Work Area: Capital markets & securities

Cescon Barrieu drives through US$309 million Localiza issuance

Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados has acted as deal counsel as local car rental business Localiza made a 1.9 billion reais (US$309 million) issuance.

08 December 2023

Eneva subsidiary issues US$1 billion for power projects

Lefosse has helped Centrais Elétricas de Sergipe (CELSE), a subsidiary of Brazilian energy company Eneva, issue 5 billion reais (US$1 billion) worth of debentures for the funding of operations at its power plants.

07 December 2023

Cleary Gottlieb leads FEMSA in tender offer launch

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has guided Mexican beverage and retail company Fomento Económico Mexicano (FEMSA) in the launch of a five-day tender offer to buy back outstanding debt.

07 December 2023

Improving social inclusion could double investment in Brazil, says CVM president

Making Brazil’s capital markets more accessible to all members of its vast population could increase the number of investors in the country by nearly half, said João Pedro Nascimento – president of Brazilian securities regulator CVM – at Latin Lawyer’s M&A conference in São Paulo.

06 December 2023

Brazilian energy companies spark debt offerings

Pinheiro Neto Advogados has helped Brazilian energy company Cosan and its gas subsidiary Compass Gás e Energia issue debentures worth a total of 2.9 billion reais (US$614 million), including a sustainability-linked debt tap.

06 December 2023

Brazil’s 3R raises US$204 million for new projects

3R Petroleum turned to Mattos Filho to obtain 1 billion reais (US$204 million) worth of financing for its oil and gas projects in Brazil.

06 December 2023

Demarest adds three Lobo de Rizzo lawyers to partnership

Demarest Advogados has continued its recent streak of hiring and promoting talent by adding three lawyers from Lobo de Rizzo Advogados to the senior rank of its capital markets and M&A offerings.

05 December 2023

Brazil makes first sustainable issuance for US$2 billion

Three Arnold & Porter offices have helped the Republic of Brazil issue its first-ever sovereign sustainable bonds on the international markets with a US$2 billion offering.

05 December 2023

Mexican workers’ fund makes US$400 million CERPI issuance

Greenberg Traurig (Mexico) has helped Mexican workers’ housing institute INFONAVIT issue 7 billion pesos (US$400 million) worth of investment trust certificates, known as CERPIs, through its investment fund FANVIT.

01 December 2023

HSBC issues first perpetual bonds in Chile

Carey has helped HSBC Chile make the first-ever issuance of perpetual bonds in the local market.

30 November 2023

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