Work Area: Capital markets & securities

Baker McKenzie LLP has nabbed a transactional partner trio – Michael Fitzgerald, Arturo Carrillo and Joy Gallup – and an of counsel from Paul Hastings LLP, strengthening its Latin American offering.

15 June 2023

Linklaters in New York and Morales & Besa in Santiago have helped the Republic of Chile issue 1.75 trillion pesos (US$2.2 billion) worth of bonds, with the proceeds earmarked for social development projects.

09 June 2023

Two Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP offices and Mattos Filho in São Paulo have helped Patria Investimentos reduce its stake in Brazilian gym chain Smart Fit through a follow-on offering worth 592 million reais (US$117 million).

08 June 2023

Brazil’s Mello Torres has boosted its capital markets, tax and M&A groups by hiring a partner from Campos Mello Advogados in cooperation with DLA Piper and a senior associate from Pinheiro Neto Advogados, as well as promoting a lawyer internally.

06 June 2023

Mexican real estate investment trust Fibra Prologis has hired several US and local firms to raise 6.9 billion pesos (US$388 million) in an offering of real estate trust certificates (CBFIs), shortly after it refinanced a US$400 million sustainability-linked credit facility.

26 May 2023

Dominican Highly Recommended firm OMG has bolstered its transactional offering by promoting a director to partner.

24 May 2023

Two Allen & Overy LLP offices and Machado Meyer Advogados in São Paulo have helped Brazilian waste management company Orizon raise 369 million reais (US$73 million) in a follow-on offering.

23 May 2023

Chilean state-owned oil company Empresa Nacional de Petróleo (ENAP) has hired Linklaters in New York and Garrigues (Chile) to raise US$500 million and buy back existing debt through a bond issuance and tender offer.

17 May 2023

Argentine state-owned oil group YPF has enlisted Bruchou & Funes de Rioja to issue US$198 million worth of bonds.

17 May 2023

Multiple Dentons offices have helped the Republic of Ecuador complete the world’s biggest debt-for-nature swap transaction, through which the Andean nation has eliminated around US$1 billion worth of debt.

12 May 2023