Work Area: M&A

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

Firms steer US automotive buy with Mexican assets

Several Shearman & Sterling LLP offices and González Calvillo, SC in Mexico City have helped holding company Atlas acquire US Farathane – a US automotive parts manufacturer with Mexican assets.

19 July 2023

Veirano and Themudo Lessa guide Pirelli rubber acquisition

Italian tyre manufacturer Pirelli has enlisted Veirano Advogados to buy Brazilian rubber company Hevea-Tec.

19 July 2023

Ecuador’s PBP hires four Carmigniani Pérez partners

Carmigniani Pérez Abogados closes as four partners leave to join the senior rank of Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (PBP) in Guayaquil.

18 July 2023

Araújo e Policastro hires former Veirano partner

Brazilian Highly Recommended firm Araújo e Policastro Advogados has recruited a partner from Melcheds Advogados, boosting its corporate practice.

17 July 2023

Ex-Veirano lawyer reunites with Bronstein Zilberberg founders

Bronstein, Zilberberg, Chueiri & Potenza Advogados has appointed a partner in its M&A and private equity practices.

14 July 2023

Eletrobras wins power line project at ANEEL auction

Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown has helped Brazil’s Eletrobras place a successful bid for a power transmission project in a deal worth 786 million reais (US$162 million).

14 July 2023

Steelmaker Ternium increases share in Brazilian counterpart

Pinheiro Neto Advogados has helped Japanese steelmaker Nippon sell shares in a Brazilian asset worth US$137 million to Argentine counterpart Ternium.

13 July 2023

US consultancy group buys Uruguayan app developer

US Flutter consulting services group Very Good Ventures (VGV) has enlisted Greenberg Traurig LLP in Fort Lauderdale and Bergstein Abogados in Montevideo to buy Uruguayan mobile app and web development company CreateThrive.

11 July 2023

TozziniFreire appoints M&A and white-collar crime partners

Brazilian Elite firm TozziniFreire Advogados has hired an associate from Mattos Filho and a public prosecutor as partners, boosting its M&A and white-collar crime practices.

10 July 2023

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