Linklaters LLP

Linklaters LLP's Latin America practice has capital markets offerings at its core. The team has a major focus on Argentina, Chile and Brazil, along with Uruguay and Peru; it is now growing its presence in Paraguay. The team advises both underwriters and issuers, including sovereign and quasi-sovereign issuers, and large multilatinas in Argentina, Chile and Brazil. With a growing focus on sovereign issuances, it advised the Ministry of Finance of Chile on a series of headline transactions including a large SEC-registered notes offering pursuant to its sustainability-linked bond framework. It also advised the underwriters on the Republic of Uruguay’s $1.27bn SEC-registered notes offering. Senior team members are either fluent or native Spanish and Portuguese speakers. Co-head of the Latin America practice Conrado Tenaglia and new counsel Emilio Minvielle, recently hired from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, are both Argentine and are highly-rated for capital markets offerings. Matthew Poulter leads the firm’s São Paulo office, specialising in Brazil offerings and issuances from across the region. Juan Mata has made an impression as the lead associate on many of the team’s key deals. Former counsel Alejandro Gordano left the firm in August 2023. Named individuals are based in New York unless stated otherwise.