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Mergers, Acquisitions, Venture Financings and Corporate Restructurings in which our members were actively involved
We are providing legal advice to clients in connection with several M&A transactions currently in progress.
• Counsel for one of the most important U.S. private equity funds in an offer to purchase Sofora S.A. (controlling shareholder of Telecom Argentina S.A.)
• Counsel for Banco Hipotecario for the acquisition of Tarshop S.A. (approval from the Argentine Central Bank is still pending).
• Counsel to Banco Supervielle for the acquisition of Banco Regional de Cuyo.
• Regional counsel for GP Investments for the US$1 billion acquisition of Pride Latin American assets.
• Counsel for Banco Banex in the merger with Banco Supervielle, and the acquisitions of Sofital S.A.F.e I.I. and SGAM Argentina S.A. Sociedad Gerente de Fondos Comunes de Inversión.
• Counsel for Supervielle group for the acquisition of Tarjeta Automática S.A.
• Special counsel for Citigroup and Pioneer to design the corporate and legal structure for the sale of approximately US$650 million oil and gas field to Apache Corporation.
• Counsel for GE Infrastructure in the negotiation and execution of a maintenance and parts supply contract for Duke Energy.
• Counsel for GE Infrastructure in the negotiation and execution of a maintenance contract for EnelVen, in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
• Counsel for Saint Honoré Iberia S.A. for the acquisition of a 100% equity interest in AXA Compañía Uruguaya de Seguros S.A.
• Counsel for GE Energy in the sale of a Centerline for Pan American Energy (Cerro Dragon-Chubut, Argentina).
• Counsel for GE Energy in a new renegotiation with Repsol-YPF of Energy Service Contracts of Plaza Huincul and Chihuido de la Sierra Negra.
• Counsel for Saint Honoré Iberia S.A. for the acquisition of a 100% equity interest in AXA Argentina Inversiones S.A.
• Counsel for GE Energy in the negotiation and execution of Long Term Service Agreements with Central Puerto S.A. at Loma de Lata.
• Counsel for Saint Honoré Iberia S.A. for the acquisition of a 100% equity interest in AXA Compañía Uruguaya de Seguros S.A.
• Counsel for Zona E! and COTO C.I.C.S.A. in the spin-off, structuring and implementation of its entertainment unit.
• Counsel for GE Power Systems in the negotiation and execution of Long Term Service Agreements with Pluspetrol Energy and Pluspetrol Norte.
• Counsel for the Consortium GE Power Systems-Techint in the Final Acceptance of Central Puerto.
• Counsel for the seller stockholders in the sale of 100% of the capital stock of Don Ercole S.A.
• Counsel for the sellers stockholders in the sale of 100% of the capital stock of La Cebadilla S.A.
• Counsel for Ares Serono in the sale of Laboratorios Filaxis S.A. and Filaxis International S.A.
• Counsel for GE Power Systems in the renegotiation with Repsol-YPF of Energy Service Contracts of Plaza Huincul and Chihuido de la Sierra Negra transactions.
• Counsel for the buyers of a 100% equity interest in Mc Dany S.A.
• Counsel for Nuovo Pignone (General Electric Power Systems Division) in the sale of a compression plant for the CAMISEA – UPSTREAM PROJECT – Pluspetrol Perú.
• Counsel for General Electric Power Systems in the sale of a turnkey plant for the C.T. PLUSPETROL Norte Power Station Ave Fénix I – New Open Cycle Gas Turbine Project.
• Counsel for Despegar.com, Inc., a Delaware Company in the issuance and sale of Series E Preferred Stock, negotiation of the stockholders agreement, stock purchase agreement and complementary agreements.
• Counsel to angel investors in the private placement of common stock of Despegar.com, Inc. and negotiation of shareholders’ agreement.
• Counsel for Net Universitaria.com, Inc. in the private placement of common stock among institutional investors.
• Counsel for Norsk Hydro ASA in the acquisition of a 100% equity interest in Aldural S.A. through its subsidiary, Hydro Aluminium. Counsel for all the parties in the antitrust filing with the Comisión Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia.
