Gómez-Pinzón, Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes and Miranda & Amado recognized in Global Competition Review’s GCR 100 2022 Edition

Affinitas member firms Gómez-Pinzón, Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes and Miranda & Amado  have been recognized as leading firms by the Global Competition Review in its GCR 100 2022 edition.

GCR 100 lists the world’s top competition and antitrust practices and provides an in-depth analysis of law firms that handling the world’s most impressive, complex, and significant antitrust and competition matters around the world for over two decades.

With two focused partners and nine specialist competition lawyers, Gómez-Pinzón was listed as a “Highly Recommended” firm. According to GCR, our Colombian member firm makes light work of complex antitrust investigations, merger control filings and cross-border matters.

Recent work from Gómez-Pinzón includes acting for Willis Towers Watson on its proposed merger with Aon, which was approved by the SIC but subsequently collapsed following scrutiny from the US Department of Justice. The firm also helped Fitesa secure approval for its merger with Tredegar.

Mexican member firm Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes was also listed as a “Highly Recommended” firm with GCR highlighting the firm’s representation of Softbank in multiple mergers, including its Latin American fund’s acquisition of majority interest in a joint venture with We Work, purchasing its business and assets in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico.

GCR 100 also recognizes Peruvian member firm Miranda & Amado as a “Highly Recommended” firm. Notable work from the firm includes acting for Telefónica in a rare abuse of dominance probe by Peru’s telecommunications regulator, and in two unfair competition matters against rivals as complainant.

You can view our member firms’ recognition on Global Competition Review’s website.

Latin Lawyer Awards: Five shortlisted deals advised by Affinitas member firms

Affinitas member firms Barros & Errázuriz (Chile), Gómez-Pinzón (Colombia) and Miranda & Amado (Peru) advised on five of the shortlisted deals in Latin Lawyer’s 16th Annual Deal of the Year Awards. According to the international publication, the winners will be announced on May 5th, during their charity awards ceremony.

The transactions on which Affinitas member firms advised are:

1. Deal of the Year: Banking and Finance. Peru’s Minera Antamina secures USD 1 billion credit facility
Peruvian member firm Miranda & Amado, with a team led by Gabriela Dañino and Juan Luis Avendaño, advised the banking syndicate in the granting of the USD 1 billon loan in favor of Minera Antamina.

2. Deal of the Year: Mergers & Acquisitions: Private Companies. QuintoAndar buys Navent in cross-border proptech deal
Peruvian member firm Miranda & Amado, with a team led by Roberto Mac Lean, Pablo Sotomayor, Enrique Felices and Juan Luis Avendaño, advised Brazilian real estate platform QuintoAndar in the acquisition of Navent Group’s real estate operations in Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Mexico.

3. Deal of the Year: Mergers & Acquisitions: Public Companies.AT&T sells LatAm assets to Argentina’s Grupo Werthein
Chilean member firm Barros & Errázuriz advised AT&T on the sale of its Vrio Corp. business unit to private holding company Grupo Werthein, which has acquired 100% of the equity in Vrio.

4. Deal of the Year: Private Equity.Brazil’s IG4 acquires stake in Peruvian infrastructure group Aenza
Peruvian member firm Miranda & Amado, with a team led by Bruno Amiel and Roberto Mac Lean, helped Brazilian infrastructure investor IG4 Capital launch a USD 58 million tender offer to acquire a stake in Peruvian infrastructure company Aenza, making it the largest shareholder.

5. Deal of the Year: Restructuring. Avianca emerges from Chapter 11 process
Colombian member firm Gómez-Pinzón, with a team led by Ricardo Fandiño, helped Latin American airline Avianca emerge from its Chapter 11 restructuring process and eliminate debt worth more than USD 1 billion.