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% of Oxzo...
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, Octobe...
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 Cuatr...
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.
T...
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 underscor...
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 lawyer-...
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...
