Topic: Investment funds

Baker McKenzie (Chile) has helped the local fund-managing arm of Peru’s Credicorp set up a US$30 million public fund to acquire a shopping mall leased to US supermarket chain Walmart.

21 April 2021

Three Sidley Austin LLP offices and Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados in São Paulo have helped Brazilian private equity company Vinci Partners structure an impact fund and help it raise 1 billion reais (US$179 million).

09 April 2021

Ferrere (Paraguay) has helped Puente Administradora de Fondos de Inversión (Puente AFPISA) structure Paraguay’s first closed financial investment fund, worth US$50 million.

07 April 2021

Carey has helped the Chilean fund managing arm of Peru’s Credicorp set up a public real estate fund that will finance the development of eight housing projects.

06 April 2021

Rubio Leguía Normand and Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas have helped US fund manager VanEck and Peruvian finance advisor El Dorado Investments respectively in the structuring of Peru’s first-ever exchange traded fund (ETF) on Lima’s stock exchange.

01 April 2021

Morrison & Foerster in New York and Miami has helped Cayman Islands-based finance start-up Volpe Capital raise US$80 million in the first financing round for the group’s private equity fund, which is focused on Latin American tech investments.

31 March 2021

Barros & Errázuriz Abogados in Santiago and Estudio Echecopar member firm of Baker McKenzie International in Lima have helped complete a merger of two Chilean and Peruvian investment funds.

29 March 2021

Brazilian firm TozziniFreire Advogados has helped the holding company of local maritime business Itapoá Terminais Portuários structure an investment fund and raise 410 million reais (US$74 million) in its initial offering, the proceeds of which it will use to expand its stake in its port operations.

25 March 2021

Claro & Cía has helped Chilean asset management company Invercap acquire a minority interest in local iron ore producer CAP from Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi for US$108 million.

19 March 2021

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