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Proskauer Rose LLP‘s Latin America practice is largely located in New York and São Paulo. It has demonstrated a longstanding commitment to the region, including deals in the mining and metals, financial services, energy and natural resources, forestry & paper, life sciences, real estate, technology and telecoms sectors. The New York office has worked on a series of headline and high-value deals, including advising Jaime Gilinski on his contentious bid for a majority interest in Grupo Nutresa, Colombia’s largest food maker. The São Paulo office features a number of native Portuguese speakers and long-term residents (including both UK and New York qualified lawyers), with the team making further headway in private equity and venture capital transactions, along with fund formation engagements. In New York, veteran regional specialist Carlos Martinez leads the Latin America group and can draw on more than 35 years’ transactional experience. Also in New York, Daniel Ganitsky is global co-head of the private equity and M&A group, and a key member of the Latin America team. São Paulo’s Fábio Yamada is noted for fund formation and investments in private investment funds and buy-side secondary transactions. Since publication, Carlos Martinez has retired.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Over the years we have made a significant number of acquisitions, working with Carlos Martinez on all of them. Carlos is extremely practical, which is very important in an M&A transaction. He never stops seeing the forest for the trees. Carlos is also an excellent negotiator. Reasonable and kind generally, and tough when he has to be. He is also an excellent strategist.' 

  • ‘They have extensive knowledge of the issues, the market and the client, which allows them to be very efficient, direct and timely.'

  • ‘Carlos Martinez - Very practical and direct.'

  • ‘Proskauer Rose is a very reputable firm in terms of legal services. Every time we have had to have them in front, or on the other side, their interventions have been excellent, with a lot of depth and analysis, and with great market vision.'

  • ‘Daniel Ganitsky - there is no doubt that if he is not the best, he is one of the best M&A lawyers of his generation. Proactive, pro-business, sophisticated, immediate responses, a leader and great negotiator. As I have said before, he is the person you always want to have next to you at a table. Carlos Martínez - highly recognised lawyer, with excellent reaction capacity and immediate responses.'

Key clients

  • GCM Mining Corporation
  • Gilinski Group
  • Patria Investments
  • ASA Investments
  • BRZ Investimentos
  • BBDTVM
  • 7CC
  • Vox Capital
  • Fourth Sail
  • Lumina Capital Management

Work highlights

Advised GCM Mining Corporation, a Canadian gold mining company with operations and interests primarily in Colombia and Guyana, on its merger with Aris Gold Corporation, a Canadian gold company with operations in Colombia.
Advised longtime client Jaime Gilinski on his contentious bid for a majority interest in Grupo Nutresa, Colombia’s largest food maker.
Advised Patria Investments on the sale of its portfolio company ODATA to Aligned Data Centers.

Practice head

Carlos Martinez; Antonio Piccirillo