Norton Rose Fulbright

Norton Rose Fulbright is unique in having a large team of banking and finance specialists based in Sao Paulo. The wider group is spread across Mexico City, New York, Houston and Washington DC, the latter office having a pivotal role in representing DFIs and MLAs. The large department covers a broad variety of transactions, from acquisition finance to aviation finance, project finance, structured trade finance, and restructurings. It is also close to large number of international banks, Latin America-based banks, DFIs and MLAs. In Washington DC, Marissa Leigh Alcala is relationship partner for DFC, which frequently brings her into Latin America financings. New York’s Todd Alexander has a background in Latin America financings, including recent deals in Argentina, Chile and Mexico. Raquel Bierzwinsky splits her time between New York and Mexico City, maintaining a major focus on the Mexican power market. The large Sao Paulo office has a primary focus on banking and finance and restructuring work with Charles Johnson (based there since 2002) having an outstanding reputation; he is backed by a team including Michael McCourt, Daniel Spencer, Silvia Fazio, newly promoted partner José Cobeña and counsel Diego Brandão. All named individuals are based in Sao Paulo unless stated otherwise. Sarah Devine has left the firm.