07 Jan 2010
Mergermarket's report shows Skadden at top of US value table, Blake Cassels & Graydon dominating in Canada and Brazilians strengthening their regional grip.
Tags: North America, Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen and Overy, Morrison and Foerster, Baker and McKenzie, Latin America and Caribbean, Kirkland and Ellis, Canada, US, Brazil, Latham and Watkins, Jones Day, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton and Garrison, Davis Polk and Wardwell, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher and Flom, Cravath Swaine and Moore, Wachtell Lipton Rosen and Katz, Weil Gotshal and Manges, Gibson Dunn and Crutcher, Sullivan and Cromwell, Debevoise and Plimpton, DLA Piper, Features, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton, Dewey and LeBoeuf, Shearman and Sterling, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr y Quiroga, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice, Barbosa Müssnich e Aragão, Blake Cassels and Graydon, McCarthy Tétrault, Vinson and Elkins, Covington and Burling, O'Melveny and Myers, Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, Bredin Prat, Cadwalader Wickersham and Taft, Garrigues, TozziniFreire Advogados, Pinheiro Neto, Fried Frank, Greenberg Traurig, Torys, Souza Cescon Avedissian Barrieu e Flesch, Bennett Jones, Burnet Duckworth & Palmer, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg, Dorsey & Whitney, Fasken Martineau, Fraser Milner Casgrain, Goodmans, K&L Gates, Macleod Dixon, Motta Fernandes Rocha, Muñiz Ramírez Pérez-Taiman & Luna-Victoria, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt, Prieto & Carrizosa, Rodrigo Elías & Medrano, Stikeman Elliott, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
02 Nov 2009
Recent activity by private-equity houses signals a potential return to the country’s once thriving capital markets.
Tags: Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Private Equity, Features, Pinheiro Neto, Demarest e Almeida
10 Jun 2009
Exclusive research by the IFLR1000 reveals the two most improved M&A practices in Brazil over the past five years.
Tags: Corporate, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Features, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr y Quiroga, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice, Barbosa Müssnich e Aragão, Pinheiro Neto, Pinheiro Guimarães Advogados, Felsberg e Associados Advogados, Lefosse, Motta Fernandes Rocha
08 Dec 2008
Brazilian firms advise on Coscan’s $715 million purchase of Exxon Mobil’s Brazilian service stations.
Tags: Corporate, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Deals, Barbosa Müssnich e Aragão, Pinheiro Neto
02 Dec 2008
Brazilian firm Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice advises BR Malls on a $30 million bond repurchase.
Tags: Capital Markets, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Deals, Davis Polk and Wardwell, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice, Maples and Calder
25 Nov 2008
Brazilian duo advise on Monsanto’s $290 million purchase of Aly Participacoes.
Tags: Corporate, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Deals, Demarest e Almeida, Souza Cescon Avedissian Barrieu e Flesch
18 Nov 2008
US duo advise in merger of Banco Itaú and Unibanco.
Tags: Corporate, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Deals, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton, Shearman and Sterling
01 Jul 2008
Latest entrant into Brazil plans to capitalise on increasingly regional deal flow.
Tags: Latin America and Caribbean, Expansion and strategy, Brazil, Office moves, Simpson Thacher and Bartlett
30 Jun 2008
Tozzini and Pinheiro Guimarães help Femsa expand its reach in the region.
Tags: Corporate, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Deals, TozziniFreire Advogados, Pinheiro Guimarães Advogados
26 Jun 2008
Goldentree and Yuny in real-estate developments to help build up São Paulo.
Tags: Investment funds, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Deals, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice, Demarest e Almeida
Demarest and Mattos Filho in Agra merger with Cyrela that could be gateway deal for property sector.
Tags: Corporate, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Deals, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr y Quiroga, Demarest e Almeida
25 Jun 2008
Citigroup expands its reach in Brazil with buyout of local brokerage Intra.
Tags: Corporate, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Deals, Shearman and Sterling, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice, Pinheiro Guimarães Advogados
Brazilian multinational takes over Grupo OSI facilities in Europe and Brazil.
Tags: Corporate, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Deals, Herbert Smith, Shearman and Sterling, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr y Quiroga, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice
19 Jun 2008
Ultra moves decisively into Brazil's petrochemical industry with bulk liquid terminal buyout.
Tags: Corporate, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Deals, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr y Quiroga, Barbosa Müssnich e Aragão
17 Jun 2008
$4.12 billion listing of OGX is largest-ever in region.
Tags: Capital Markets, White and Case, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Deals, Davis Polk and Wardwell, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr y Quiroga, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice
German development bank in first foreign acquisition of a Brazilian highway-equipment company.
Tags: Corporate, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Deals, TozziniFreire Advogados
12 Jun 2008
Gerdau makes first equity offerings using IFRS to file with local securities authority.
Tags: Capital Markets, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Deals, Shearman and Sterling, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr y Quiroga, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice, Greenberg Traurig
11 Jun 2008
Kazakh miner ENRC buys stake in Brazilian iron company.
Tags: Corporate, Latin America and Caribbean, UK, Brazil, Panama, Deals, Norton Rose, Arias Fabrega y Fabrega, Barbosa Müssnich e Aragão, Bryan Cave
05 Jun 2008
Brazilian energy company secures financing for two acquisitions in Argentina.
Tags: Corporate, Latin America and Caribbean, Argentina, Brazil, Deals, TozziniFreire Advogados, Pérez Alati Grondona Benites Arntsen & Martínez de Hoz Jr
30 May 2008
Casa Saba of Mexico buys Brazilian chain for $100 million.
Tags: Corporate, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Mexico, Deals, Barbosa Müssnich e Aragão, Mijares Angoitia Cortés y Fuentes
29 May 2008
Banco Itaú completes $75 million joint-venture buyout.
Tags: Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Private Equity, Deals, Pinheiro Neto, Pinheiro Guimarães Advogados
28 May 2008
Machado advises on $149 million takeover for Bimbo to create country's largest bread maker.
Tags: Corporate, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Deals, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice
International firms are resisting the temptation to force open the Brazilian market.
Tags: White and Case, Allen and Overy, Latin America and Caribbean, Expansion and strategy, Mayer Brown, Chadbourne and Parke, Brazil, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher and Flom, Features, Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, Pinheiro Neto, Pinheiro Guimarães Advogados
27 May 2008
International consultant buys into Brazilian IT sector.
Tags: Corporate, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Deals, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice, Araújo Fontes, Tostes e Coimbra
White & Case and Shearman help raise $277 million for regional cement company.
Tags: Capital Markets, White and Case, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Deals, Shearman and Sterling, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice
Banco Pine borrowing indicates medium-sized bank market offers opportunities.
Tags: Banking, Allen and Overy, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Deals, Levy e Salomão
15 May 2008
Provides advice on NY law to Brazilian stock exchanges in creation of Nova Bolsa.
Tags: Corporate, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Deals, Shearman and Sterling, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr y Quiroga, Barbosa Müssnich e Aragão
06 May 2008
Pinheiro Neto and TozziniFreire create joint food venture with Sadia.
Tags: Corporate, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Deals, TozziniFreire Advogados, Pinheiro Neto
30 Apr 2008
Compass Group buys Accor Brasil's catering division.
21 Apr 2008
UK firm promotes 75% of new partners outside London.
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, Corporate, Project finance, Western Europe, Linklaters, People and moves, China and Hong Kong, US, France, Germany, Spain, UK, Russia, UAE, Brazil