Mr Ulises Pin > Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Offices
1111 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON DC 20004
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Mr Ulises Pin
Work Department
Latin America Team; Telecommunications, Media & Tech
Position
Ulises represents US and foreign communications and technology companies on corporate, financial, and regulatory matters. He also advises private equity firms, venture capital funds, and financial institutions on investments in the telecommunications, media, and technology (TMT) sectors. Ulises represents clients before the Federal Communications Commission and government agencies in Mexico, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. He has substantial experience in cross-border transactions. Ulises’s practice covers all sectors of the TMT market, including wireline, wireless and international communications, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), infrastructure projects (land and submarine networks), satellite services, and emerging technologies. He counsels on complex cross-border transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures; public offerings; joint ventures; and private and public equity investments. He also represents public and private companies in international corporate and finance transactions across industries, including telecommunications, technology, energy, retail, and real estate.
Languages
Native Spanish speaker
Memberships
International Bar Association; Mexican Bar Association
Education
Escuela Libre de Derecho, J.D.; New York University, Master of Laws
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
From the Washington DC practice, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP represents a number of hi-tech and international companies in the regulatory aspects of major transactions in the telecoms space, with a large and growing volume of work relating to infrastructure in the sector. The team’s particular specialisation in assisting foreign-owned companies has been further developed by David Plotinsky, who applies his experience working in the US Department of Justice and the FCC to national security and international matters, just as the October 2022 return of Denise Wood from an in-house position with a leading tech company strengthens the practice’s hand in advising other such clients. The team is led by the highly-experienced practice head Andrew D. Lipman and deputy practice head Catherine Wang, who uses her corporate expertise in her focus on the regulatory aspects of M&A and financing transactions. Other lawyers of note are Ulises Pin, whose track record in Latin America makes him a highly-sought authority in cross-border mandates concerning investment, infrastructure, and foreign ownership; Tamar Finn, who is active in universal service and broadband funding; and Ronald Del Sesto, Jr, who bolsters the telecoms team with his experience leading the firm’s technology group.
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP has a strong record in telecoms infrastructure deals, working on an international scale in representing major infrastructure funds and telecoms companies in the acquisition and sale of infrastructure assets. The Washington DC-based practice has been bolstered by the addition of David Plotinsky and Denise Wood from the Department of Justice and an in-house position in the sector respectively, providing further depth of expertise in transactions related to foreign-ownership and high-profile market players. Andrew D. Lipman leads the practice, regularly advising major funds and banks, working alongside deputy practice head Catherine Wang, who uses her corporate expertise in her focus on M&A and financing transactions. Ulises Pin is noted for his cross-border work in infrastructure investment; Andrew Ray has extensive M&A experience as the head of the corporate and business transactions team; Kimberly Taylor is similarly active in the M&A space, while Tamar Finn has a greater focus on the regulatory aspects of such transactions; and Ronald Del Sesto, Jr brings his expertise in technology.
Latin America: International firms > Corporate and M&A
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP has an established Latin America team with its M&A expertise primarily located in Houston. It is noted for its energy expertise in Mexico, Brazil and other nations in the region. The core Latin America group has a number of senior practitioners that are licensed to practice in the US and a Latin America jurisdiction. It has links to large Latin American corporates, multinationals and private equity houses. Having historically focused on outbound transactions from North America into Latin America, it is now increasingly active on inbound work; a case in point was its advice to Grupo Lala US (a subsidiary of the Mexico-based dairy products manufacturing business), on regulatory and corporate matters relating to its operations in the US. More broadly, the group remains recognised for oil and gas, LNG, technology and telecoms transactions in the region. Co-chair of the Latin America group and Bolivian native John Crespo is a senior figure with a fine reputation in oil and gas transactions. Admitted to practice in Mexico, New York and Texas, Humberto Padilla Gonzalez is an experienced figure in strategic M&A and private equity in Mexico and across Latin America. Brazil educated, Felipe Alice is also noted for oil and gas transactions and has a growing profile in technology deals. Washington DC partner and native Spanish speaker Ulises Pin is a TMT specialist, particularly in relation to telecoms and fibre optics transactions. Named individuals are based in Houston unless stated otherwise.
Latin America: International firms > Projects and energy
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP’s Latin America team is largely based in Houston, where the group has an impressive record in energy projects and transactions, particularly in Mexico and Brazil, along with other jurisdictions including Argentina, Bolivia and Dominican Republic. It continues to represent a range of project sponsors, financial institutions, governments and private equity investors. With a background primarily in oil and gas, the Latin America team has gradually -and successfully- broadened its mix of engagements to include power and renewables, and telecoms-infrastructure matters. Co-chair of the Latin America group John Crespo, a native Spanish speaker, has a fine reputation for oil and gas transactions. Brazilian Felipe Alice is also rated for hydrocarbons work, and Humberto Padilla Gonzalez is an experienced figure in Mexico energy transactions. Washington DC’s Ulises Pin specialises in communications infrastructure, including satellite and subsea cable projects. All partners are based in Houston unless stated otherwise.
Lawyer Rankings
- Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory United States > Media, technology and telecoms
- Telecoms and broadcast: transactions United States > Media, technology and telecoms
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Finance > Project finance
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Transport > Rail and road: finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Government > State attorneys general
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Industry focus > Sport
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense