Morgan & Morgan Legal advised Sojitz Corporation in the acquisition of Grupo Sílaba.
Panama, February 20, 2024. Morgan & Morgan Legal advised Sojitz Corporation in the acquisition of the shares of Silaba Motors (also known as “Grupo Sílaba”), a major automobile distributor operating in the Republic of Panama representing brands such as KIA, MAZDA, OMODA, JAECOO, KARRY, and NIU. As part of the transaction, Sojitz also acquired Grupo
Morgan & Morgan Legal advised Mercandú in a capital raising round to expand its e-commerce platform in the region.
Panama, January 8, 2024. Morgan & Morgan Legal acted as the Panamanian legal advisor for Mercandú, a startup based in El Salvador that operates the largest marketplace in the Central American region, offering over 500,000 products, in a capital raising round. The capital raising round took the form of issuing shares (equity-raising) in favor of
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Morgan & Morgan Legal advised DMB in the acquisition of the Anschütz Group Panama subsidiary.
Panama, March 1, 2023. Morgan & Morgan Legal advised DMB Dr. Dieter Murmann Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH (“DMB”), with respect to the acquisition of 100% of RAYTHEON ANSCHUETZ PANAMA, S. DE R.L. (the “Panama Subsidiary”), as part of the acquisition of DMB of the entire Anschütz Group with its headquarters in Kiel (Germany) and international subsidiaries in Panama
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Morgan & Morgan Legal advised in a joint venture for the development, construction and operation of a hotel and resort in Costa Rica.
Panama, February 13, 2023. Morgan & Morgan Legal advised the majority shareholder group, in a joint venture for the development, construction and operation of a hotel and resort of the Waldorf Astoria chain in Punta Cacique, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. The project is a luxury beach resort with an estimated 40 residential units and 190 hotel
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Morgan & Morgan Legal advised Mercantil Holding Financiero Internacional, S.A. and Mercantil Capital S.A., in the closing of the acquisition of Capital Bank, Inc.
Panama, December 12, 2022. Morgan & Morgan Legal advised Mercantil Holding Financiero Internacional, S.A. (“MHFI”), and Mercantil Capital, S.A. (“Mercantil Capital”), subsidiaries of Grupo Mercantil, in relation to the closing of the Promissory Share Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) dated June 29, 2022, by and among the shareholders of Capital Bank, Inc. (“Capital Bank”) as sellers (the
Morgan & Morgan Legal advised Mercantil Holding Financiero Internacional, S.A. (MHFI) in the execution of a promissory share purchase agreement for the acquisition of the majority stake in Capital Bank, Inc.
Panama, June 30, 2022. Morgan & Morgan Legal advised Mercantil Holding Financiero Internacional, S.A. (MHFI), a subsidiary of Grupo Mercantil, in relation to the execution of the Promissory Share Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) dated June 29, 2022, by and among the shareholders of Capital Bank, Inc. (“Capital Bank”) as sellers (the “Sellers”), and MHFI, as a
Morgan & Morgan Legal advised Farmalisto in the acquisition of GoFarma.
Panama, March 30, 2022. Morgan & Morgan Legal acted as Panamanian counsel to Farmalisto in the purchase of 100% of the Mexican pharmacy GoFarma. With this acquisition, the company advances its expansion process in the Mexican market and Latin America. Currently, Farmalisto has a presence in Colombia, Chile, Peru, and Mexico. In this country, it
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Morgan & Morgan Legal advised in the reacquisition and purchase of the majority stake of Supermercados Xtra, S.A.
Panama, January 7, 2022. Morgan & Morgan Legal acted as legal counsel of Supermercados Xtra, S.A. (“XTRA”) and Grupo Harari, in the reacquisition by XTRA and the purchase by Grupo Harari of the shares owned by Souq Investments LP, equivalent to 53% of the issued and outstanding shares of XTRA, resulting in Grupo Harari becoming
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Morgan & Morgan Legal advised Seven Seas Water and a group of its subsidiaries, in a US$205 million financing, which would be used to refinance a US$163 million credit facility obtained by the company.
Panama, September 21, 2021. Morgan & Morgan Legal represented Seven Seas Water (“Seven Seas”) and a group of its subsidiaries, in a US$205,000,000.00 financing with Deutsche Bank AG and Investec Bank, PLC, as lenders, which would be used to refinance a credit facility obtained by Seven Seas in June 2020, for US$163,000,000.00. Seven Seas is
Morgan & Morgan advised Farmalisto in an equity investment of various investors
Panama, December 23, 2020. Morgan & Morgan advised Farmalisto, a health technology platform with presence in Mexico, Colombia, and Peru, with respect to the equity investment made by HBM Healthcare Investments (Cayman) Ltd., Inter-American Investment Corporation, Morgan Rio Capital Management, and other minority investors for the amount of up to US$18,000,000.00 in Farmalisto. The proceeds
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