Topic: Fintech

PayU, one of Colombia’s leading electronic payment companies, has turned to Garrigues (Colombia) to acquire local fintech Tecnipagos from financial institution Credibanco.

12 April 2022

Featured in Who represents Latin America's biggest companies 2021?

The boom of innovative transactions in 2021, such as IPOs and hybrid bond issuances, ensured that leading Latin American companies kept their external advisers on hand as they waded through an increasingly complex raft of legal matters.

11 April 2022

Featured in Who represents Latin America's biggest companies 2021?

There is certainly no “one-size fits all” when it comes to hiring legal services, but a fundamental shift in business interactions resulting from the pandemic has led many GCs to value fast, frequent and efficient communication as much as expertise.

11 April 2022

Colombian fintech OmniLatam has relied on Latham & Watkins LLP in New York and Washington, DC and Cuatrecasas (Colombia) to obtain a US$100 million loan from US investment manager Gramercy.

07 April 2022

US private equity group Advent has turned to Baker McKenzie LLP in New York and Buenos Aires to purchase the remaining stake in Argentine electronic payment group Prisma Medios de Pago for US$360 million.

06 April 2022

Brazilian banking giant Itaú has hired DLA Piper LLP in Miami, San Juan, Buenos Aires and Lima, Arias, Fábrega & Fábrega, Ferrere (Uruguay) and Guyer & Regules in Montevideo to buy minority stakes in two Uruguayan fintech companies.

30 March 2022

Brazilian fintech DM Card has hired Bronstein, Zilberberg, Chueiri e Potenza Advogados to divest a stake in the business to local private equity group Vinci Partners for 100 million reais (US$20 million).

21 March 2022

Lefosse has helped Chinese cryptocurrency group OK Blockchain lead a US$20 million Series A investment round in Brazilian crypto exchange Foxbit.

02 March 2022

Demarest Advogados has advised Brazilian technology-focused investor Nelogica Sistemas de Software in its acquisition of market intelligence company Comdinheiro.

01 March 2022

Brazilian fintech start-up Neon has hired Clifford Chance LLP in São Paulo to raise US$300 million in a Series D funding round, which was led by BBVA.

24 February 2022