Latin America

Our LATAM team brings together attorneys with dual qualifications in civil law and common law jurisdictions—a rare combination that enables us to operate with equal authority in both legal traditions. That bicultural perspective translates into concrete, actionable strategies: we advise with the same depth companies that already operate in the region, those seeking to enter it, and those restructuring or withdrawing their presence in Latin America.

We speak our clients’ language—and their counterparties’. Our attorneys’ native fluency in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English, combined with deep Latin American cultural roots, makes us direct interlocutors before regulators, local partners, and negotiating tables. The result is communication without intermediaries or misunderstandings: we eliminate the linguistic and cultural friction that frequently derails cross-border initiatives and bring to every transaction the precise combination of diplomatic subtlety and commercial rigor that deals in the region demand.

That comprehensive capability spans the full spectrum of Latin American legal practice. Our partners lead complex mergers and acquisitions, project development, privatizations, capital markets offerings, restructurings, and international trade and sanctions compliance matters. We regularly advise on multijurisdictional regulatory affairs, investigations, internal reviews, and enforcement proceedings. And when disputes arise, we deploy bilingual litigation teams before local courts and international arbitral tribunals—ICC, LCIA, ICSID, UNCITRAL, SIAC, and ad hoc proceedings—with the ability to argue the merits in the language of the arbitration and in accordance with the applicable law, whether civil law or common law.

With decades of experience in the energy, infrastructure, financial services, life sciences, and emerging technologies sectors, we have an in-depth understanding of the region’s evolving legal and commercial landscapes. That knowledge allows us to guide our clients, including sovereign states and state-owned entities, toward their strategic objectives in Latin America with the precision, efficiency, and confidence that a truly regional practice demands.