Work Area: Energy

Brazilian energy group Energisa has hired Souto Correa Advogados to make two separate debt issuances worth 1 billion reais (US$198 million) in total.

01 June 2022

UK energy group SCC Power has hired several firms to acquire Argentine electricity generation assets from Canadian power plant company Stoneway Capital as part of the latter’s Chapter 11 process.

31 May 2022

Argentina’s largest power distributor, Edenor, has hired DLA Piper LLP in New York and Buenos Aires to make a US$72 million exchange offer.

25 May 2022

Paul Hastings LLP has hired three partners from Shearman & Sterling LLP – including Latin America head Alexandro Padrés – adding firepower to its energy and project finance offerings in the region.

17 May 2022

Mattos Filho has helped Brazil’s Chamber of Electric Energy Commercialisation (CCEE) obtain a 5.5 billion reais (US$1.1 billion) financing from a syndicate of banks to prevent rises in electricity prices.

17 May 2022

Canadian pension fund Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec (CDPQ) has hired Pinheiro Neto Advogados in São Paulo, Peruvian firm Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas and Ferrere (Uruguay) to acquire power transmission assets for 265 million euros (US$279 million).

13 May 2022

Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados has made its largest-ever partner promotion, appointing 13 lawyers to its senior rank across several practice areas.

13 April 2022

Chile’s Barros & Errázuriz Abogados has promoted four lawyers to partner, adding firepower to its natural resources, project finance, M&A and tax departments.

28 March 2022

Enel Américas, the Latin American subsidiary of Italian energy conglomerate Enel, has hired Garrigues (Colombia) to merge with Grupo Energía Bogotá (GEB) and its subsidiaries across the region in a deal worth some US$9 billion.

16 March 2022

Brazilian Energisa Transmissão de Energia has hired Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown to acquire local power transmission company Gemini Energy for 822 million reais (US$159 million).

10 March 2022