Work Area: Energy

Two Mattos Filho offices have helped UK investor Actis purchase transmission assets from the Brazilian utilities subsidiary of Energias de Portugal (EDP) - EDP Brasil - in a deal worth 2.7 billion reais (US$540 million).

28 November 2023

Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados has helped a BlackRock-owned investment fund, Climate Finance Partnership (CFP), acquire shares in Brazilian energy transition company Brasol.

21 November 2023

Two Winston & Strawn LLP offices and Cuatrecasas (Colombia) have helped Grupo Energía Bogotá (GEB) become the first Colombian energy company to issue sustainability-linked bonds on the international market with a US$400 million offering.

20 November 2023

Singaporean companies linked to Israeli billionaire Idan Ofer have applied to a US court to enforce an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) award against Peru worth more than US$116 million plus interest.

17 November 2023

Latin American industries cannot drive the energy transition alone and must strive for a united approach when implementing the necessary infrastructure for a renewables boom in the region, a director at Norwegian brokerage group DNB Markets has said.

15 November 2023

Pinheiro Neto Advogados has helped Emirati sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Capital acquire the remaining 10% stake that Brazilian conglomerate Novonor held in local ethanol producer Atvos, marking the exit of the company – formerly known as Odebrecht – from the bioenergy group.

09 November 2023

Four White & Case LLP offices have helped multinational renewables company Sonnedix secure a US$624 million financing to fund the acquisition of four Enel solar plants.

08 November 2023

There is just over a week to go until top figures from Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and investment companies Alllianz, The Carlyle Group and KKR will speak at Latin Lawyer Live: Regional Project Finance in New York.

06 November 2023

Dual-qualified Vinson & Elkins LLP partner Gabriel Silva has left the firm to join the partnership at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, adding firepower to its Latin American M&A practice group.

03 November 2023

Veirano Advogados has helped Brazilian energy group Energisa raise 1.84 billion reais (US$367 million) worth of debt in a three-tranche issuance

03 November 2023