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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

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Capital Markets - Latin America - International Counsel

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton possesses a top-tier international practice renowned for its ability to handle sophisticated cross-border securities offerings in Latin America. The legal team remains a first port of call for major corporate issuers and prestigious financial institutions acting as underwriters on high-value transactions. The practice group boasts phenomenal expertise in both debt and equity instruments, regularly advising on bond offerings, note issuances and IPOs. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is also highly sought after by governments and state-owned entities to advise on sovereign debt deals.

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Strengths

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  • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have an excellent team of lawyers for every transaction. They are on top of the issues that could have any impact on our transactions.

    Capital Markets respondentGlobal

  • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton are a top firm in Latin America for capital markets. The lawyers are experienced, creative and are always available and on top of things.

    Capital Markets respondentGlobal

Notable Practitioners

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  • Nicolas Grabar
    Nicolas Grabar

    Nicolas Grabar

    Senior statesperson Nicolas Grabar enjoys longstanding experience advising key clients on significant capital markets deals in Argentina and Mexico. He remains a prominent figure in the market, boasting expertise in assisting issuers with private placements and registered public offerings of debt and equity offerings.

    • Nicolas Grabar has knowledge of every single detail of our most important transactions.

      Capital Markets respondentGlobal
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  • Jorge U. Juantorena
    Jorge U. Juantorena

    Jorge U. Juantorena

    Stellar partner Jorge Juantorena has an impeccable track record of representing distinguished issuers and underwriters, as well as state-owned entities, in sophisticated debt issuances concerning key Latin America markets, most notably Mexico. He is singled out by sources for considerable praise.

    • Jorge Juantorena has a complete vision of our needs due to his expertise and full knowledge of the factors that may affect our transactions. He has very high standards of service.

      Capital Markets respondentGlobal

    • Jorge Juantorena is a team leader who has unparalleled experience and is always practical and reasonable.

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  • Francesca Odell
    Francesca Odell

    Francesca Odell

    Francesca Odell has invaluable experience representing prestigious corporate issuers and international financial institutions in a range of complex debt and equity offerings. She has experience in Argentinian mandates.

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  • Juan G Giráldez
    Juan G Giráldez

    Juan G Giráldez

    Juan Giráldez is well versed in debt capital markets deals, benefiting from considerable experience representing states in sovereign debt transactions. He is recognised within the market for his wide regional presence.

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  • Ignacio Lagos
    Ignacio Lagos

    Ignacio Lagos

    Ignacio Lagos is lauded by clients for his noted support on key capital markets deals arising in Latin America.

    • Ignacio Lagos is an excellent lawyer who is very empathetic toward clients' needs.

      Capital Markets respondentGlobal
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  • Manuel Silva
    Manuel Silva

    Manuel Silva

    Up-and-coming partner Manuel Silva is active advising renowned companies and governmental clients on capital markets operations involving jurisdictions such as Paraguay and Mexico.

    • Manuel Silva always provides great advice and a lot of awareness regarding additional issues we might be overlooking, highlighting the risks or benefits of executing specific transactions.

      Capital Markets respondentGlobal
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Ranked Individuals at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (6)

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