David Grosgold > Debevoise & Plimpton LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP remains best known for insurance sector deals, private equity transactions and cross-border strategic M&A in Brazil. Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico are also key markets for the Latin America team, which features a number of citizens from the region. Maurizio Levi-Minzi has extensive cross-border M&A and private equity expertise with deep experience of Latin America deals; he led the team that advised International Paper on the sale of its Brazilian corrugated packaging business to Klabin, the biggest paper producer, exporter and recycler in Brazil. Michael Gillespie is a veteran dealmaker with deep knowledge of the Brazil market. Native Spanish speaker David Grosgold is a prominent figure in insurance and financial services deals across Latin America.

Known as a ‘go-to firm when dealing with M&A transactions in the insurance space’, the team at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP regularly handles complex and high-volume insurance industry mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and intricate financings. The client roster includes not only major insurers and reinsurers but also asset management firms, private equity funds and other capital providers. Renowned experts Nicholas F. Potter and John M. Vasily lead the team while also acting as co-heads of the firm’s financial institutions group. The practice also boasts several notable up-and-comers: Alexander Cochran, who ‘remains unflappable under pressure’, David Grosgold , who focuses on domestic and cross-border corporate transactions in the financial services and insurance industries and Marilyn Lion whose expertise includes mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions, as well as insurance and reinsurance regulatory matters. All lawyers mentioned are based in New York.