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Multiple firms guide US$1.8 billion tariff stabilisation bonds in Chile

The New York offices of Shearman & Sterling LLP and White & Case LLP and Claro & Cía and Morales & Besa in Santiago have helped a group of Chilean power companies benefit from US$1.8 billion worth of tariff stabilisation bonds, which will help energy distributors manage a temporary cap on electricity prices under new legislation.

27 September 2023

LNG group gets funds to expand in Colombia with energy buy

Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas has helped Colombian liquefied natural gas company LNG Energy Group purchase Bogotá-based gas group Lewis Energy Colombia (LEC) after the buyer received acquisition financing from Macquarie.

26 September 2023

Veirano features in multibillion-dollar German-Spanish utilities buy

Veirano Advogados has helped German utilities group Steag in its US$2.8 billion sale to Spanish infrastructure investment fund Asterion, including the target’s Brazilian subsidiary.

18 September 2023

How can firms cultivate Mexico’s precarious IPO landscape?

Real estate company Vesta’s US$445 million listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in July has sparked confidence that there is still life for Mexican IPOs, despite a global slump. But opinion is divided among local and international law firms when it comes to determining whether Mexican IPOs are on the verge of blossoming or withering away.

11 September 2023

Brazilian contractor wins ICC award against PDVSA

An International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) tribunal has ordered Venezuela’s national oil and gas company PDVSA to pay around US$52 million to a Brazilian construction group for terminating contracts to build two gas processing facilities.

30 August 2023

Latin Lawyer Elite 2024: the firms

Latin Lawyer Elite firms have each created their own paths towards excellence and show unique areas of strength. Here, we announce this year’s Elite.

29 August 2023

Latin Lawyer introduces International Elite

For the first time, Latin Lawyer 250 presents International Elite, revealing the international firms that we believe are operating at the very top of the region’s legal market.

24 August 2023

Canada's Lundin inks US$800 million loan for Chilean mine

A string of international and Latin American firms has helped Canadian miner Lundin secure a US$800 million loan to refinance existing debt.

23 August 2023

UK investor snaps up LatAm renewables assets

Eight Clifford Chance LLP offices and Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez SC in Mexico City have helped UK-based company Renewable Energy Systems (RES) buy the sustainable power division of Spanish electrical engineering business Ingeteam.

16 August 2023

Banco Sudameris merges with Paraguayan bank

Paraguayan financial institution Sudameris Bank and its shareholders have hired Gross Brown in Asunción to merge with local Banco Regional, effectively becoming the largest bank in the country in terms of assets.

20 July 2023