Work Area: Projects & infrastructure

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Several more speakers are confirmed for Latin Lawyer Connect: Project Finance 2021, which takes place on 18 November. Read on for more information about the event and how to register.

17 November 2021

Cescon Barrieu appoints eight new partners

Brazilian Elite firm Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados has added firepower to several departments by promoting seven lawyers to its senior rank and hiring a practitioner from Stocche Forbes as partner.

12 November 2021

Brazil raises US$8.5 billion in LatAm's largest 5G auction

Several Brazilian law firms have confirmed their roles helping successful bidders in the country’s largest-ever public auction of telecoms assets, which raised some 47.2 billion reais (US$8.5 billion).

11 November 2021

Four firms in Chilean renewables financing

Chilean investment group Rockville Capital has hired three White & Case LLP offices and Prieto in Santiago to get a US$120 million credit facility to fund renewable energy projects.

04 November 2021

UK’s ATOME partners with Paraguayan green hydrogen project

UK renewables company ATOME Energy has turned to Ferrere (Paraguay) to sign an agreement with Itaipú Technology Park to build and finance a green hydrogen and ammonia production facility in the South American country.

01 November 2021

Colbún makes US$600 million green bond issuance in Chile

Garrigues (Chile) has helped local utility company Colbún issue US$600 million worth of green bonds to finance the construction of renewable energy projects.

29 October 2021

Guyer & Regules and Ferrere in CAF-backed motorway financing

Guyer & Regules has helped Uruguayan construction company Grupo Vial Oriental obtain a US$73 million loan to finance a motorway project.

26 October 2021

Chávez Vargas appoints third partner

Highly Recommended Mexican firm Chávez Vargas Minutti SC has strengthened its finance, M&A and infrastructure offering by promoting one lawyer to partner.

25 October 2021

Multiple firms in Colombia’s first PPP hospital financing

Garrigues (Colombia) has helped local medical company Promotora Hospital de Bosa and its sponsor, Spain’s Grupo Ortiz, receive a US$68 million loan to fund the construction of the Andean country’s first public-private partnership (PPP) hospital.

22 October 2021

TozziniFreire poaches Cescon Barrieu partner

TozziniFreire Advogados continues its expansion, this time by hiring an infrastructure and energy partner from fellow Elite firm Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados.

21 October 2021

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