Latin America 2020 Year in Review | Morrison & Foerster
ADDITIONAL MATTER HIGHLIGHTS Mergers and Acquisitions • SoftBank’s Investment in Brazil’s Buser , MoFo News Item , 7 Jan 2020. • SoftBank’s Investment in Latin America’s AlphaCredit, MoFo News Item, 29 Jan 2020. • SoftBank’s Investment in Latin America’s Cortex, MoFo News Item, 10 June 2020. • SoftBank’s Joint Venture with OYO, MoFo News Item, 19 Aug 2020. • “MoFo Advises SoftBank on Series D Investment in Leading e-Commerce Platform VTEX, at Unicorn Valuation, ” MoFo News Item, 2 Oct 2020. • “Morrison & Foerster Advises SoftBank on Follow- on Investment in Kavak, Mexico’s First Unicorn, ” MoFo News Item, 9 Oct 2020. • “MoFo Advises SoftBank on Investment in Acesso Digital, Largest Series B Investment Received by a LatAm SaaS Company ,” MoFo News Item, 2 Oct 2020. • “MoFo Advises Brazilian Petlove in Merger with DogHero, ” MoFo News Item, 27 Oct 2020. • “MoFo Advises Visa Inc. in Acquisition of YellowPepper ,” MoFo News Item, 13 Nov 2020. • “MoFo Represents Tene Capital and Pulse Agri Investments in Acquisition of Ahern Agribusiness, Inc.” MoFo News Item , 23 Dec 2020. Morrison & Foerster | 26 Investigations & White Collar • Representing one of the world’s largest global agriculture corporations in corruption-related investigation related to the shipment of goods into Central America. • Conducted internal investigation of a large construction company with operations in Latin America and the United States in connection with potential fraudulent accounting practices. The matter required satisfying the external auditors in multiple countries in order to receive sign off on the company’s annual financial statements without requiring a restatement. • Assisting major car manufacturer in connection with internal investigation into allegations raised by whistleblower of improper conduct in connection with award of bid in Latin America. • Assisted multinational auto parts supplier in investigating corruption allegations involving its Latin American manufacturing facilities. • Representing a major agricultural logistics supplier in a DOJ-facing investigation into allegations of FCPA violations concerning payments to Mexican government officials. • Representing an executive in connection with a government-facing investigation involving alleged corruption at a South American oil company. • Representing consultant to oil services companies in connection with sprawling corruption investigation, Operation Car Wash, in Brazil. • Representing an executive in connection with a government-facing investigation involving alleged corruption at a South American oil company. • Representing aerospace executive related to allegations of bribery in Latin America.
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