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In the second of our three-part series dedicated to International Women’s Day this week, Latin Lawyer speaks to Milbank partner Carolina Walther-Meade about the challenges of being a woman in the legal sector, the importance of being yourself and setting clear objectives to achieve your goals.

09 March 2023

Two Paul Hastings LLP offices and Brazil’s Stocche Forbes Advogados have helped Brazilian footwear retailer Arezzo acquire a majority stake in Italian luxury counterpart Paris Texas for 130 million reais (US$25 million).

09 March 2023

An International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) tribunal has rejected a claim worth up to US$198 million brought by a group of US investors against Nicaragua over the termination of an oil and gas concession.

09 March 2023

Ecuador’s Banco Pichincha has enlisted Greenberg Traurig LLP in New York and Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (PBP) in Quito issue US$200 million worth of notes.

09 March 2023

Themudo Lessa Advogados in São Paulo has helped Brazilian data centre group Ascenty issue 1 billion reais (US$194 million) worth of notes and obtain a loan to refinance existing debt.

09 March 2023

In celebration of International Women’s Day, Latin Lawyer speaks to Demarest Advogados partner Luciana Tornovsky about the prejudice she has faced as a mother in the legal industry, the areas of law where women particularly struggle to get ahead and how she is helping to generate opportunity for present and future generations of women lawyers.

08 March 2023

Canadian mining investors have lodged a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) legacy claim against Mexico and threatened another, as the deadline to bring such cases approaches.

08 March 2023

Brazilian firm Villemor Amaral Advogados has launched a social security law practice by recruiting the founding partner of local firm Masaki Advgoados to lead the new department.

08 March 2023

Mayer Brown LLP in Chicago and New York, Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown in São Paulo and offshore outfit Carey Olsen have helped Brazilian software business Nuvini merge with a US special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).

08 March 2023

Two Shearman & Sterling LLP offices and Cariola, Díez, Pérez-Cotapos in Santiago have helped Chilean fintech Datamart raise US$6 million in a funding round.

08 March 2023