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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

Brazilian data centre operator raises capital for refinancing

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

Pinheiro Guimarães stars in Rede D’Or debt tap

Pinheiro Guimarães has acted as deal counsel in Brazilian private hospital group Rede D’Or São Luiz’s 1.1 billion reais (US$211 million) debt offering.

07 March 2023

Deal of the Year: the shortlists for capital markets, banking and finance and project finance

Latin Lawyer is delighted to announce the deals shortlisted for the capital markets, banking and finance and project finance categories of our 17th annual Deal of the Year Awards.

23 February 2023

Cemig raises US$244 million with offering

Brazilian power company Cemig has enlisted local firm Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados to raise US$244 million in a bond offering.

20 January 2023

Pinheiro Guimarães returns for Cálamo debt offering

Pinheiro Guimarães has acted as deal counsel in Brazilian beauty company Cálamo's 2 billion reais (US$377 million) debenture offering.

11 January 2023

São Paulo stock exchange B3 nabs AI business

Pinheiro Guimarães has helped Brazil’s B3 stock exchange acquire local artificial intelligence (AI) company Neurotech for 1.1 billion reais (US$220 million).

30 November 2022

Deal Tracker: Which were the busiest firms in Q1&2 2022?

Law firms in Latin America were busy at work in the first half of 2022, despite global economic challenges. Latin Lawyer's Deal Tracker Report reveals which firms did the most deals across the region.

23 November 2022

Brazilian engineering giant Andrade Gutierrez files Chapter 15

One of Latin America’s largest engineering groups has sought recognition of its Brazilian restructuring in New York to stay a claim brought by Missouri-headquartered UMB Bank, which is seeking to recover over US$40 million owed under notes that matured last year.

04 November 2022

Equatorial Energia buys Goiás power distributor from Enel

Equatorial Energia has enlisted Mattos Filho to buy Brazilian electricity distributor Celg Distribuição (Celg-D) from Italian energy group Enel for 1.6 billion reais (US$299 million).

04 October 2022

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