South America: Finance and Banking

As discussed in Bracewell's February 11 and February 26 updates, the executive branch is prioritizing the "total elimination" of cartels and transnational criminal organizations, both through edicts from the Oval Office...

Desde que a CN - Corregedoria Nacional de Justiça do CNJ expediu os provimentos 172 e 175, ambos de 2024, que tratam da obrigatoriedade...

O Conselho Monetário Nacional (CMN) publicou no dia 1° de fevereiro a Resolução CMN n° 5.118 e a Resolução CMN n° 5.119, que restringiram as regras...

On January 21, 2025, the decree issuing the general provisions applicable to simplified issuers and securities subject to simplified registration...

Santamarina y Steta, S.C., liderado por los socios Sergio Chagoya y Diego Ostos y por el asociado senior Elias Zaga, con el apoyo del asociado Iñigo García y de Rebeca Chaidez...

O KLA participou do tradicional toque de campainha na B3 em comemoração ao encerramento da 10ª emissão de cotas do TRX Real Estate Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário (TRXF11), na última quarta-feira, dia 8.

In a unanimous decision, the Board of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM)...

Decisão do colegiado da CVM autoriza previsão contratual para pagamento em caso de destituição sem justa causa; outras regras também foram definidas...

Investment Trust Certificates (CERPIs) are a type of financial instrument initially issued by a Mexican trust and placed through a restricted public offering, one made exclusively to institutional and qualified investors.

Latin America has been, since the origin of the countries which constitute it nowadays, a place open to foreign people and foreign investments.Historically, immigrants brought to this region, not only their work and the dream of a new life in these territories, but also knowledge, techniques and commercial ideas that contributed to its development. The families of these foreign people are currently an important part of the inhabitants of our countries.

President Hugo Chávez yesterday announced his policy for his third term in office. He heralded a "new era" in the transformation of Venezuela to socialism: the "Simón Bolívar national project 2007-2021." The project contemplates the nationalization of strategic industry sectors, such as telecommunications and electricity, through special powers to be sought from the Legislature.

Two important legislative events have modified the legal regime applicable to Limited Scope Financial Institutions or Mexican Non-Bank Banks (Sociedades Financieras de Objeto Limitado), also known as Sofoles ("Sofoles"), Financial Leasing Companies Arrendadoras Financieras) ("Financial Leasing Companies") and Factoring Companies (Empresas de Factoraje Financiero) ("Factoring Companies").