Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría has advised Mill Point Capital regionally in Chile, Colombia and Peru on the acquisition of Fomento Económico Mexicano’s (FEMSA) Imbera and Torrey commercial refrigeration and foodservice equipment businesses in several Latin American jurisdictions.
This transaction, signed on 17 July, was worth USD $425 million and involved the jurisdictions of Mexico, the United States, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Other participating firms were Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez, Ferrere Abogados, D’Empaire Reyna Abogados, Mattos Filho, Aguilar Castillo Love, PBP Pérez Bustamante & Ponce and Beccar Varela.
PPU’s team was led by partners Federico Grebe Lira (pictured top left) in Chile, Martín Acero (pictured top centre) and Juan Carlos Rocha (pictured top right) in Colombia, and Rafael Boisset (pictured bottom left) and Milagros Pastor (pictured bottom right) in Peru. Also providing advice in Chile were Josefina Joannon, Macarena Gaitán, Jose Pedro Ariztía, Antonio Valenzuela, Juan Ignacio Rosales, Florencia Portales, Daniela Ahumada, Camila Betancourt, Valentina Bawarshi and Constanza Azocar; Juan Guillermo Nur, Santiago Carcache and Manuel Monsalve in Colombia; and Daniela Fortón in Peru.
