Work Area: Projects & infrastructure

Cescon Barrieu appoints new managing partner

Brazilian Elite firm Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados announces the appointment of Alexandre Gossn Barreto as its new managing partner.

16 March 2023

Tauil & Chequer and Lobo de Rizzo steer motorway projects

Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown has helped a Brazilian consortium raise 900 million reais (US$173 million) for two motorway projects in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais.

10 March 2023

Enel-led consortium signs PPP for smart city in Minas Gerais

Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados has helped a consortium led by Italian energy group Enel X enter into a public-private partnership (PPP) for a set of infrastructure projects, including public lighting and renewable energy projects, in the Brazilian city of Cataguases.

02 March 2023

Deal of the Year: the shortlists for capital markets, banking and finance and project finance

Latin Lawyer is delighted to announce the deals shortlisted for the capital markets, banking and finance and project finance categories of our 17th annual Deal of the Year Awards.

23 February 2023

Madrona and Fialho Salles announce merger

Brazilian Highly Recommended firms Madrona Advogados and Fialho Salles Advogados have merged, creating transactional outfit Madrona Fialho Advogados.

21 February 2023

BNDES transforms area of Rio into cultural hub

Demarest Advogados has helped Brazilian development bank BNDES and a consortium of sports companies win a bid to develop a disused arena in Rio de Janeiro into a cultural and academic hub.

20 February 2023

Turkish port company secures financing for PPP in Ecuador

CorralRosales in Quito has helped Turkish ports and terminals company Yilport secure US$120 million in financing to build a new dock in Ecuador.

08 February 2023

AES Andes and Codelco ink renewables PPA in Chile

Claro & Cía has helped Santiago-headquartered energy group AES Andes sign a power purchase agreement (PPA) with state-owned mining giant Codelco for the supply of renewable energy to two local mines.

27 January 2023

Bustamante Fabara boosts infrastructure team with in-house hire

Ecuadorean firm Bustamante Fabara has appointed an in-house lawyer from Latin American construction company SANTOS CMI as director, bolstering its infrastructure department.

26 January 2023

Minas Gerais railway privatisation calls on Tauil & Chequer

Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown has helped state-owned development bank BNDES structure the privatisation of Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos (CBTU), a company that held the concession of the public railway transport in Minas Gerais.

20 January 2023

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