Skadden Advises Brazil Deals

DLA, Gibson Dunn, Willkie advise $1.2 billion Colombia joint venture.

BY LATINVEX STAFF

Skadden and Simpson Thacher are advising on the merger between Chile-based Moneda Asset Management and Brazil-based global alternative asset manager Patria Investments, which will create an investment platform in Latin America with $25.9 billion in assets under management; Skadden is advising Brazilian industrial conglomerate Ultrapar on the sale of its specialized chemicals unit Oxiteno to Thailand’s Indorama Ventures PCL for $1.3 billion; DLA Piper Martinez Beltran, Gibson Dunn and Willkie advised on the $1.2 billion JV between Australia-based Macquarie Asset Management and Colombia-based Odinsa and Jones Day represented Mexican retailer Grupo Gigante in connection with a multi-phase refinancing of its more than $500 million banking debt.

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Keywords: Brazil, Colombia, DLA Piper, Finance, Gibson Dunn, Jones Day, M&As, Simpson Thacher, Skadden, Willkie