About

Number of years practice: 27 Principal practice areas: Capital markets, corporate and M&A Bar admissions: New York, New Jersey Languages spoken: English and Spanish

Howard Kleinman is a partner in Dechert’s corporate and securities group who focuses his practice on capital markets and financial transactions. He represents domestic and foreign issuers, underwriters, and others in equity and debt offerings. His experience includes US registered public offerings and offerings under Rule 144A private placements, offerings outside of the US under Regulation S, exchange offers, debt tenders, and consent solicitations. In addition, he counsels both US and non-US issuers on ongoing disclosure obligations under the federal securities law and corporate governance matters. Significant representations in Mexico and for Mexican entities include: Grupo Mexico SAB de CV’s transportation business unit, GMéxico Transportes, in its proposed acquisition of the Florida East Coast Railway Holdings Corp, a freight transportation business headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida; Compañía Perforadora de México S (PEMSA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Grupo México, in five acquisitions of jackup rigs and drilling platforms for a total value of approximately $1bn for use in oil exploration and drilling in the Gulf of Mexico; HSBC, Citigroup, BBVA and Itaú BBA as underwriters in the $460m global offering by Alsea, a Mexican-based operator of global brands in the fast food, coffee shop and casual dining segments based in Latin America; Credit Suisse (USA) LLC and Barclays Capital as underwriters in the $282m global public offering by Grupo Financiero Interacciones, a Mexican financial services company; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Citigroup Global Markets and IM Trust Corredores de Bolsa as placement agents in connection with the $984m sale by the Chilean government of its 30% interest in Chile’s largest water utility, Aguas Andina, and representation of the government of Mexico in connection with the sale of $160m of catastrophe bonds, marking the first time that a sovereign in Latin America has been a primary beneficiary of this type of security.