Work Area: Finance

Firms steer multi-jurisdictional logistics merger

Squire Patton Boggs in Madrid, Brigard Urrutia in Bogotá, Alta QIL+4 Abogados in Guatemala City and Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas in Lima have helped Peruvian logistics company Ransa merge with Costa Rica’s Transportes Centroamericanos del Futuro (TCF).

27 July 2023

Sánchez Devanny refreshes management, adds new office heads

Mexican Highly Recommended firm Sánchez Devanny has refreshed its leadership, electing partner and real estate head Rafael Villamar-Ramos as its new overseeing managing partner and appointing a fresh set of local office heads to lead its Mexico City, Monterrey and Querétaro outposts.

25 July 2023

Sacyr closes US$642 million 4G toll road refinancing in Colombia

Four King & Spalding LLP offices have helped Spanish infrastructure company Sacyr obtain a US$642 million refinancing for the Pamplona-Cúcuta 4G toll road near the Colombia-Venezuela border.

24 July 2023

Haynes and Boone expands Mexican partnership

Haynes and Boone, SC has strengthened its transactional and litigation offerings by elevating two counsel to partner in Mexico City.

24 July 2023

White & Case hires former BBVA México GC

The general counsel of BBVA México has rejoined the partnership at White & Case SC, boosting its debt finance practice.

20 July 2023

Banco Sudameris merges with Paraguayan bank

Paraguayan financial institution Sudameris Bank and its shareholders have hired Gross Brown in Asunción to merge with local Banco Regional, effectively becoming the largest bank in the country in terms of assets.

20 July 2023

Brazil's Light proposes US$2.3 billion restructuring plan

Two months after launching judicial reorganisation proceedings in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian utility company Light has submitted a restructuring plan to deal with its 11 billion reais (US$2.3 billion) debt and said it intends to seek recognition in the US.

19 July 2023

XP invests in Brazilian biotech SuperBac

The investment arm of Brazilian bank XP has relied on Mattos Filho in São Paulo to invest 300 million reais (US$62 million) in Brazilian biotech company SuperBac.

18 July 2023

Chilean solar farms get US$148 million green loan

Clifford Chance LLP in Madrid and Washington, DC and Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Chile) have helped Spanish renewables group Grenergy obtain a US$148 million financing to build two solar plants in Chile.

18 July 2023

Peru’s Mivivienda gets green housing loan

Peruvian low-income housing programme Fondo Mivivienda has hired Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas to secure a loan worth US$300 million.

12 July 2023

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