Work Area: Energy

Peru’s CMS Grau hires former vice minister as energy partner

CMS Grau has strengthened its energy and climate change practice by hiring an independent practitioner with experience as the chairman of Petroperú and vice minister of hydrocarbons in the Peruvian government.

28 November 2022

Argentina’s Albanesi inks consent solicitation and issues bonds

US and Argentine firms have helped two subsidiaries of Grupo Albanesi – an Argentine energy company – sign an US$80 million consent solicitation agreement and issue bonds in two separate transactions.

28 November 2022

Veirano fuels up offering with new energy partner

Brazilian Elite firm Veirano Advogados has hired the former general counsel of local renewables company 2W Energia as partner, strengthening its energy and infrastructure offerings.

23 November 2022

Colbún and Codelco renegotiate PPA in Chile

Barros & Errázuriz Abogados has helped Chilean power company Colbún renegotiate its power purchase agreement (PPA) with state-owned copper miner Codelco.

22 November 2022

Colombian gas supplier TGI makes US$155 million tender offer

Milbank in New York and Baker McKenzie (Colombia) have helped the gas transportation subsidiary of Grupo Energía Bogotá launch a tender offer worth US$155 million.

22 November 2022

Argentina’s Tecpetrol redeems bonds with US$300 million loan

Milbank in New York and Bruchou & Funes de Rioja in Buenos Aires have advised Itaú Unibanco and Santander, respectively, in a US$300 million loan to Argentine oil and gas exploration company Tecpetrol to buy back previously issued debt.

18 November 2022

Argentina's MSU Energy issues notes and inks consent solicitation

Tavarone, Rovelli, Salim & Miani in Buenos Aires has helped Argentina’s MSU Energy issue US$46 million worth of notes and sign a consent solicitation worth US$250 million.

11 November 2022

Eneva raises US$365 million for Brazilian thermoelectric projects

Stocche Forbes has helped Brazilian energy company Eneva make a 1.9 billion reais (US$367 million) debt issuance to fund several renewables projects.

17 October 2022

Woods & Smith adds Guadalajara office with two new partners

US firm Woods & Smith LLP has added a new outpost in Guadalajara by hiring two energy partners from Mexican outfit BRAB.

14 October 2022

Equatorial Energia buys Goiás power distributor from Enel

Equatorial Energia has enlisted Mattos Filho to buy Brazilian electricity distributor Celg Distribuição (Celg-D) from Italian energy group Enel for 1.6 billion reais (US$299 million).

04 October 2022

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