• Counsel for Electra Consumer Products in the acquisition of the remaining 40% of Tecno Aire S.A.´s capital stock.
• Counsel for Rozen S.R.L. (BED TIME)’s quota-holders in the sale of a controlling interest of Rozen S.R.L.’s quotas to Sealy Netherlands, BV. Counsel for all parties in the antitrust filing with the Comisión Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia.
• Counsel for Marubia Sudamericana S.A. and Marubia S.A. in the acquisition of 100% of the capital stock of such entities by ISS (Denmark) A/S.
• Counsel for General Electric Power Systems in the sale of a turnkey plant for the C.T. PLUSPETROL Norte Power Station Ave Fénix II – New Open Cycle Gas Turbine Project.
• Counsel for COTO C.I.C.S.A. in the acquisition of one of the largest supermarkets of the Spar supermarket chain in the Province of Entre Ríos. Counsel to all parties in the antitrust filing with the Comisión Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia.
• Counsel for Despegar.com, Inc. in the negotiation of the shareholders agreement and the first round of financing by Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, Merrill Lynch, Newbridge and Accord.
• Counsel for Latin Internet Ventures Inc. (Livra) in the private placement of common stock among angel investors and drafting and negotiation of shareholders’ agreement and stock option plan.
• Counsel for Internet Developer Group, Inc. (La Docta) in the private placement of common stock among angel investors drafting and negotiation of shareholders’ agreement.
• Counsel for Portalprop.com, Inc. in the private placement of common stock among angel investors and drafting and negotiation of shareholders’ agreement and stock option plan.
• Counsel for COTO C.I.C.S.A. in the acquisition of 100% of the capital stock of Supermercados Boerio S.A., on the largest supermarket chains in the Province of Santa Fe. Counsel to all parties in the antitrust filing with the Comisión Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia.
• Counsel for all selling shareholders of Laboratorios Ylang S.A. in its acquisition by L’Oréal S.A. Responsible for drafting all legal documents. Counsel to all parties in the antitrust filing with the Comisión Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia.
• Counsel for certain selling shareholders of Bodegas y Viñedos Santa Ana S.A. in its acquisition by Bodegas Peñaflor S.A. Counsel for all parties in the antitrust filing with the Comisión Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia.
• Counsel for Electra Consumer Products in the acquisition of 60% equity interest in Tecno Aire S.A.
• General legal counsel to Grupo Gualtieri S.A. in the sale of the controlling capital stock of EDEERSA (Empresa de Electricidad de Entre Ríos).
• Counsel for Despegar.com, Inc. in the private placement of common stock among angel investors and drafting and negotiation of shareholders’ agreement and stock option plan.
• Counsel for Global Compression Services International, Inc. in the sale of assets and equipment to YPF S.A. The transaction value was approximately US$70,000,000.
• Transaction counsel for the merger of the local subsidiaries of Global Compression Services International Inc. and Global Compression Services Inc., and Wetherford Global Compression S.A.
• Counsel for the shareholders of La Farmaco Argentina I. y C. S. A. (La Farmaco) in the acquisition of La Farmaco by Alberto-Culver International, Inc.
• Counsel for Azurix in the acquisition of 100% equity interest in AMX Brazil.
• Counsel for the Raymond James Financial in the acquisition and joint venture of a local brokerage house.
• Counsel for the acquisition of Establecimiento Buenaventura S.R.L.
• Counsel for Aranha & Durazzo for the acquisition of companies in Brazil by Sideco Americana S.A., management and coordination of due diligence and negotiation and drafting of several notes as warranty for the payment of the purchase price.
• Counsel for GE Infrastructure in the negotiation and execution of a maintenance contract for EnelVen, in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
• Counsel for GE Energy in the sale of a Centerline for Pan American Energy (Cerro Dragon-Chubut, Argentina).
• Counsel for Banco Almafuerte Coop. Ltd. in the transfer of assets and liabilities to a Financial Trust under section 35 bis of the Financial Entities Act.
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