Topic: Investment funds

Brazilian investment platform Warren has hired Pinheiro Neto Advogados to merge with São Paulo-based asset management fund Vitra Capital.

27 October 2021

EY Law (Costa Rica) has helped Swiss healthcare company Roche invest US$100 million in the construction of a tower block in Sabana Norte, a suburb of the Costa Rican capital San José.

21 October 2021

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York and São Paulo has helped Brazilian asset manager XP acquire a minority stake in local alternative investment company Jive as part of a partnership between the two organisations.

20 October 2021

Lefosse Advogados has helped Brazilian car retailer Creditas Auto structure a receivables investment fund, FIDC, and make its first issuance worth 504 million reais (US$95 million).

20 October 2021

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York, Lobo de Rizzo Advogados in São Paulo and Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez SC in Mexico City have helped Brazilian investment fund Advent inject US$225 million into local e-commerce start-up Merama.

08 October 2021

Local firm Viramonte & Acuña Abogados has helped Argentine financial services company Dracma set up the country’s first closed-end real estate fund outside of Buenos Aires as part of a US$60 million transaction.

08 October 2021

Pedro Rufino Carvalho, former co-head of the Latin America practice at UK-Australian firm Herbert Smith Freehills, tells LACCA about what motivated him to return in-house, and why patience and strong communication channels are key to the success of an in-house team.

04 October 2021

Colombian infrastructure group Odinsa has enlisted Posse Herrera Ruiz in Bogotá to team up with Australian asset manager Macquarie to create a toll road-focused investment platform in the Andean country.

21 September 2021

Chile’s Moneda Asset Management has hired Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York, Barros & Errázuriz Abogados in Santiago and Uruguay's Guyer & Regules to join forces with Patria Investimentos to create a US$26 billion investment platform.

15 September 2021

Three offices of US firm Duane Morris LLP and Honorato Delaveau in Santiago have helped a Chilean public fund managed by Banchile Inversiones raise US$115 million for a US-focused real estate investment fund.

15 September 2021