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Clifford Chance Offices
31 WEST 52ND STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10019-6131
NEW YORK
United States
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Jonathan Zonis
Work Department
M&A corporate, Capital markets, Energy & resources
Position
Jonathan Zonis concentrates in representing issuers and underwriters in cross-border equity and debt (including high-yield) offerings. Jonathan has been involved in public and private transactions in equity and debt offerings by issuers in a variety of industries including banking, energy, manufacturing, real estate, infrastructure, luxury goods, telecommunications, media and shipping.
Lawyer Rankings
Latin America: International firms > Capital markets
Clifford Chance has an established team of Latin America capital markets specialists, spread primarily across its New York and Sao Paulo offices. Over the years it has landed big engagements in relation to capital markets offerings originating in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, Peru, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Panama, among others. It has strong links to bulge-bracket underwriters and big-name issuers, including a significant number of Brazilian corporates. Along with a steady pipeline of equity and debt offerings, the practice is also noted for bond restructurings. It is further recognised for sovereign and sub-sovereign offerings, and has a fine record in the energy, infrastructure and financial services sectors. Jonathan Zonis is co-head of the Americas capital markets group and co-head of the Latin America team; he has advised on a plethora of headline transactions over the years, including the recent $6.9bn equity offering by Eletrobras, the largest equity offering in the Southern Hemisphere in 2022. Hugo Triaca is another senior member of the team, which has benefited from the firm’s ability to develop a strong cohort of emerging talent, including Sao Paulo’s Patrick Jackson, who was promoted to partner in 2022; and Mariana Estévez, who joined the partnership in 2023. Sao Paulo counsel Anja Pfleger Andrade is another key figure. Named individuals are based in New York unless stated otherwise.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Tax > Financial products
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Project finance
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Fintech
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate