Winston & Strawn LLP‘s Houston team frequently joins forces with the firm’s Miami and New York offices to handle a wide range of corporate and international arbitration mandates involving Latin American jurisdictions. Among other key figures in the practice are infrastructure and projects global disputes chair Laurens Wilkes, who joined the firm from Jones Day in March 2024, and has extensive experience in international arbitration; Imad Khan, who was promoted to the partnership in January 2024, and is well versed in investment treaty and international commercial arbitration (as well as the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards); and Rodolfo Herrara-Moro, who is admitted to practise in Mexico and as a foreign legal consultant in Houston, with a strong background in representing Latin America-based clients in arbitration and litigation. Houston managing partner Mike Blankenship, who also co-chairs the capital markets practice, is another name to note.
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Key clients
- Banco San Juan International, Inc.
- Camma Commercial Group (Grupo Calleja)
- Millicom International Cellular
Work highlights
Advising Banco San Juan Internacional, Inc. in connection with its recognition and enforcement of two UK judgments in the United States against Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) and PDVSA Petroleo regarding payments due under two credit agreements.
Advised Millicom International Cellular S.A. in an agreement with SBA Communications Corporation to sell and leaseback a tower portfolio of approximately 7,000 towers in Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, El Salvador and Nicaragua for approximately $975m.
Advised Grupo Calleja of El Salvador in connection with its significant, transformative acquisition of Almacenes Éxito, a Colombian retail company with over 2,606 stores in Colombia and South America.
Practice head
Mike Blankenship; Talbert Navia
Other key lawyers
Laurens Wilkes; Louis Savage; Imad Khan; Michael Murphy; Rodolfo Herrara-Moro