Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is building momentum in the market thanks to the efforts of prominent banking and capital markets lawyer Alejandro González Lazzeri, who co-heads the Latin America group from New York. He and the team have extensive geographic experience, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Mexico - the last of these being a particular forte for the group. The team has an especially strong record in debt offerings, including investment grade and high yield matters, with deals often valued at in excess of $1bn. It represents a multitude of issuers and underwriters. The firm has a longstanding presence in Sao Paulo from where Filipe Areno continues to advise on numerous debt offerings in Brazil and other Latin American markets.
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Key clients
- Banco BTG Pactual
- Banco BTG Pactual Chile
- Bimbo Bakeries USA
- Central Térmica Roca
- El Puerto de Liverpool
- Generación Mediterránea
- GP-ActIII Acquisition Corp
- Morgan Stanley
- Secured International Finance Company
- Transportadora de Gas del Sur
Work highlights
Represented Bimbo Bakeries USA in its $1.25bn Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of senior notes comprised of the reopening of $450m of 6.05% senior notes (due 2029) and the new issuance of $800m 5.375% senior notes (due 2036).
Represented the initial purchasers in a $1bn Rule 144A/Reg. S high-yield offering of senior notes by El Puerto de Liverpool.
Represented the underwriters in Cosan Luxembourg’s $600m Rule 144A/Reg. S high-yield offering of 7.250% senior unsecured notes (due 2031).
Practice head
Alejandro González Lazzeri; Paola Lozano