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Importance of Environmental permits for developers following Government Reforms

Guatemala, Alejandra Hernández, Alegalis

On 26 September 2024, Governmental Agreement 148-2024 came into force, reforming the Regulation on Environmental Evaluation, Control and Monitoring (RECSA) in Guatemala. These reforms have the objectives of adjusting to the provision that agencies can only demand requirements expressly mentioned ...

DLA Piper strengthens its Dispute Resolution practice with the addition of Josefa Larrain

Chile

DLA Piper Chile is pleased to welcome Josefa Larraín as a partner in the Dispute Resolution Practice. Larraín’s arrival underscores the firm’s commitment to strengthening its disputes vertical and builds on the naming of Catalina Amenábar as counsel. Larraín’s practice focuses on civil ...

IDB Invest makes first disbursement of financing to Caja La Araucana with legal advice from Alessandri Abogados

Chile

Alessandri’s Banking and Finance team acted as local legal counsel to IDB Invest in the operation, which seeks to promote the financial inclusion of pensioners and workers in Chile.

Alessandri - IDB Invest has completed the first disbursement of a $70 million financial package to Caja La Araucana, with the aim of fostering the fin...

TCA Tanoira Cassagne advises on the first issuance of Notes by Rolcar

Argentina

TCA Tanoira Cassagne advised Rolcar S.A. as issuer, Banco Supervielle S.A. and Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires S.A.U. as arrangers, placements agents and Guarantee Entities along with Zofingen Securities S.A as placement agent in the issuance of series I notes due on October 17th, 2026, denominated and payable in Argentine Pesos, for an aggregate amount of AR$ 2,000,000,000 and accruing a floating interest rate equal to the BADLAR rate plus a 6,49% margin (the Notes). Rolcar S.A was founded in 2006 as an official Mercedes –Benz dealership in Tucumán, covering Santiago del Estero, Catamarca, Salta and Jujuy. The Issuer has consolidated a...

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Consolidating Academic and Professional Dialogue: Successes of the Third M&A Congress in Colombia

Semillero Fusiones y Adquisiciones Universidad de Los Andes

With the participation of both local and international experts, the congress has become a benchmark of excellence, contributing to the development of the practice of mergers and acquisitions in Latin America. The Third Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Congress in Colombia has marked a significant m...

Bofill Mir advises Altis on the strategic acquisition of a 35% stake in Oxzo, driving innovation in salmon farming

Chile

Bofill Mir has advised Altis Principal Investments (‘Altis’) in the acquisition of 35% of Oxzo, a company linked to Fiordo Austral, a leading company in oxygenation for salmon farming. Bofill Mir ‘s role consisted in the negotiation and materialisation of the acquisition of shares for 35% o...

Deal Points 2024 (Colombia)

Colombia, Latin America-wide, Sergio Carreño Mendoza, III M&A Congress, The Mergers and Acquisitions Seminar of the Universidad de los Andes

On 17 October, in the framework of the III M&A Congress, the Mergers and Acquisitions Seminar of the Universidad de los Andes launched the report Mergers and Acquisitions. Deal Points 2024 (Colombia). The study aims to contribute to the understa...

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Is the rise of the single-family office a good thing for our business?

Mark McMullen, Stonehage Fleming

The single-family office market is growing, having increased in size by 200% over the last decade

Although some may see this fragmentation of the market as a threat to the more established firms supporting multiple clients, it is anything but, acco...

ARIAS advises IFC on major $150 million financing for Grupo Ransa

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

ARIAS served as legal counsel to International Finance Corporation (IFC), member of the World Bank Group, in a strategic $150 million financing operation granted to Grupo Ransa. This transaction, which spanned multiple jurisdictions across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), will support Grupo Ra...

