• Energy & Natural Resources - Mexico

  Electricity Sector: Understanding the Regulatory Environment

  The federal government is looking to encourage private participation in the electricity sector, particularly in power generation, and the lack of public resources to cope with demand has become one of the leading drivers for structural reform. Among other things, private involvement requires an understanding of the regulatory landscape and the fields of generation, transmission and distribution.

• Insurance & Reinsurance - Israel

  Extra-contractual Exposure Due to Wrongful Denial

  The Haifa District Court has ruled that an insurer which failed to pay insurance benefits on time may be obliged to compensate the insured for the damage suffered as a result of the delay. The ruling necessitates a review of declination procedures and requires insurers to consider, before declining coverage, whether the declination is well founded.

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• €3 billion rights issue

  Danone SA Shearman & Sterling LLP - Bertrand Sénéchal, Robert C Treuhold; Bredin Prat - Olivier Saba, Benjamin Kanovitch
  Underwriters Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP - John D Brinitzer, Marie-Laurence Tibi, Pascal Coudin

• $42 million bond offer

  Ormat Technologies Inc Chadbourne & Parke LLP - Noam Ayali, Charles E Hord III; Carrillo y Asociados - Rodolfo Alegria
  TCW Global Project Fund II Ltd Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP - Raj Pande; Rodríguez Archila Castellanos, Solares & Aguilar SC - Alejandro Cofiño

• Undisclosed disposal

  General Mills Inc KLA-Koury Lopes Advogados - Fernando Koury Lopes, Karin Alvo, Melissa Kanô, Henriques Lopes da Silva
  Laticínios Condessa Ltda Araújo Fontes - Evaldo Fontes Jr

• $166 million acquisition

  Sompo Japan Insurance Inc Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP - Edward Cole; Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice - Carlos José Rolim de Mello
  Maritima Seguros SA Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados - Moacir Zilbovicius

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