Latin Lawyer is delighted to announce the shortlisted transactions for the private and public M&A and private equity categories of our 14th annual Deal of the Year Awards.
For each category, three deals or cases have been selected for the shortlist and are listed below. The winners will be announced on the night of our charity awards ceremony at the Hotel Unique in São Paulo on Thursday 7 May.
The dinner is being held in aid of three of the region’s pro bono clearinghouses. More information and tickets are available here.
We congratulate all the lawyers who took part in these leading deals and cases and look forward to presenting the winners with awards. The shortlists for the remaining categories will be announced over a series of upcoming briefings.
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Private M&A
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Counsel to Engie
Herbert Smith Freehills
Stocche Forbes Advogados
Schmidt, Valois, Miranda, Ferreira, Agel Advogados
BMA – Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão
Counsel to Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec – CDPQ
Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown
Counsel to Petrobras
In-house counsel – Danielle Dantas, Josiane Simioni and Fernanda Valeriano
Machado Meyer Advogados
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DEA acquires Mexico’s first privately owned energy company, Sierra Oil & Gas
Counsel to DEA Deutsche Erdoel
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Baker McKenzie (Mexico)
Counsel to Sierra Oil & Gas
King & Spalding LLP
Galicia Abogados
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Advent buys US$724 million majority stake in Prisma
Counsel to Advent
Baker McKenzie LLP
Baker McKenzie (Argentina)
Counsel to Prisma Medios de Pago and Visa International, Banco Santander Rio, Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires, BBVA Banco Francés, Banco Macro, Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, HSBC Bank Argentina, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Argentina), Banco Patagonia, Nuevo Banco de Santa Fe, Banco Itaú Argentina, Banco Comafi, Banco de la Nación Argentina, Banco Credicoop Coop and Sucursal de Citibank
Covington & Burling LLP
Beccar Varela
Counsel to Visa International
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Bourel & Paris-Laplace Abogados
Counsel to Banco de la Nación Argentina
Tanoira Cassagne Abogados
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Public M&A
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Suzano and Fibria create world pulp leader
Counsel to Suzano Papel e Celulose
In-house counsel – Pablo Gimenez Machado
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados
Counsel to Votorantim
In-house counsel – Tatiana Anderson, Mariane Vlach and Gilberto da Silva
White & Case LLP
TozziniFreire Advogados
Counsel to Fibria
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
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Sempra sells Peruvian business to China Yangtze for US$3.6 billion
Counsel to China Yangtze Power International
Baker McKenzie LLP
Muñiz, Olaya, Meléndez, Castro, Ono & Herrera
Counsel to Sempra Energy
White & Case LLP
Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados
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Delta invests US$1.9 billion in LATAM
Counsel to Delta Airlines
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Barros & Errázuriz Abogados
Demarest Advogados
Counsel to LATAM
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Claro & Cía
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Private equity
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Trio create first midstream player focused exclusively on Vaca Muerta
Counsel to Riverstone
In-house counsel – Rob Gray
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Nicholson y Cano Abogados
Counsel to Vista Oil
In-house counsel – Florencia Hardoy
Mayer Brown LLP
Bruchou, Fernández Madero & Lombardi
Counsel to Southern Cross
In-house counsel – Dolores de Elizalde
Mitrani Caballero & Ruiz Moreno
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Rappi gets Latin America’s largest-ever tech financing
Counsel to Rappi
Cooley LLP
Counsel to SoftBank
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Machado Meyer Advogados
Brigard Urrutia
Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal
Galicia Abogados
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Carlyle buys stake in Brazilian restaurant chain Madero
Counsel to Carlyle
In-house counsel – Louise Dumican
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Counsel to Madero
In-house counsel – Hianaê Schramm and Bruna Aioroldi
Machado Meyer Advogados
