Market: Chile

Garrigues promotes in Chile and Peru

Spanish firm Garrigues has strengthened its labour and employment offering in Latin America by appointing two partners in Santiago and Lima.

14 November 2022

Chile's competition tribunal gives first interlocking directorates fine

Chile’s competition tribunal has approved a first-of-its-kind settlement agreement with a bank accused of breaking rules that prevent directors from serving on the boards of rivals, ordering the company to pay a US$1.2 million fine.

10 November 2022

Andean Telecom financing calls on familiar firms

Digital infrastructure provider Andean Telecom Partners (ATP) has enlisted Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in São Paulo and New York and Garrigues’ offices in Santiago, Bogotá and Peru to obtain a US$120 million credit facility.

10 November 2022

LATAM completes Chapter 11

A slew of US and Latin American firms have helped LATAM Airlines exit from its Chapter 11 proceedings, putting an end to a landmark cross-border restructuring that began over two years ago.

09 November 2022

CMPC calls on Cuatrecasas for US$250 million green bonds

Paper company CMPC has enlisted Cuatrecasas (Chile) to make a placement of green bonds worth US$250 million.

09 November 2022

Colbún secures US$160 million sustainable loan in Chile

DLA Piper (Chile) has helped local power company Colbún obtain a sustainable loan worth US$160 million.

07 November 2022

Renewables company Sonnedix expands in Chile

White & Case LLP in Houston and Carey in Santiago have helped multinational renewables company Sonnedix acquire a solar and wind power portfolio from Chilean investor Arroyo.

01 November 2022

KKR-Telefónica venture in Chile buys Entel’s fibre optics network

US law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and the Santiago offices of Guerrero Olivos and CMS Carey & Allende have advised on Chilean internet provider OnNet Fibra’s US$358 million acquisition of fibre optic assets from local telecommunications company Entel.

31 October 2022

Renewables group Reden refinances Chilean solar projects

Two offices of Clifford Chance LLP and Larrain y Asociados in Santiago have helped the Chilean subsidiary of French renewables company Reden raise US$140 million in a private placement of notes.

31 October 2022

Fruit exporter Prize becomes Chile’s first Nasdaq-listed company

Two offices of Paul Hastings LLP and Cariola, Díez, Pérez-Cotapos in Santiago have helped Chilean superfruit exporter Prize merge with a US special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in a deal worth US$425 million.

28 October 2022

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