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Simpson Thacher appoints counsel in São Paulo

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has promoted an associate in São Paulo to counsel, boosting its Brazilian corporate offering.

27 November 2023

Exxon asks US court to enforce Venezuelan ICSID award

ExxonMobil has applied to a court in Washington, DC, to enforce an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) award worth over US$985 million plus interest and costs against Venezuela in a 16-year saga over the expropriation of two oil projects.

27 November 2023

Central Puerto subsidiary snaps up solar assets in Argentina

Bruchou & Funes de Rioja has helped Proener – the subsidiary of Argentine electricity producer Central Puerto – acquire solar energy assets from Norwegian energy counterparts Scatec and Equinor.

27 November 2023

Mexico’s Fortaleza cements US$118 million offering

Mexican cement manufacturer Fortaleza Materiales has turned to Robles Miaja Abogados to raise 2 billion pesos (US$118 million) in a bond offering.

27 November 2023

Brazilian data start-up gets capital injection

Bronstein, Zilberberg, Chueiri & Potenza Advogados has helped Brazilian data and AI-focused startup Logcomex raise 165 million reais (US$33 million) in a Series B investment round.

27 November 2023

Mayer Brown expands in Brazil and Mexico

Mayer Brown LLP has elevated three lawyers to partner and two to counsel at its associated firm Tauil & Chequer Advogados in Brazil, whilst promoting another practitioner to partner in Mexico.

24 November 2023

Souto Correa adds two counsel and a partner

Souto Correa Advogados has strengthened several practice areas by hiring a lawyer from Pinheiro Neto Advogados to head its healthcare group as counsel, appointing a SiqueiraCastro partner as counsel and promoting one of its own associates to partner.

24 November 2023

Latin Lawyer’s M&A roundtable: listen here

Listen to Latin Lawyer’s M&A roundtable to hear about some of the latest developments in Latin America’s complex M&A landscape from some of the region’s leading practitioners.

24 November 2023

Petrobras shareholders fail to revive arbitration against Brazil

Two minority shareholders in Brazil’s national oil and gas company Petrobras have failed to persuade a São Paulo court to reinstate a jurisdictional award in a US$34 billion arbitration against Brazil arising from the Lava Jato corruption scandal.

24 November 2023

Natura sells The Body Shop for US$254 million

Five Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton offices and Trench Rossi Watanabe in São Paulo have helped Brazilian cosmetics company Natura divest UK beauty brand The Body Shop to European investment group Aurelius for US$254 million.

24 November 2023