Market: Peru

Multiple firms in cross-border berry business buy

Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Peru) has helped Canada’s largest pension fund manager PSP Investment acquire a majority stake in Peruvian agribusiness HFE Berries from Chile's Hortifrut.

07 June 2022

Hernández & Cía stars in Peruvian mining loan

Hernández & Cía has advised a syndicate of lenders in a US$27 million loan for Peruvian mining company Compañía Minera Kolpa.

23 May 2022

Peruvian agribusiness gets US$210 million financing

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York and Estudio Echecopar member firm of Baker McKenzie International in Lima have helped Peruvian agribusiness Agrovision obtain a US$210 million credit line.

20 May 2022

Scotiabank divests subsidiary to Salvadorean retailer

Salvadorean retailer Grupo Unicomer has hired BLP (El Salvador) and Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados in Lima to acquire CrediScotia Financiera, a subsidiary of Scotiabank in Peru.

18 May 2022

CDPQ enters LatAm power transmission market

Canadian pension fund Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec (CDPQ) has hired Pinheiro Neto Advogados in São Paulo, Peruvian firm Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas and Ferrere (Uruguay) to acquire power transmission assets for 265 million euros (US$279 million).

13 May 2022

Equinix signs Peruvian leg of data centre buy from Entel

US internet services and data centre group Equinix has hired Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas to ink an agreement to acquire a data centre in the Peruvian capital from Chilean telecoms group Entel for US$74 million.

13 May 2022

Peruvian firms steer Scotiabank fintech divestment

Garrigues (Peru) and Miranda & Amado have helped local financial institution Intercorp acquire a 50% stake in payment processor Procesos de Medios de Pago (PMP) from Scotiabank.

10 May 2022

Benites Vargas hires corporate partner from Muñiz

Peruvian firm Benites, Vargas & Ugaz Abogados has added firepower to its corporate practice by hiring a partner from fellow Highly Recommended firm Muñiz, Olaya, Meléndez, Castro, Ono & Herrera.

09 May 2022

Ex-Rodrigo Elías and PPU partners launch tech-focused boutique

A former partner of Peruvian Elite firm Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados and the founding partner of Delmar Ugarte – now part of Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Peru) – have joined forces with Revoredo Abogados to open a boutique focused on venture capital, M&A, start-ups and fintech.

06 May 2022

Several firms help Peru's Mivivienda issue debt

Peruvian low-income housing programme Fondo Mivivienda has hired Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas in Lima to issue US$600 million worth of debt.

04 May 2022

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