Cuatrecasas hires Alejandra Palacios as new competition external advisor

Mexico

Cuatrecasas - Alejandra Palacios has joined Cuatrecasas as an external advisor to the Firm, based in the Mexico City office. With a notable career that includes serving as the first woman to chair Mexico’s Antitrust Agency (COFECE) from 2013 to 2021, Palacios brings experience to strengthen Cua...

Cartel enforcement is evolving across the Americas. Here are three aspects to consider

Latin America-wide

DLA Piper - Competition enforcers throughout the Americas focus their efforts to investigate and prosecute antitrust cartels: agreements between competitors to fix prices, rig bids, or allocate markets. These offenses, which the US Supreme Court has labeled the supreme evil of antitrust, are un...

Smartsheet to be Acquired by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners for US $8.4 Billion

Smartsheet has entered into an agreement to be acquired by funds managed by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners (the Purchasers) in a transaction valued at approximately US $8.4 billion. Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP are acting as legal counsel to the Purchasers. The...

Historic Signing of Male Champions for Change Pledge at the IBA’s 10th World Women Lawyers’ Conference

In a significant step towards fostering gender equity in the legal profession, five esteemed leaders from the global legal community gathered in Toronto to formally sign the Male Champions for Change Pledge during the 10th World Women Lawyers’ Conference in Toronto. This milestone event undersc...

Lawyers’ professional secrecy and money laundering

Diego Cabezuela Sancho, President of the Inlaw Alliance of Law Firms

Lawyers’ professional secrecy is not living its best years. The fight against money laundering is also putting it on the ropes, imposing on us the obligation to control our clients, monitor their business and even report their suspicious actions. Generally speaking, no one doubts that law...

Inspiring Women in Law - An Interview with Melissa Diaz, Compliance manager for Central America and The Caribbean at Inchcape

Costa Rica, Melissa Diaz, Inchcape Central America & The Caribbean

"It is increasingly common to see women in roles previously dominated by men"

Latin Counsel has spoken with Melissa Diaz, Compliance Manager of Inchcape Central America and the Caribbean , about the challenges and opportunities ...

Academic presentation of the book "M&A Transactions - Current Legal Issues"

Rodolfo Papa, Latin Counsel

On Tuesday, October 15, the academic presentation -in classroom format- of the book Operaciones de M&A. Cuestiones Jurídicas de Actualidad was held. Cuestiones Jurídicas de Actualidad (First edition. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Llanes Ediciones. 2024), whose author is the corporate lawyer...

Argentina regulates framework for Private Placements

Argentina

DLA Piper - On September 18, 2024, the Argentine Securities and Exchange Commission (CNV) issued Resolution No. 1016 (the Resolution), which regulates the country’s framework for the private placement of securities and cross-border transactions. The Resolution aligns Argentina’s legal framewo...

Q3 Quarterly Investment Outlook - October 2024

Graham Wainer, Stonehage Fleming

- Summary - Despite a generally favourable environment, the outlook for the global economy is uncertain. Over the last quarter, the consensus mood has fluctuated between confidence in an economic ‘Goldilocks’ and fears of imminent recession. Sentiment is likely to continue to waver. In thi...

Navigating Risk and Legacy in a Shifting World

Stonehage Fleming

Matthew Fleming, Head of Family Governance & Succession at Stonehage Fleming, led an insightful discussion at a dinner in Buenos Aires, following the STEP LATAM Conference, showcasing our commitment to the Latin American families. The event centred around findings from the firm’s latest Four Pilla...

Impact of restrictions on temporary stays (Airbnb type) in Mexico City

Mexico, Greenberg Traurig - Miguel Flores Bernés, Joselino Morales, José Antonio Diez de Bonilla, Gerardo Carrillo

Greenberg Traurig - In April and October 2024, Mexico City implemented significant reforms to its Tourism Law, Housing Law for Mexico City and Law for the Integral Reconstruction of CDMX, as well as to the Regulations of the Tourism Law of the Law of Mercantile Establishments (normativity), directl...

