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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Capital Markets

Latin America Guide 2027 : International Counsel

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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

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Capital Markets - 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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Work Highlights

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  • Cleary Gottlieb represented JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, BTG Pactual, Santander and Scotiabank as underwriters in BBB Foods' secondary follow-on offering, valued at USD593 million.

Strengths

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  • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have a great bench of talent that they leverage to provide best-in-class advice. There is a consistently great quality among their lawyers, irrespective of rank.

    Capital Markets respondentLatin America

  • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is truly the gold standard in the Latin American region. They have unique expertise in the region and vast knowledge of all precedents.

    Capital Markets respondentLatin America

Notable Practitioners

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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.

    • I have a great deal of trust in Jorge Juantorena. He is extremely knowledgeable.

      Capital Markets respondentLatin America

    • Jorge Juantorena is always looking ahead, which allows him to understand our needs and provide the best advice.

      Capital Markets respondentLatin America
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  • Francesca Odell
    Francesca Odell

    Francesca Odell

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

    • Francesca Odell is approachable, knowledgeable and hands-on. Her commercial vision is very strong.

      Capital Markets respondentLatin America
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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.

    • Juan Giráldez is our go-to problem solver because he is always highly responsive and very diligent.

      Capital Markets respondentLatin America
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  • Manuel Silva
    Manuel Silva

    Manuel Silva

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

    • Manuel Silva combines his fantastic legal acuteness with best-in-class commercial attributes. He is our go-to counsel in capital markets.

      Capital Markets respondentLatin America
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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 brings complex matters down to earth by simplifying them because he understands both the broader context and the business.

      Capital Markets respondentLatin America
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