Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Desarrollo País, a Chilean state-owned infrastructure company, in its partnership agreement with Google to form Humboldt Connect, a joint venture responsible for activating and commercializing certain fiber optic capacity of a submarine cable connecting South America with Oceania, the first of its kind in the region. For more information, please see the Chilean government’s press release (in Spanish).

The Debevoise team is led by M&A partner David Grosgold and counsel Sergio Torres and includes associate Lola de Barros.