Topic: ESG

Environmental, Social and Governance in Latin America – Will the M&A Market Continue to Expand?

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

Suzano, Vale and Marfrig sow forest conservation JV in Brazil

Several firms have helped Brazilian corporate giants Vale and Suzano enter into a joint venture with a syndicate of multinational banks and local food company Marfrig to launch an initiative aimed at protecting and restoring the country’s forests.

01 December 2022

Galicia returns for sustainability-linked Coca-Cola FEMSA offering

Galicia Abogados has acted as deal counsel in a sustainability-linked bond issuance by Coca-Cola FEMSA, a deal worth 9.2 billion pesos (US$476 million).

28 November 2022

Davivienda gets US$290 million credit line for sustainability loans

Gómez-Pinzón in Bogotá has helped Colombia’s Banco Davivienda obtain a US$290 million loan that it will use to finance initiatives focused on environmental and social development.

28 November 2022

Ecuadorean bank issues first blue bonds

Lexvalor Abogados has helped Ecuador's Banco Internacional become Latin America's first private bank to issue blue bonds in a deal worth US$79 million.

25 November 2022

Bancolombia first LatAm bank to issue sustainability-linked debt

Holland & Knight (Colombia) has helped the Inter-American Development Bank, IDB Invest and the Latin American Green Bond Fund underwrite the first sustainability-linked bonds issued by a Latin American bank, a deal worth 640 billion pesos (US$132 million).

25 November 2022

Mattos Filho and Machado Meyer guide BRK’s first blue bonds

Brazilian water sanitation company BRK has turned to Mattos Filho to raise nearly 2 billion reais (US$366 million) in Latin America’s first issuance of blue debentures made by a private sector company.

24 November 2022

Energisa issues sustainability-linked bonds in Brazil

Stocche Forbes has helped Brazilian power company Energisa issue sustainability-linked bonds worth 750 million reais (US$148 million).

16 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

Tavarone Rovelli and PAGBAM steer Córdoba’s first green bonds

The Argentine city of Córdoba has hired Tavarone, Rovelli, Salim & Miani to make a green and infrastructure bond issuance worth over 2.8 billion pesos (US$18 million).

07 November 2022

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