DLA Piper LLP (US)

DLA Piper LLP (US) has significantly expanded its US-based Latin America team, including those in the banking and finance field. It is now a more powerful force in cross-border financing and corporate lending transactions, including cross-border secured financing, structured finance and securitisation, revolving and secured credit facilities, syndicated lending, acquisition finance, and project and infrastructure finance. New York and Miami-based Robert da Silva Ashley joined in 2023, and has brought extensive acquisition finance and project finance expertise to the team; he is a Portuguese speaker and has an impressive record in Brazil and Mexico financings. Bruno Soares, the former head of A&O Shearman's São Paulo office, followed in 2024, bringing further project finance expertise with a focus on Brazil and the wider region; he now leads the firm’s Sao Paulo office. The broader team now represents a range of Latin American borrowers, international lenders and a growing number of European sponsors. Private credit is another expanding area for the team, which also has an established record in large-scale debt restructurings. With deep connections in the region and an outstanding record in project finance, New York partner Margarita Oliva Sainz de Aja leads the Latin America banking and finance team. San Juan’s José Sosa-Lloréns and San Diego partner Raul Farias are also key figures.