Iberdrola Power Portfolio Acquisition Financing, awarded as Infrastructure Financing of the Year and Power Financing of the Year by LatinFinance

Mexico, Galicia Abogados

Galicia Abogados acted as special Mexican legal counsel to a syndicate of commercial banks (Santander Mexico, MMBA Mexico, SMBC and Barclays) and two development banks (Nacional Financiera and Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior) in the US$6,200’000,000 aggregate financing to a special purpose tru...

Latin Lawyer 2025 highlights Alessandri as a highly recommended firm

Chile

The renowned international guide Latin Lawyer 250 placed the Chilean firm among the best in the region in its 2025 ranking, highlighting its strength in intellectual property and the diversification of its legal services

Alessandri - The renowned international guide Latin Lawyer 250 placed the Chilean firm among the best in the region in its 2025 ranking, highlighting ...

Skadden and BLP advise Xavier Niel and Atlas Investissement in their successful tender offer for Millicom / Tigo

Latin America-wide

This is the first significant investment by a French group in the Latin American telecommunications industry

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom advised Xavier Niel and his investment vehicle, Atlas Investissement, on their takeover bid for Millicom Internat...

Leading with Vulnerability

David Gutiérrez - Founding Partner, BLP - Member of the IBA´s Latin American Regional Forum Advisory Board

In the legal environment, where precision, decisiveness and control are highly valued virtues, the notion of vulnerability has historically been seen as a weakness. However, Jacob Morgan’s recent book, Leading with Vulnerability: Unlock Your Greatest Superpower to Transform Yourself, Your Team,...

Inspiring Women in Law: An Interview with Maricell Silvestre Rodríguez

Dominican Republic, Ulises Cabrera

‘In my work, dealing with emotions is fundamental’

Latin Counsel has had the pleasure of talking to lawyer Maricell Silvestre Rodríguez about her personal and professional motivations, as well as her ...

Diaz Reus adds talent in Miami with Gábor Gazsó von Klingspor

United States, Diaz Reus

Diaz Reus International Law Firm (DRT) has announced that Associate Attorney Gábor Gazsó von Klingspor has joined its Miami headquarters, in the litigation practice. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Gábor Gazsó von Klingspor is a multilingual attorney fluent in English, Hungarian and Spanish, wi...

Liability for network and human rights due diligence: What are the limits?

Fernanda Barroso, Regional Managing Director for LatAm, Kroll - IBA Negligence & Damages Committee

The global IBA Conference in Mexico held a panel exploring the responsibility of supply chains and value chains is an emerging trend in Europe, the US and other parts of the world. Human rights violations by agents in a certain supply or value chain are one of the most common issues when we look at ...

UpWyse Legal Marketing Welcomes Andrea Avilés to the team

Central America

UpWyse Legal Marketing is proud to announce the addition of Andrea Avilés to its team as a Senior Marketing Consultant. Andrea brings nearly 20 years of experience in marketing, strategic planning, communications, market intelligence, and business development, with expertise across multiple indu...

Inspiring Women in Law - An Interview with Ana Saenz-Gammans

Costa Rica, Ana Sáenz, Senior manager, EY Law

"Work-life balance is essential for long-term success"

Latin Counsel has had the privilege of speaking with Ana Sáenz-Gammans, Senior Manager at EY Law Costa Rica, about her career path, the challenges an...

BLP advises JCDecaux on the acquisition of a majority stake in IMC

Central America

BLP has advised JCDecaux on the acquisition of a majority stake in IMC BLP advised JCDecaux on acquiring a 70% majority stake in IMC, a leading out-of-home advertising company operating in Central America, Colombia, and Panama, through its majority-owned subsidiary, JCDecaux Top Media S.A. As par...

Engagement, Enablement and Encouragement

United States, Matthew Fleming, Stonehage Fleming

Matthew Fleming on helping families prepare their next generation

Matthew Fleming, Stonehage Fleming - Our next gen courses focus on that subtle point at which children start to become young adults. We run regular co...

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