Norton Rose Fulbright continues to stand out for its strong Latin America banking and finance team, spread across its São Paulo, Mexico City, New York and Washington DC offices. The group covers a range of financings, including acquisition finance, aviation finance, project finance, structured trade finance, and restructurings. The multilingual team features a large number of Spanish and Portuguese speakers, including those for whome these are their first languages. The group is particularly known for its formidable team in São Paulo and a Washington DC-based team that represents a range of agency lenders. Moreover, Raquel Bierzwinsky splits her time between New York and Mexico City, and has extensive experience in Mexico energy sector financings, along with transactions in Colombia, Peru, Chile and Argentina. Charles Johnson ('really gets his hands dirty') heads the São Paulo office, where he has been based for over 20 years; he has an outstanding record in structured trade, project, asset and development/export credit agency financings and financial restructuring work. Michael McCourt is another impressive practitioner with experience in trade and structured finance, leveraged and acquisition finance, and debt restructurings. Daniel Spencer is also noted for energy and infrastructure finance, while Washington DC-based Sarah Devine and Jeremy Hushon are prominent figures in agency-lender engagements. Counsels José Cobeña and Diego Brandão ('incredible lawyer'), along with senior associate Cameron Royse, are also key members of the practice. Named individuals are based in São Paulo unless stated otherwise.
Testimonials
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‘Norton Rose is a sophisticated cross-border advice firm. Since we have clients all over the globe, it is helpful and practical to have a global firm with senior partners introducing us to other branches, making sure that we do have a high level of service in different locations, with different partners.'
‘NRF has very collaborative and pro-business people, that make things happen. Besides that, they have a huge background in finance, know about wide range of products, and have the technical skills.’
Key clients
- The AES Corporation
- KfW IPEX
Work highlights
- Advised Vale on the restructuring of the $4bn+ debt of its joint venture company Samarco.
- Represented JPMorgan Chase Bank on the closing of a $300m equivalent COP-indexed credit facility extended to Banco de Comercio Exterior de Colombia (Bancoldex).