Topic: Cross-border M&A

Basham, Ringe y Correa has helped US flooring company Mohawk Industries buy Mexican ceramic and porcelain manufacturer Vitromex, including advice to the company on its pre-merger review process before national competition agency COFECE.

21 March 2023

BMA Advogados has helped French entertainment company Banijay Group acquire a majority stake in Brazilian counterpart A Fábrica Entretenimento.

21 March 2023

German firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek and Demarest Advogados in São Paulo have advised German holding company DMB in the Brazilian aspects of its acquisition of navigation systems manufacturer Raytheon Anschütz from US conglomerate Raytheon Technologies Corporation.

20 March 2023

Vaz, Buranello, Shingaki & Oioli Advogados has helped Brazil’s Banco BMG buy back its 30% stake in subsidiary BMG Seguros from Italy’s largest insurance company, Assicurazioni Generali.

20 March 2023

Pérez Correa González in Mexico City has helped US investment fund Prairie Capital in the Mexican aspects of the sale of its global LED lights manufacturer Architectural Lighting Work (ALW) to Canadian lighting company LMPG.

17 March 2023

Guyer & Regules has helped US fruit group Frutura close its US$36 million acquisition of Uruguayan counterpart Citricola Salteña.

16 March 2023

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in São Paulo and New York has helped Santander-owned digital payments PagoNxt launch a tender offer to publicly delist Brazilian counterpart Getnet.

15 March 2023

Australian company Carsales has enlisted Arnold Bloch Leibler in Sydney and Pinheiro Neto Advogados in São Paulo to acquire an additional stake in Brazilian counterpart platform Webmotors from Santander for 1.2 billion reais (US$239 million).

14 March 2023

Canadian firm McCarthy Tétrault LLP and Marval O’Farrell Mairal in Buenos Aires have helped multinational automaker Stellantis acquire a minority stake in McEwen Copper, a subsidiary of Toronto-based McEwen Mining, for 30 billion Argentine pesos (US$150 million).

14 March 2023

Bruchou & Funes de Rioja has helped the Argentine arm of Mexico’s Vista Energy ink a US$400 million agreement to hand operational rights of several of its hydrocarbon and transport concessions to local oil company Aconcagua.

13 March 2023