Marval advises CNH Industrial Capital Argentina in the issuance of notes for USD 28,071,681
Argentina
Marval - On November 12, 2024, CNH Industrial Capital Argentina SA issued Class 7 notes for a total amount of USD 17,014,797, with a fixed interest rate of 6% and which will mature on November 12, 2026; and Class 8 notes for a total of USD 11,056,884, with a fixed interest rate of 7.5% and which wil...
In memory of Rodolfo Trampe
Mexico
- COMUNICADO DE VON WOBESER Y SIERRA -
It is with great sadness that Von Wobeser y Sierra announces the passing of our dear partner and friend, Rodolfo Trampe, which occurred on November 10 in Scottsdale, Arizona, surrounded by his family.
Rodolfo was much more than a great lawyer in the labor...
Greenberg Traurig Represents ASA in the Creation of a MXP 5,000 Million Credit Facility
Mexico, Greenberg Traurig
Lawyers from the Mexico City Banking and Financial Services Practice of global law firm Greenberg Traurig advised Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares (ASA), an agency of the Mexican federal government, on the creation of a financial mechanism that allowed it to monetize, through a trust, future reven...
Update on Consumer Protection Law in Honduras
Honduras, BLP Legal
BLP Legal - The National Congress of Honduras has approved significant reforms to the Consumer Protection Law, strengthening users’ rights across various essential services. Key provisions in this modification include:
Contracts Limited and in Lempiras: Contracts for telephone, internet, and cable television services are now limited to a maximum of six months and must be charged exclusively in lempiras.
Termination of Telephone, Internet, and Television Contracts Without Penalty: Users can cancel contracts due to service deficiencies, unauthorized changes, or unannounced price increases without penalty.
Prohibition of Improper Cha...
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Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas advises Novopayment on Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital investment of US$20 Million
Peru
Rebaza, Alcazar & De Las Casas advised Novopayment Holdings, Inc. in connection with MS Private Credit Administrative Services LLC’s (a vehicle of Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital) $20 million investment, made through credit notes and warrants.
This operation is secured by assets of several c...
Promoting Sustainable Practices in the Art World
Anna Smith, Stonehage Fleming
What role do creators and collectors have to play?
Stonehage Fleming - In this third and final piece in our series on sustainability trends affecting the art world, Anna Smith looks at the role of key ...
International tender to modernize Puerto Caldera
Costa Rica, Carlos Ubico
Arias - On October 30, 2024, the Costa Rican Institute of Pacific Ports (hereinafter INCOP) announced the publication of the bidding terms for the Infrastructure and Equipment Modernization Project for Puerto Caldera, No. 2024LY-CAL-000001-INCOP. This project will be developed in collaboration with ...
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Herbert Smith Freehills and Kramer Levin to combine to form an integrated global legal powerhouse
Leading law firms Herbert Smith Freehills and Kramer Levin today announced plans to form a fully-integrated global legal powerhouse: Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer.
This transformative combination will create a unique global law firm with leading disputes and transactional practices in the world...
DLA Piper strengthens its Dispute Resolution practice in Chile 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 ...
TCA Tanoira Cassagne advised on a new issuance of Notes of Compañía TSB
Argentina
TCA Tanoira Cassagne advised Compañía TSB S.A. (TSB or the Company) as issuer and Banco CMF S.A., Banco Comafi S.A., Banco Supervielle S.A., Macro Securities S.A.U. and Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires as arrangers and placement agents (the Placement Agents), in the issuance of PyMEs CNV Guar...
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...
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...
Diaz Reus USA offices recognized by The Legal 500 Latin America 2025
United States
Diaz Reus International - Six US attorneys: Marta Colomar-Garcia, Michael Diaz, Jr., Robert Targ, Gary Davidson, Javier Coronado, and Julio Barbosa, have been recognized by the prestigious international legal guide The Legal 500 Latin America 2025 in the International Firms category, in Co...
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 ...
Mexico reforms its Constitution to prioritize passenger railway transportation
Mexico
Galicia - On October 30, 2024, an amendment to article 28 of the Federal Constitution was published to establish passenger and freight railway transportation as a priority area for national development. This will allow the State to:
▪ Recover control over railway lines for passenger transport.
...
Navigating Change: An Interview with Oscar Mago on Building a Leading Intellectual Property Practice in Peru
Peru, OMC Abogados, Peru
Latin Counsel had the privilege of speaking with Oscar Mago, a prominent figure in the field of intellectual property (IP) law in Lima, where he heads the IP practice at OMC Abogados.
With a career spanning over three decades, he has built a reputation for successfully navigating complex trademar...
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...
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...
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...
Approved: Transfer of powers from the national forestry institute (INAFOR) to the ministry of environment and natural resources (MARENA)
Nicaragua
Arias - To ensure compliance with the forestry regime in the national territory, the National Assembly approved Law No. 1,222 Law on the Transfer of Functions from the National Forestry Institute (INAFOR) to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, which was published on Thursday, October ...
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
International Bar Association
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...
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