Francisco Flores > Winston & Strawn LLP > Los Angeles, United States > Lawyer Profile

Winston & Strawn LLP‘s fast expanding Latin America practice offers a broad range of expertise in the wider banking and finance field, notably energy and infrastructure finance, distressed financings and restructuring, financial services regulatory and fintech matters, and digital assets and blockchain issues. The firm is also making a growing impression in cross-border bank lending in Brazil, thanks to the presence of Sao Paulo partner Rodrigo Carvalho, the former head of investment banking (legal division) at Bank of America in Brazil. Los Angeles-based co-chair of the structured finance practice, Francisco Flores is leading the firm’s advice on financings to fintech businesses across Latin America. New York-based Talbert Navia is chair of the Latin America group and is also active in major financings, while Richard Puttré is noted for project finance, especially for Spanish sponsors, and Claude Serfilippi handles a mix of banking and finance matters and capital markets transactions. Carl Fornaris is an experienced figure in financial services regulatory matters and fintech, along with Kimberly Prior and Juan Azel providing further fintech, digital assets and blockchain technology expertise. Named individuals are based in Miami unless stated otherwise.