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Arnold & Porter Offices
601 MASSACHUSETTS AVE, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20001-3743
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Latin America: International firms > Capital markets
(Next Generation Partners)Arnold & Porter remains at the forefront of sovereign and sub-sovereign representation. It advises a range of state entities, including ministries of finance, central banks, state-owned companies, states, and municipalities. Clients include the Republic of Panama, Republic of Colombia, Republic of El Salvador, and Banco Central do Brazil. The firm’s longstanding commitment to Latin America has also brought it a number of private sector corporate and financial institution clients. It is also noted for derivatives, structured finance and securitisation transactions, including diversified payment rights deals. The core Latin America team features a number of senior and experienced practitioners that have specialised in the region for decades and speak fluent Spanish and/or Portuguese. Whitney Debevoise is a veteran of the region, having represented Brazil, El Salvador, Panama and Honduras on numerous capital markets offerings over the years. Gregory Harrington is similarly experienced with a large number of sovereign and multilateral development bank clients. Panama native Raul Herrera, and counsels Arturo Caraballo and Carlos Pelaez, are also key figures in the team. All named individuals are based in Washington DC. The practice was further boosted in September 2023 with the hire of capital markets, PE and M&A partner Carlos Lobo (formerly at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP) to the firm’s New York office; the Brazilian-born Lobo should significantly enhance the firm’s network of relations in the Brazilian market.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government relations
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Finance > Fintech
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory