Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP handles a mix of Latin America-related M&A and financial sponsor transactions. The firm has advised on a series of global deals involving Latin America and continues to represent a number of private equity funds and other financial sponsors on their investments and disposals in the region. It has also landed a number of headline restructuring engagements. While New York is central to its Latin America work, it has multiple offices that work on deals connected to the region, including London, Paris and Frankfurt. Among numerous headline deals, it acted as US counsel to Telefônica Cloud e Tecnologia do Brasil, a subsidiary of Telefonica Brasil, on its acquisition of IPNET. It also advised CMA CGM Group on its $1bn+ acquisition of an approximately 48% stake in Santos Brasil Participações, from funds managed by Opportunity. New York-based Anna Martini Pereira is chair of the Latin America group, and is admitted to practise in Brazil and New York.