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Maurizio Levi-Minzi

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Work Department

Maurizio Levi-Minzi is an M&A lawyer.

Position

He has nearly 30 years of experience advising clients in complex joint ventures and cross-border acquisitions of a broad variety of assets in sectors such as energy, technology, asset management infrastructure and consumer products. Mr. Levi-Minzi has led transactions in Latin America, the United States, Europe and Asia for private equity groups and strategic investors including Ambev, Barrick, Brookfield, BTG Pactual, Carlyle, Clessidra, CPPIB, CSN, GP Investments, H.I.G. Capital Management and Mitsui.

Career

He has co-chaired the program “Doing Business in and with Emerging Markets” of the Practising Law Institute for many years and is also an adjunct professor at New York University, where he teaches a popular cross-border M&A course.

Mr. Levi-Minzico-authored several articles with focus on cross-border M&A involving Latin America, including “Private Equity Funds and Institutional Investors in M&A” for the first edition of Latin Lawyer’s Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions (February, 2021).

Prior to joining Debevoise, he was a banker with NMB Bank (ING Bank) in New York.

Languages

Mr. Levi-Minzi is fluent in Italian and Spanish and is proficient in Portuguese.

Education

He is a 1993 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, holds an M.B.A. in Finance from Golden Gate University and a B.A. in Italian Literature and Philosophy from the University of Trieste (Italy).

Lawyer Rankings

Latin America: International firms > Corporate and M&A

(Hall of Fame)

Maurizio Levi-Minzi – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has a longstanding presence in Latin America M&A where it continues to be particularly noted for financial services and insurance deals. More broadly, the practice has developed a further reputation for energy and infrastructure transactions and is at the forefront of private equity and financial sponsor-related deals in the region; one recent headline mandate involved advising Southern Cross Group on its sale of Esmax Distribución to Aramco. The Latin America team is also noted for its work in emerging technologies. ‘Outstanding‘ David Grosgold is a Colombia native with an increasing focus on Latin America, particularly Colombia and Chile, and is widely recognised for his financial services and insurance expertise. Counsel Sergio Torres is from Brazil but his practice is primarily centred on Latin America as a whole and he plays a pivotal role in many of the firm’s M&A and private equity deals in the region. The core Latin America corporate and M&A team frequently works alongside colleagues in its leading white-collar and regulatory defence practice, including Latin America-focused Andrew Levine, in relation to anti-corruption due diligence. Co-head of the Latin America group and ‘excellent M&A lawyer’, Maurizio Levi-Minzi is to retire in 2024. All named individuals are based in New York.

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