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Mr Alejandro Gordano

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+1 212 848 5350 alejandro.gordano@shearman.com

Work Department

Capital Markets

Position

Partner

Career

Alejandro Gordano is a partner in the Capital Markets practice.

Alejandro advises corporations, governments and investment banks on corporate finance transactions, including SEC-registered and exempt debt and equity offerings, credit facilities, restructurings, liability management and structured finance transactions, including diversified payment right securitizations. He also provides SEC-disclosure and corporate governance advice, and has knowledge of the banking, transportation, TMT, biotech, retail and energy sectors.

Alejandro has been at the forefront of ESG capital market deals across Latin America, leading a number of ESG “firsts”, including the first emerging-market sustainability-linked bond, the first sustainability-linked bond by a sovereign worldwide, the first international sustainability-linked bond out of Peru, and the first exchange offer in Argentina replacing standard bonds with green bonds.

Alejandro is ranked in Chambers & Partners Latin America 2024 with one client noting his “hands-on approach,” reporting him to be “always on call,” and providing “excellent client service.”

Languages

English; Spanish; Italian

Memberships

Admissions:

New York

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.B.A., Sloan School of Management

Manchester Metropolitan University; M.S.

New York University School of Law; LL.M.

University of Buenas Aires; J.D.

Lawyer Rankings

Latin America: International firms > Capital markets

(Next Generation Partners)

Alejandro Gordano – A&O Shearman

After a tumultuous 2023 which saw the departures of partner Grissel Mercado and counsel Maria Larsen, and the subsequent hire of former Linklaters LLP counsel, Alejandro Gordano, as a partner, the capital markets practice at the newly combined A&O Shearman has emerged with a bench of considerable strength. A senior figure, of counsel Antonia Stolper handles primarily US capital markets and global ECM work, but has a long history and strong profile across the Latin America region. David Flechner has built a strong reputation in Brazil, Mexico and other Latin American jurisdictions, covering a range of equity and debt transactions, including a number of IPOs and follow-on offerings in Brazil. New York’s Manuel Orillac and Sao Paulo-based Roberta Cherman are also key figures in the Latin America capital markets group; while the aforementioned Gordano is particulary experienced in ESG-segment capital markets mandates. More broadly, the team is making an impression in sustainability-linked bonds and ESG-related offerings in general, along with project bonds, where the capital markets department often works alongside colleagues in the project finance group. Since publication, Sao Paulo-based counsel Jonathan Lewis has left the firm – effective as of February 2024.

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