DLA Piper LLP (US)‘s ability to consistently land big-ticket engagements is a testament to its growing corporate and M&A platform in Latin America and the US. Having built out its Latin America offices, including an especially strong team in Bogota, it has expanded its US-based team. The group has an extensive international corporate and private equity client base that frequently turns to it for Latin America transactions. This has resulted in a series of major mandates, such as representing Quanta Services and ATCO in their new joint venture LUMA Energy as winning bidder in the $1.6bn public-private partnership transaction to operate and maintain the transmission and distribution assets of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA). The firm’s impressive Puerto Rico office had a key role in the mandate alongside Miami partner Francisco Cerezo, who is co-chair of the Latin America corporate and finance practice; he leads many of the firm’s headline Latin America deals. Energy and natural resources is another key sector for the team, which brought in senior San Diego partner Raul Farias from Sempra Energy in 2020.

DLA Piper LLP (US)‘s Miami office has an excellent standing in Latin America M&A, thanks to the presence of key partner Francisco Cerezo, who is co-chair of the Latin America corporate and finance practice. He and the team have an impressive international corporate and private equity client base, which has led to headline engagements such as representing Quanta Services and ATCO in their new joint venture LUMA Energy as winning bidder in the $1.6bn public-private partnership transaction to operate and maintain the transmission and distribution assets of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA). The broader Miami office is active in a range of Latin America disputes, including breach of contract cases.