advogados has helped Brazilian development bank BNDES and a consortium of sports companies win a bid to develop a disused arena in Rio de Janeiro into a cultural and academic hub.

20 February 2023

Brazilian education company Inspira Mudança has hired Fialho Salles Advogados to acquire two schools and a uniform company in the northern state of Maranhão.

20 February 2023

Two partners from Jones Day’s Latin America group have joined DLA Piper LLP in New York, strengthening that firm’s regional M&A offering.

17 February 2023

Three years after sugar and ethanol producer Tonon entered liquidation in Brazil after a prior restructuring came undone, its judicial administrator is seeking recognition in the US to find assets to satisfy unpaid claims.

17 February 2023