Latin America - Latin America: International firms
Paul Hastings LLP
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Paul Hastings LLP is best known for project finance, a segment where it hired Gregory Tan, Alexandro Padrés and Robert Freedman from Shearman & Sterling LLP in May 2022. The firm also has a fine record in restructurings, liability management and bank lending. It has an outstanding record in Mexico, along with other major economies such as Colombia, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Costa Rica and Guatemala. Pedro Jimenez is an experienced name in Latin America restructurings and has worked on some of the biggest engagements in the region in recent years. Elicia Ling has an impressive record in energy and infrastructure finance. However, former Latin America department head Michael Fitzgerald exited the firm in June 2023 taking a senior (albeit capital markets-focused) team, including Joy Gallup and Arturo Carrillo, with him. Cathleen McLaughlin has retired. All named individuals are based in New York.
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‘It is a robust team knowledgeable about Mexican laws, its business culture and customer needs. Always accessible and available to help.’
‘The diversity accompanied by the talent that this team has makes them unique in the market. Despite the fact that some firms have tried to emulate the diversity that they have, the reality is that the PH team is many years ahead of them, which makes them the strongest group for financing and capital market issues.’
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Key clients
- Goldman Sachs
- Morgan Stanley
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Work highlights
- Advised the ad hoc group of pre-petition noteholders of Avianca’s 9.000% Senior Secured Notes (due 2023) in connection with the Chapter 11 cases of Avianca Holdings and certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries.
- Represented TMF Trust Company (Argentina) as trustee for substantially all of the creditors of Stoneway Capital Corporation under secured loans.
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