Organisation: BNP Paribas

Vinson & Elkins LLP in New York and Washington, DC and Machado Meyer Advogados in São Paulo have helped the insurance division of BNP Paribas buy out Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza from the companies’ insurance joint venture, a deal worth 1 billion reais (US$201 million).

01 June 2023

Arnold & Porter in Washington, DC has helped the Republic of Brazil issue bonds worth US$2.25 billion.

12 May 2023

Three Shearman & Sterling LLP offices, Campos Mello Advogados in cooperation with DLA Piper in São Paulo and Campbells in the Cayman Islands have helped Banco do Brasil raise US$750 million through a sustainable bond issuance.

02 May 2023

São Paulo-based electricity transmission company Companhia de Transmissão de Energia Elétrica Paulista (CTEEP) has turned to Machado Meyer Advogados to issue 550 million reais (US$103 million) worth of debentures.

05 April 2023

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York and Galicia Abogados in Mexico City have helped the underwriters of Cemex’s issuance of US$1 billion worth of perpetual notes, a type of security with no maturity date.

28 March 2023

Three offices of Latham & Watkins LLP have helped Latin American development bank Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) make a syndicated bond offering worth €1 billion (US$1 billion).

17 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

LACCA is coming to São Paulo for its annual regional conference next month, where leading in-house lawyers and external counsel will meet to discuss highly-relevant topics such as the impact of upcoming tax reform in Brazil on legal departments, as well as companies’ ESG reporting and D&I efforts.

27 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

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Denver and New York has helped The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) raise US$1.25 billion in its largest-ever social bond issuance.

14 February 2023