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09 Oct 2017

Lefosse Advogados hires Eduardo Soares

Lefosse Advogados has hired Eduardo Soares, co-founder of Soares Bumachar. Soares will head projects and infrastructure work. In 2011 he was a co-founder of Soares Bumachar. Previously he was a senior partner at Tauil & Chequer’s infrastructure offering from 2008. He was also the head of Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr & Quiroga’s energy practice from 1998 to 2008. Soares Bumachar has become L Bumachar Advogados following Soares' departure.

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08 Oct 2017

Henkel acquires company in Mexico

Latin America, NewsConsumer, Germany, Mergers and Acquisitions, Mexico

German consumer goods company Henkel has aquired Mexican haircare company Nattura Group. The acquisition involved the purchase of Nattura's portfolio business in Mexico, Spain, the US and Colombia. Henkel also acquired eight real estate properties where Nattura's facilities are located. The amount was undisclosed

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05 Oct 2017

Milbank, Shearman advise on Peru offers

NewsMergers and Acquisitions, Peru

Shearman & Sterling advised on the $500 million offer by Peru-based San Miguel Industrias PET, one of the leaders in rigid plastic packaging in the Andean and Central American & Caribbean regions; while Milbank advised the underwriters on the offer by Peru-based Fenix. Meanwhile, Holland & Knight advised on the Colombia part of the offer by Chile-based GeoPark.

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05 Oct 2017

Lefosse and Demarest advises Cobra Brasil Servicos on investment

NewsBrazil, Project Finance

AES Tietê Energia S.A. executed with Cobra do Brasil Servicos, Comunicacoes e Energia S.A. an investment agreement to make an investment in an amount equivalent to R$ 470 million in debentures to be issued between September of 2017 and March of 2018, by 5 (five) specific purpose entities, all of which are subsidiaries of Cobra do Brasil. The funds from the Debentures shall be used by the SPE’s in order to fund the construction by Cobra do Brasil for photovoltaic solar plants in the City of Guaimbê, State of Sao Paulo.

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05 Oct 2017

Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice advises Siemens Healthineers

Latin America, NewsBrazil, M&A

Siemens Healthineers has been adviced by the firm to enter an agreement to acquire Epocal Inc., a subsidiary of Alere Inc. Epocal Inc.which develops and provides point-of-care blood diagnostic systems for healthcare enterprises, including the epoc® Blood Analysis System, a handheld, wireless testing solution. Financial details of the transaction are not being disclosed.

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08 Sep 2017

Macquire Capital acquires Norte III power plant in Mexico

NewsEnergy, M&A, Mexico

Macquarie Capital together with Techint, today announced the completion of the acquisition and financing of Norte III, a 907MW combined-cycle gas plant, under construction near Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The Project was acquired from Abengoa S.A. and its affiliates, and will remain contracted with the Comisión Federal de Electricidad ("CFE"), under the same scope and power price agreed on the awarded contract. The Project has received broad-based financing support, with the Macquarie Capital-Techint Consortium securing new funds from ten different financial institutions. SMBC and Natixis served as Coordinating Lead Arrangers; Bancomext, Crédit Agricole, GE, EDC, Norinchukin Bank, KDB, KfW, and Intesa…

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