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Latin Lawyer Deal of the Year winners announced

Latin Lawyer announced the winners of its 17th annual Deal of the Year Awards at a charity dinner in São Paulo on 11 May, which was attended by over 270 guests.

12 May 2023

Cemex delists from Colombian stock exchange

Uría Menéndez in Madrid and Gómez-Pinzón in Bogotá have helped the Spanish subsidiary of Mexican cement maker Cemex delist from the Colombian stock exchange through a US$23 million tender offer.

05 May 2023

Accel-KKR expands LatAm footprint with three acquisitions

Cuatrecasas in Madrid, Gómez-Pinzón in Bogotá, Morales & Besa in Santiago and Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez SC in Mexico City have helped US private equity group Accel-KKR buy Colombian software company Facture and Mexican counterparts Indicium Solutions and Pegaso Tecnología.

14 April 2023

Several firms lead Banco de Bogotá sustainable debt tap

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York and DLA Piper Martínez Beltrán have helped Colombia’s Banco de Bogotá raise US$230 million by issuing sustainable bonds.

12 April 2023

Colombian aviation authority approves JetBlue-Spirit merger

Gómez-Pinzón has helped US low-cost airline JetBlue get antitrust clearance in Colombia for the merger of its subsidiary Sundown Acquisitions with counterpart Spirit Airlines.

04 April 2023

Deal of the Year 2022: the full shortlist

Latin Lawyer will announce the winners of the 17th annual Deal of the Year Awards on the night of our charity awards ceremony at Hotel Unique in São Paulo on Thursday 11 May.

13 March 2023

Deal of the Year: the shortlists for M&A, ESG and private equity

Latin Lawyer is delighted to announce the deals shortlisted for the private and public M&A, ESG and private equity categories of our 17th annual Deal of the Year Awards.

24 February 2023

Peru’s Talma acquires Avianca subsidiary

Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero Du & Uría (Colombia) and Miranda & Amado in Lima have helped Peruvian airport services group Talma buy a subsidiary of airline Avianca.

24 February 2023

Ecopetrol raises US$3 billion through debt tap and tender offer

Colombian oil giant Ecopetrol has hired Shearman & Sterling LLP in New York to make a US$2 billion offering, shortly before it launched a US$1 billion tender offer to buy back existing debt.

15 February 2023

Fintech gets first cryptocurrency-backed facility in Colombia

Gómez-Pinzón has helped Latin American fintech Clave and its founder US investment fund CrossRegional Management obtain Colombia’s first-ever credit facility denominated to a dollar-linked cryptocurrency.

13 February 2023