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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...

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