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Accenture snaps up cybersecurity company in Brazil

Trench Rossi Watanabe has helped Dublin-headquartered professional services company Accenture acquire Brazilian cybersecurity group Morphus.

17 February 2023

Argentine firms guide three sovereign debt taps

Bruchou & Funes de Rioja and DLA Piper (Argentina) helped three different Argentine provinces make a slew of sovereign offerings last month, raising a combined total of US$32 million.

17 February 2023

Guyer & Regules and Ferrere steer meat acquisition

Brazilian meatpacker Minerva has enlisted Guyer & Regules in Montevideo to buy Breeders & Packers Uruguay (BPU) from Japan’s NH Foods for US$40 million.

17 February 2023

BMA hires Pinheiro Neto lawyer as partner

Brazilian Elite firm BMA Advogados has hired a senior lawyer from Pinheiro Neto Advogados as partner, launching its new commercial contracts and franchises practice.

16 February 2023

Zuleta partners break off to launch Colombian disputes boutique

Two partners from Colombian firm Zuleta Abogados Asociados have left the outfit to co-found a new disputes boutique, Rincón Castro Abogados.

16 February 2023

White & Case reinstructed for Oi restructuring case

A week after securing a provisional moratorium in Rio de Janeiro, Oi’s Brazilian parent and two Dutch affiliates have turned to White & Case LLP again to help them secure recognition of their Brazilian proceedings in the US and the UK.

16 February 2023

Warburg Pincus invests in Uruguayan data group

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

Brazilian electricity company raises US$1 billion in debt issuance

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

LatAm partner promotions plunge after previous year’s high

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 hires Magalhães e Dias partner as antitrust co-head

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

15 February 2023

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