Our offshore lawyers provide corporate, finance, litigation and private client advice to a host of LATAM clients, including corporates, funds, family offices and high-net-worth individuals across a range of different sectors, particularly mining, energy, fintech, and real estate.
We have a network of excellent relationships across the region from law firms and trustees, to banks and wealth managers.
Our Cayman-based corporate services company, Collas Crill Corporate Services, is able to assist with incorporations, filings, regulatory support and director services.
Examples of our offshore legal advice in LATAM, include:
- Advising a Panamanian bank on a US$155m structured financing for the development of a 107-room Ritz Carlton resort in Costa Rica.
- Advising a Brazil-listed BVI company in connection with the US$103m acquisition of a Guatemalan gold deposit by plan of arrangement.
- Advising on a novel joint venture structured through a BVI segregated portfolio company (SPC) to fund a palm oil processing facility operated in Nicaragua.
- Advising a fintech secure payments provider with regard to regulatory issues concerning its operations in El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
- Advising a high-profile investment management firm on the formation of a US$150–300m Cayman SPC fund of funds with a Mexican investment manager providing access to Mexican investors.
- Advising a Panamanian law firm on a Cayman trust regarding discrepancies between the trust deed and letter of wishes, and the ensuing dispute among the Peruvian-based beneficiaries.
