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CHICAGO, IL 60606
ILLINOIS
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Mr Douglas Doetsch
Work Department
Finance
Position
Douglas Doetsch serves as head of the firm’s Latin America/Caribbean practice and is a member of the firm’s Banking & Finance practice. He advises clients on infrastructure financings in the port, airport and road sectors, acquisition and other leveraged lending transactions, and structured credit transactions. He is also a leader in cross-border securitization transactions, especially future cash flow securitizations.
In his cross-border work, Doug also regularly advises on emerging market debt restructuring and debt exchange offers. In addition, his transactional work involves asset and stock acquisitions, real estate investments, and cross-border joint ventures.
Languages
English, French and Spanish
Education
Columbia Law School, JD 1986 Editor-in-Chief, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law Université de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal 1983 Rotary Graduate Fellowship Kalamazoo College, BA, magna cum laude 1979 Phi Beta Kappa
Lawyer Rankings
Latin America: International firms > Banking and finance
(Leading individuals)Mayer Brown’s status as a global leader in banking and finance, combined with its longstanding commitment to Latin America, forms the basis for a flourishing practice in the region. The firm advises a vast array of big-name lenders, including Latin American and international institutions, with engagements ranging from bulge-bracket project finance to sustainability-linked loans and pioneering structured finance transactions. It continues to be at the forefront of future flow financings, warehouse financing, and supply chain and trade finance, and has also worked on the vast majority of diversified payment rights financings in Latin America. The firm has a presence in Brazil through its association with Tauil & Chequer Advogados and a growing office in Mexico City, coupled with Latin America-focused practitioners in New York, Chicago, Washington DC and other US offices. Chicago partner Douglas Doetsch is head of the Latin America group and a market leader in infrastructure finance and cross-border securitisations, including future cash flow securitisations. Buenos Aires-born Gabriela Sakamoto is another experienced name in project finance, structured finance and acquisition finance, and Chicago partner Juan Pablo Moreno is another key figure on cross-border financings in Latin America, including major project financings and sustainability-linked loans. David Duffee has retired.
Latin America: International firms > Capital markets
Mayer Brown has a genuinely wide-ranging Latin America capital markets practice. It has a longstanding presence in energy and infrastructure bonds, high-yield and investment-grade bonds, private placements, liability management, and securitisation and structured financings. Additionally, the firm is building its standing in IPOs and equity offerings, especially in Brazil through its partner firm Tauil & Chequer Advogados. It has continued to advise on a series of infrastructure financings, often through private placements, and remains at the forefront of diversified payments rights programmes. It also has a growing office in Mexico City. Chicago partner Douglas Doetsch leads the Latin America group and has an outstanding record in infrastructure bond financings and future cash flow securitisations, including diversified payments rights programmes. Chicago’s Juan Pablo Moreno is licensed to practice in Colombia, New York and Illinois, and is also noted for diversified payments rights programmes, debt offerings and other structured finance transactions. Washington DC partner Gabriela Sakamoto is rated for private placement financings for infrastructure projects and securitisations. New York’s David Bakst is another key member of the team.
Latin America: International firms > Projects and energy
Mayer Brown has an outstanding record in project finance with its excellent connections to key commercial lenders and multilateral agencies. Operating across the energy, oil and gas, and infrastructure spaces, the firm is also noted for its experience in M&A transactions, including the acquisition finance aspects of these deals. The firm also has strong links to project sponsors, special purpose vehicles, contractors, operators and governments. It has a fine reputation in project bond transactions, hybrid financings and PPP structures. The US-based team works closely with colleagues in Mexico City and Brazil, including oil and gas, LNG, and gas-fired and renewable power projects. Washington DC and New York-based Christopher Erckert leads the firm’s project bonds practice and Latin America projects practice; he continues to be active in major infrastructure, renewable energy and electricity transmission project financings. Chicago partner Douglas Doetsch is head of the Latin America and Caribbean practice, and is an experienced figure in transportation infrastructure financings and re-financings. Washington DC’s Gabriela Sakamoto and Chicago partner Juan Pablo Moreno are also key names, along with Gabriel Salinas, who joined the Houston office as a partner in April 2023 from Shearman & Sterling LLP.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Tax > Financial products
- Finance > Fintech
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > International tax
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Finance > Project finance
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Government > Government relations
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Transport > Rail and road: finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds