Our teams are familiar with the region’s civil law system, business practices, and regulatory and political landscapes, which allow us to add value for international clients seeking to grow their presence or assess risk exposure in Latin America. The team also works with lawyers across more than 25 Orrick offices worldwide to help Latin American clients pursue expansion strategies and obtain capital in the international markets.
We guide clients through complex cross-border matters that are shaping the future of a region ripe for substantial international investment. These have included the acquisition of the Dominican Republic’s largest airport company, advice to sovereign entities, matters arising out of Puerto Rico’s debt crisis, and award-winning Mexican electric and renewable power generation transactions.
We have developed a strong network of contacts in the business and government sectors, connecting us with the key professionals in the region. As a result, we have long-standing collaborative relationships with top local law firms in Latin America that complement our strengths and reinforce our ability to counsel clients on the most complex international legal matters.
Practices | Industries | |
Mergers and acquisitions | Oil & Gas | |
Joint ventures | Power | |
Private equity and venture capital | Solar | |
Banking and finance | Wind | |
Structured finance | Mining & Minerals | |
Capital markets | Biofuels | |
Restructurings | Manufacturing | |
Energy and infrastructure | Transportation |
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Project development and finance | Telecommunications |
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Cross-border commercial transactions | Technology |
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Real estate | Pharmaceuticals |
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Regulatory and government matters | Real Estate |
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Internal and regulatory investigations | Food & Beverages |
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International arbitration and dispute resolution | Retail |
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Our team offers deep corporate experience for clients in regulated and nonregulated industries. We represent private equity funds in real estate joint ventures throughout the region. We have handled numerous acquisitions and restructurings in the energy, mining, telecommunications, transportation and shipping industries. We have represented international financial institutions in a number of corporate financings, restructurings, and distressed investments in the oil and gas, health care, hospitality, transportation and other sectors in the Caribbean and Latin America that funded corporate expansion, acquisitions, restructurings and working capital.
We combine a powerful energy practice with deep experience in Latin America. Our experience extends across the electric power, renewable energy, and oil and gas sectors. We have represented oil field service companies in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. Our renewables work has included wind power generation projects in Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Uruguay.
We help our clients manage risk and compliance in an often challenging political environment. For a Fortune 500 heavy equipment manufacturer, we conducted an internal investigation of a whistleblower allegation that its Mexican subsidiary violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by bribing Mexican officials to help win bids for sales of equipment to a number of government entities. In a recent whistleblower retaliation case, we counseled an international financial institution in connection with Sarbanes-Oxley complaints regarding fraudulent and unlawful activities occurring in a number of Latin American countries. We offer Latin American companies one of the top-ranked U.S. litigation platforms equipped to help resolve all types of commercial disputes.
May.22.2019 - May.23.2019
Chambers USA: Texas, 2018
Latin Lawyer, 2018
Latinvex, 2017
Legal 500; Latin America, 2018
Chambers: Latin America, 2018
Latin Finance, 2017