Latin America

• Represented CMA CGM Group on its more than $1 billion acquisition of an approximate 48% stake in Brazilian terminal operator Santos Brasil Participações S/A.
• Represented Sites del Perú S.A.C., a subsidiary of Sitios Latinoamérica, S.A.B. de C.V., in its inaugural offering of S/872 million ($235 million equivalent) in Senior Notes.
• Represented Zurich Insurance Group in the sale of an annuity portfolio of approximately $2.6 billion in reserves held in Chile to Ohio National Seguros de Vida S.A.
• Represented Avenue, a leading U.S. brokerage for Brazilian investors, in its sale of an initial 35% stake, and subsequent controlling stake, to Itaú Unibanco.
• Represented América Móvil in the approximately $6.25 billion sale of TracFone to Verizon.
• Represented Insight Partners on its investment in Latin American fintech company, Pomelo.
• Represented Greycroft as lead investor in equity funding for Latin America digital lender Addi.
• Represented Insight Partners as co-lead investor with Tiger Global Management in the $500 million Nuvemshop Series
• Represented Atlas Holdings in its acquisition of LSC Communications, a commercial print and digital media solutions company
• Represented Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Accel in its investment in Flink, the leading app-based consumer trading platform in Mexico
• Represented Genstar Capital and its portfolio company Apex Group in its acquisition of BRL Trust Investimentos, a leading independent fund administrator in Brazil
• Represented co-founder Michele Levy in the sale of clean beauty brand Costa Brazil to Amyris
• Represented STOA on its acquisition of a 12.3% equity stake, alongside Acciona, in Concessionária Linha Universidade S.A (Linha Uni), the project company to whom the São Paulo Metro Line 6 concession contract was awarded. The São Paulo Metro Line 6 is the largest public-private infrastructure project under construction in Latin America, valued at €2.3 billion (R$15 billion). This transaction was named “Project Finance Deal of the Year” at the IFLR Americas Awards 2023 and “Deal of the Year for Transport - Latin America” at the IJGlobal Awards 2022. 
• Represented UK infrastructure investor John Laing Group in its $80 million acquisition of a 30 percent stake in a Colombian 4G toll road concessionaire, marking the company’s first investment in Latin America
• Represented BNP Paribas Cardif in the negotiation of a long-term bancassurance strategic alliance in Latin America with Scotiabank
• Represented Vilmorin & Cie, one of the world’s leading seed companies, in its acquisition of two independent South American seed companies, Sursem (Argentina) and Geneze (Brazil) from Pampa Capital
• Represented Zurich Insurance Group in its acquisition of the individual and group life insurance businesses and the long-term savings operations of EuroAmerica in Chile
• Represented Zurich Insurance Group in its agreement to acquire 19 travel assistance providers in Latin America, including Brazil, positioning its Cover-More Group as the leader in global travel insurance and assistance in the region
• Represented Weener Plastics Group, a leading manufacturer of innovative plastic packaging products for consumer goods companies, and 3i being invested in Weener, in Weener’s acquisition of Proenfar, a Colombia-based manufacturer of pharmaceutical and cosmetics plastic packaging solutions for the Latin American market
• Represented Zurich Insurance Group in the acquisition of Australian insurer QBE in Latin America, including Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Colombia, for $409 million
• Represented Assurant, Inc., a premier global provider of risk management solutions, in its $2.5 billion deal to acquire The Warranty Group, a leading global provider of protection plans and related programs; the transaction included operations in Brazil and Mexico
• Represented Insight Venture Partners in its investment in Bionexo, a Brazil-based electronic business community for the health care industry in Latin America and Europe
• Represented global shipping group CMA CGM in its acquisition of Mercosul Line from Maersk Line
• Represent CMA-CGM and its subsidiary Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited on all aspects of the Kingston Container Terminal extension project in Jamaica, from the negotiation of the concession agreement to the closing of the financing made available by Development Financial Institutions (IDB, DEG and Proparco) and commercial banks under an A-B loan 
• Represent PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. as the court-appointed monitor and authorized foreign representative of oil and natural gas enterprise involved in the exploration, development, and production of certain oil and natural gas interests, principally in Colombia, and, to a lesser extent, in other jurisdictions including Peru, Brazil, and Belize, Pacific Exploration & Production Corp. in chapter 15 proceedings in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, resulting in the restructuring of approximately $5.4 billion
• Represent participants in ongoing investigations regarding corporate governance, establishment of special commissions, investigative structures, and compliance with governmental expectations and requirements
• Represented Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Ltd in its joint venture with Bradesco Seguros, creating a leading commercial large-risk insurer in Brazil
• Represented Altos Hornos de México S.A.B. de C.V., a large Mexican steel maker, in its suspension of payments proceeding in Mexican bankruptcy court and in connection with a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights against the Mexican government to address a proposed “Coal Tax” 
• Represent Yildirim Group in several transactions in Latin America, including the acquisition of coal-mining assets in Colombia and arbitration proceeding against CCX Colombia S.A., part of the EBX Group
• Represented Zurich Insurance Group’s Brazilian subsidiary Zurich Minas Brasil Seguros S.A. in the negotiation of a distribution agreement with Via Varejo S.A. for the exclusive sale of extended warranty insurance through the Casas Bahia and Ponto Frio branded store networks of Via Varejo, covering almost 1,000 stores 
• Represented Swiss Re Corporate Solutions in its acquisition of a majority stake in a leading surety company in Colombia, Compañía Aseguradora de Fianzas S.A. Confianza
• Represented Celsia SA, Colombia’s fourth-largest power producer, in its $840 million acquisition of stakes in seven power plants in Panama and Costa Rica from GDF Suez
• Represent Mexican state-owned oil and gas company Pemex in a FCPA & RICO claim against HP filed in December 2014
• Represented Insight Venture Partners in its investment in KaBuM!, a Brazil-based e-commerce computer/electronics seller
• Represented Brazil-based tax and accounting software company Folhamatic Group in its sale to UK-based Sage Group
• Represented Insight Venture Partners, Hotel Urbano’s major institutional shareholder, in connection with Hotel Urbano’s strategic relationship with and investment from The Priceline Group; Hotel Urbano is one of Brazil's largest and fastest growing online travel companies
• Advised Maurel & Prom in its $460 million acquisition of Knightsbridge Investment Ltd.’s Colombian and Venezuelan oil and gas assets
• Represented Insight Venture Partners in its investment in a Brazil-based provider of healthcare management systems
• Represented Insight Venture Partners and Accel Partners in the investment in Decolar
• Advised various funds of funds and family offices in LatAm with structures and investments in the U.S.
• Represented Odinsa S.A., a major developer of transportation projects in South America, in the sale of a 50% stake in certain of its airport concessions in Colombia and Ecuador to a Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) affiliate as part of the expansion of the infrastructure platform the two partners formed to operate and develop their South American road projects.

^{* Some matters were advised on by Willkie attorneys while at a prior firm.}