About

Number of years practice: 22 Law school attended: New York University School of Law Languages spoken: English and Spanish Principal practice areas: Corporate, Banking and Finance, Energy, M&A, Projects Admissions: New York

Antonio Del Pino is co-chair of Latham & Watkin’s Latin America practice and is widely recognised as one of the leading lawyers on Latin American transactions. His practice focuses on cross-border acquisitions, financings, private equity transactions and restructurings and has seen him regularly represent both banks and borrowers. He has also represented a number of governments across the region in the privatization and concession of infrastructure assets. Recent significant matters Del Pino has advised on include acting as US counsel to GE Energy Financial Services in the sale of the Samalayuca II power generation facility – the first large privately funded power plant in Mexico – to Mexico Infrastructure Partners (MIP). This complex cross-border transaction was MIP’s first acquisition and involved a complex trust structure that required anti-trust approval from the Mexican regulator. Del Pino has helped a number of clients negotiate market-leading transactions in Mexico: in 2010, for example, he advised US-based private equity fund Indigo Partners as it led a group of investors acquiring a stake in Mexican airline Volaris. Three years later, he represented Indigo (as Delaware selling stockholders) in Volaris’ heavily oversubscribed $346.2m IPO, the highest-profile airline industry IPO of the year and one that made Volaris only the second publicly traded air carrier in Mexico. Del Pino sits on the board of directors of the Council of the Americas and serves as a member of the Latham & Watkins Pro Bono Committee, in which capacity he has been involved in a number of pro bono matters involving Latin America, including representing Acción International in connection with investments in microfinance institutions throughout the region. He was recently appointed to the US State Department’s Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy.