Work Area: Finance

SABESP gets IDB Invest and Proparco loan in Brazil

Two Clifford Chance LLP offices and Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados in São Paulo have helped Brazilian state-owned water business Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo (SABESP) obtain a 470 million reais (US$95 million) financing from IDB Invest and French development bank Proparco.

13 June 2023

Pan American lands US$300 million CAF loan in Argentina

Argentina’s Pan American Energy has called on Martínez de Hoz & Rueda in Buenos Aires to secure an A/B loan worth US$300 million from Latin American development bank Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF).

12 June 2023

Bolivia’s Indacochea bolsters banking offering with partner hire

Indacochea & Asociados has strengthened its banking and finance group by hiring a former partner of Bufete Aguirre, Quintanilla, Soria & Nishizawa Sociedad Civil.

09 June 2023

BLP nabs former Arias partner in Guatemala

Central American firm BLP has strengthened its corporate offering in Guatemala by hiring Jorge Luis Arenales, who left his partner role at fellow Elite outfit Arias earlier this year.

08 June 2023

Argentine agribusiness lands US$250 million IDB Invest loan

Argentine soybean business Molinos Agro has called on Tavarone, Rovelli, Salim & Miani in Buenos Aires to secure a US$250 million A/B credit facility from IDB Invest.

07 June 2023

Payet Rey, Rodrigo Elías and Garrigues guide Peruvian mining loan

Several firms have helped Peruvian mining project Minera Boroo Misquichilca (MBM) obtain a US$95 million pre-paid facility, with the funds earmarked to repay debt to Canadian mining group Barrick Gold.

06 June 2023

White & Case helps Uber launch Mexican digital payments service

White & Case SC has helped a subsidiary of Uber get authorisation to operate as an electronic payment funds institution in Mexico.

31 May 2023

Bomchil and Bruchou return for CGC financing

Argentine oil and gas group Compañía General de Combustibles (CGC) has called on Bomchil to obtain a US$96 million loan.

31 May 2023

Q&A with GC of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

As Chinese investments in Latin America surge, Alberto Ninio, general counsel at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), speaks to LACCA about how he chooses local counsel, the importance of risk-taking and why lawyers play an essential role in building sustainable relationships between the two regions.

30 May 2023

Latham & Watkins LatAm finance partner departs for Davis Polk

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has hired a partner from Latham & Watkins LLP’s infrastructure finance group, bolstering its Latin American offering.

26 May 2023

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