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Mr Howard Kleinman
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Corporate Advisory
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Howard Kleinman, partner and co-head of the Latin America practice, focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and financial transactions, with a strong focus on businesses and investors in Latin America. Drawing on nearly three decades of international experience, Howard offers strategic legal guidance and sound business solutions with respect to complex, cross-border transactions and transformational corporate initiatives. His clients include a variety of publicly owned and privately held companies and financial institutions based in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, among other jurisdictions, and whose investments, operations and other interests span a range of industries, including financial services, consumer products (including food and beverage), retail, entertainment, energy, transportation and more.
Fluent in Spanish and English, Howard has significant experience advising leading regional real estate developers regarding US-focused development, as well as Latin American companies seeking to establish or expand their global footprint across the United States and abroad. Clients that Howard has advised include Grupo Mexico, Grupo Sordo Madaleno, Grupo Boticario, Compania Cervecerias Unidas S.A., SKY Airlines, Cinepolis and Record TV. He regularly handles complex cross-border matters for clients such as a $2.1 billion multinational transaction involving the acquisition of a US freight transportation business, by a Mexico-based enterprise.
Lawyer Rankings
Latin America: International firms > Corporate and M&A
McDermott Will & Emery LLP is noted for tax-driven M&A matters and fund formation operations. The practice has particular profile for cross-border real estate transactions, including inbound and outbound deals. It is also recognised for representing Latin American high-net-worth individuals and family offices (especially those based in Mexico and Brazil), along with prominent multinationals and financial sponsors. Michael Silva is an experienced tax specialist with an exceptional record in inbound and outbound Brazil and Mexico transactions. Arianne Plasencia is a private client specialist, who represents a number of wealthy families in Latin America in connection with their investments in the US. Senior figure Howard Kleinman has joined the New York office as co-head of the Latin America group. Named individuals are based in Miami unless stated otherwise. Manuel Rajunov has left the firm.
United States > Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
McDermott Will & Emery LLP has made its mark in SPAC IPOs and de-SPAC deals over recent years and has demonstrated further expertise in mainstream IPOs, follow-on offerings, private placements and at-the-market programs. Much of its equity offerings work has centred on the healthcare, fintech and technology industries of late; the firm is a market leader in the healthcare sector. Washington DC partner Thomas Conaghan co-heads the capital markets and public companies group alongside Eric Orsic in Chicago. The team was further reinforced by the recruitment of Howard Kleinman from Dechert LLP in 2023, while former head of the SPAC group Ari Edelman left the firm in March 2024. Named individuals are based in New York unless stated otherwise.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- 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
- Tax > Financial products
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Government > Government contracts
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Fintech