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About
Provided by Francesca Odell
Practice Areas
Capital markets and other corporate transactions in U.S. and in Latin America, particularly Brazil. Clients include major international investment banks, large publicly-traded issuers as well as U.S. companies on their transactions in Latin America. She also regularly advises numerous private equity funds and investors. Active in capital markets, securities regulation, cross-border financing and M&A.
In addition to her transactional practice, she regularly advises boards of directors and management on a variety of governance and related topics, including disclosure and compliance matters; stock exchange listing requirements; board composition and director independence; shareholder engagement and activism; shareholder proposals and proxy season trends; management and director succession planning; and environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.
Career
Joined firm in 1996; became Partner in 2005. JD, New York University School of Law; BA, University of Wisconsin - Madison. Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.
Professional Memberships
Member of the Bar of the State of New York.
Chambers Review
Latin America
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.
Francesca Odell excels at representing both corporate clients and private equity funds in sophisticated cross-border deals involving Latin American jurisdictions. Along with her corporate practice, partner Francesca Odell also draws recognition for her expertise in the capital markets arena.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Francesca Odell is excellent in navigating through our most complex corporate governance issues."
"Francesca Odell is an awesome capital markets lawyer who is active in key jurisdictions in Latin America."
"Francesca Odell is excellent in navigating through our most complex corporate governance issues."
"Francesca Odell is an awesome capital markets lawyer who is active in key jurisdictions in Latin America."
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