Market: Mexico

Mexican Elite firm Galicia Abogados has strengthened its capital markets and banking and finance offerings by promoting an associate to partner.

09 December 2022

Mexican retailer Grupo Axo has enlisted Carey in Santiago, Mexican firms Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez SC and SMPS Legal, Peru's Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas in Lima and Guyer & Regules in Montevideo to acquire Chilean clothing company Komax.

08 December 2022

Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez SC has helped US packaging company TekniPlex acquire Mexican counterpart Empaques Moldeados de América Tecnologías (Ematec) for US$167 million.

08 December 2022

US-British financial services group Aon has enlisted Cuatrecasas (Mexico) to acquire Mexican risk management solutions company Evaluación de Riesgos Naturales (ERN).

07 December 2022

Featured in Diversity Survey 2022

Latin Lawyer’s latest research shows that while the majority of lawyers are largely satisfied with the level of diversity at their law firms, the glass ceiling remains an undeniable truth for female practitioners when it comes to reaching the senior ranks, and black and indigenous lawyers continue to be heavily underrepresented across Latin America.

05 December 2022

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York has helped US private equity group KKR divest shares in Latin American-focused university operator Laureate Education through a US$309 million secondary share offering.

02 December 2022

Galicia Abogados has helped Mexican low-cost airline VivaAerobús structure a new notes programme worth US$1 billion and make a subsequent offer of sustainability-linked notes.

02 December 2022

Featured in The Guide to Mergers & Acquisitions - Third Edition

Although the financing is obtained by the buyer, the seller is also interested in ensuring that the buyer has locked in the financing to be able to pay the purchase price at closing.

02 December 2022

Featured in The Guide to Mergers & Acquisitions - Third Edition

Attorneys practising in the region should be prepared to address ESG matters in transactional preparation, due diligence investigations, acquisition documentation and post-closing operations as ESG practices are adopted by financial institutions, strategic investors and regulatory authorities throughout Latin America.

02 December 2022

Featured in The Guide to Mergers & Acquisitions - Third Edition

Latin Lawyer brought together a panel of leading M&A practitioners to discuss the political situation in some of Latin America’s largest markets, as well as the impact of uncertainty on dealmaking in the region.

02 December 2022