Transactions
Top Mergers and Acquisitions in Latin America
Target
Fibria Celulose SA
AES Eletropaulo
Biosev SA ( 78.47 % Stake )
SOMOS Educacao SA ( 73.35 % Stake )
Whirlpool Corporation ( Embraco compressor business )
Target dominant sector
Industrials & Chemicals
Energy , Mining & Utilities
Consumer
Business Services
Industrials & Chemicals
Target dominant geography
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
YTD 2018 Top deals – Brazil – 01-Jan-2018 to 14-May-2018
Target Legal Advisor Bidder Bidder Legal Advisor Seller Davis Polk & Wardwell ; Mattos Filho , Veiga Filho , Marrey Jr . e Quiroga Advogados ; Advising FA : White & Case ; Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Barbosa , Mussnich & Aragao ; Lefosse Advogados
Suzano Papel e Celulose SA
Enel SpA Louis Dreyfus Company BV
Kroton Educacional SA
Nidec Corporation
Barbosa , Mussnich & Aragao ; Cescon , Barrieu , Flesch & Barreto Advogados ; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Cescon , Barrieu , Flesch & Barreto Advogados
Barbosa , Mussnich & Aragao ; Mattos Filho , Veiga Filho , Marrey Jr . e Quiroga Advogados
Kinstellar ; LMCR - La Torre Morgese Cesàro Rio ; Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice ; Sidley Austin
Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social ; and Votorantim SA
Tarpon Investimentos SA
Whirlpool Corporation
In association with
Seller Legal Advisor
Tozzini Freire Teixeira e Silva Advogados
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton ; Linklaters ; Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Deal value ( US $ m )
15.326
3.064
2.075
1.710
1.080
Target
Sociedad Quimica y Minera SA ( 23.77 % Stake )
Enel Generación Chile ( 40.02 % Stake )
Empresas AquaChile SA
Quicorp SA
Anglo American Quellaveco SA ( 21.9 % Stake )
Target dominant sector
Industrials & Chemicals
Energy , Mining & Utilities
Target dominant geography
Chile
Chile
Agriculture Chile CMS
Pharma , Medical & Biotech
Energy , Mining & Utilities
Peru
Peru
YTD 2018 Top deals – Pacific Alliance – 01-Jan-2018 to 14-May-2018
Target Legal Advisor Bidder Bidder Legal Advisor Seller
Paul Hastings ; Pérez Bustamante & Ponce ; Posse , Herrera & Ruiz ; Rodrigo Elias & Medrano
Tianqi Lithium Industries Inc
Enel Chile SA Agrosuper Comercializadora de Alimentos Ltda
InRetail Peru Corp
Mitsubishi Corporation
Carey y Cia ; Fasken Martineau Dumoulin ; Weil Gotshal & Manges ; Zhong Lun Law Firm
Carey y Cia ; Winston & Strawn
Brigard & Urrutia ; Ferrere ; Payet , Rey , Cauvi , Perez Abogados ; Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Herbert Smith Freehills ; Miranda & Amado Abogados
Nutrien Ltd
Anglo American Plc
Seller Legal Advisor
Claro y Cia ; Jones Day ; Advising FA : Davis Polk & Wardwell
Shearman & Sterling
Deal value ( US $ m )
4.066
3.266
809
583
500
YTD 2018 Top deals – Central America – 01-Jan-2018 to 14-May-2018 |
Target |
Target dominant sector |
Target dominant geography |
Target Legal Advisor |
Bidder Bidder Legal Advisor Seller |
Seller Legal Deal value Advisor ( US $ m ) |
Wells Fargo & Company ( Auto finance business in Puerto Rico ) |
Financial Services |
Puerto Rico |
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico |
Sullivan & Cromwell |
Wells Fargo & Company |
Mayer Brown |
1.700 |
OHL Mexico SAB de CV ( 14.15 % Stake ) |
|
Mexico |
Magenta Infraestructura SL |
|
|
|
445 |
Casa Ley SA de CV ( 49 % Stake ) |
Consumer |
Mexico |
Tenedora CL del Noroeste SA de CV
Creel Garcia-Cuellar Aiza y Enriquez ; Robles Miaja Abogados
|
Safeway Inc |
Jones Day ; Latham & Watkins |
345 |
Banco Dominicano del Progreso SA |
Financial Services |
Dominican Republic |
Scotiabank Torys 330 |
Ricardo Perez SA ( 70 % Stake ) Consumer Panama |
Itochu Corporation |
Grupo Corporativo Perez SA |
300 |
Based on announced deals excluding lapsed and withdrawn bids . Data correct as of 14-May-2018 . Includes all deals valued over USD 5m . Where deal value not disclosed , deal has been entered based on turnover of target exceeding USD 10m . Activities excluded from table include property transactions and restructurings where the ultimate shareholders ’ interests are not changed . This information has been provided by mergermarket Ltd . and any queries should be addressed to deals @ mergermarket . com . For further information about mergermarket please visit www . mergermarket . com or contact The Mergermarket Group , Tel + 44 ( 0 ) 20 7059 6151 Fax + 44 ( 0 ) 20 7059 6101 .
12 • THE LATIN AMERICAN LAWYER • September 2018 www . iberianlawyer . com / latin-america