White & Case LLP in São Paulo, New York and Miami and Stocche Forbes Advogados in São Paulo have helped Brazilian meat producer Minerva issue notes worth US$500 million.

The underwriters enlisted Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in São Paulo, Northern California and New York and Pinheiro Neto Advogados in São Paulo. The transaction, which was made through Minerva's Luxembourg subsidiary, closed on 19 December.

Minerva is one of South America's largest producers of protein products and has operations in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Counsel to Minerva

White & Case LLP

Partners Don Baker and John Guzman in São Paulo, partner Jonathan Michels and associates Matthew Danforth and Johanna Interian in New York, and associates Gabriela Rodriguez and Carlos de la Cruz in Miami

Stocche Forbes Advogados

Partner Henrique Filizzola and associates Thadeu Bretas and João Pedro Lins in São Paulo

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Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Partner Manuel Garciadiaz São Paulo, partner Rachel Kleinberg and counsel Drew Glover in Northern California, and associates Adela Troconis, Matthew Funk and Catherine Chu in New York

Pinheiro Neto Advogados

Partner Fernando Zorzo and associates Rafael Gaspar, Fábio Moretti de Góis, Luis Guilherme Vergueiro and Julia Barbosa Campos in São Paulo