Background: Lava Jato reaches Peru Corruption has always been a sensitive issue when doing business in Latin America. In recent years, the Brazilian “Lava Jato” investigation has been in the spotlight for its implications throughout the continent. Brazilian construction giants such as Odebrecht, OAS, Camargo Correa, Andrade Gutierrez and Quieroz Galvao, among others, were indicted … Continued
Executive Summary/Highlights: The Brazilian House of Representatives has approved a bill that substantially changes merger review procedures and antitrust investigations in Brazil. The new law is subject to Presidential approval and will likely become effective in mid-2012. The new law creates a pre-merger review system (clearance will be a condition precedent to closing) and changes … Continued
Executive Summary/Highlights: New laws provide indigenous people consultation right with respect to investment in Peruvian natural resources, but not the veto investors feared; however, they could delay projects while regulations are worked out, New mining “windfall profit tax” expected by the Peruvian Government to raise the total tax and mandatory profit sharing costs in the … Continued
Executive Summary/Highlights: An August 2010 legal opinion of the Federal Attorney-General of Brazil (Advocacia Geral da União) extended the Brazilian law that restricts the acquisition of rural land by foreigners to apply also to acquisitions of land by Brazilian companies controlled by foreigners. As a result, cross-border change of control transactions involving Brazilian companies that … Continued
The attached slides summarize trends in cross-border M&A and strategic investment activity throughout the first quarter of 2011. Highlights: Global M&A volume for Q1 2011 was US$671.8 billion, up 29.5% as compared to Q1 2010. Cross-border transactions have rebounded substantially from 2009: 38% of Q1 2011 global M&A was cross-border — up slightly from … Continued
