Juan Francisco Méndez
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPSimpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP îs a major force in global offerings, particularly deals originating in Latin America. The firm has outstanding connections to issuers and underwriters, also counting sovereign bond offerings as a key area of business; the firm represented the initial purchaser in the Republic of Guatemala’s $565m sovereign debt offering and the initial purchasers in the Dominican Republic’s $1.8bn sovereign bond offering in 2023. The firm is also active in equity offerings and IPOs for Latin American issuers and has also worked on debt offerings by Canadian and European companies. Juan Francisco Méndez is a senior name for Latin America offerings, along with further colleagues in São Paulo. Mark Brod is another key name for global offerings. Both lawyers are based in New York.
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Key clients
- AerCap Holdings N.V.
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited
- Aston Martin Capital Holdings Limited
- BNP Paribas
- BRF S.A.
- Citigroup
- Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
- Credit Suisse
- Daiwa Securities
- GFL Environmental Inc.
- Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
- J.P. Morgan
- Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW)
- Logicor
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
- Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.
- Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
- Morgan Stanley
- MUFG
- Nomura Securities, Ltd.
- Republic of Guatemala
- RBC Capital Markets
- Société Générale
- Stonegate Pub Company Financing plc
- TD Securities
- Unigel Luxembourg S.A.
- Via Varejo S.A.
- Wells Fargo Securities
Work highlights
- Advised the initial purchasers in approximately $3.3bn in bond offerings by the Dominican Republic.
- Advised the managers in multiple offerings by Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), including $11bn (aggregate) global notes offerings.
- Advised KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION in its approximately $721m initial public offering of shares.
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