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