Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP‘s Miami office is central to its Latin America M&A practice. The Miami-based team has a background in banking and financial institutions deals, including inbound transactions into the US. The group advised Promerica Financial Corporation in connection with the acquisition of three separate banking businesses, including a branch of an international financial institution located in Central America, a bank in Central America and a bank in South America. It is also noted for its work in the digital infrastructure and subsea fibre optic cable systems sectors. The group is increasingly active in advising private equity funds and family offices, along with multilateral agencies, in relation to their investments in Latin America. Chairman of the Latin American and Iberian practice group, Fernando Alonso is a recognised specialist in Latin America M&A, having advised on a multitude of headline deals over the years, particularly banking and financial institutions transactions. Uriel Mendieta has a wide-ranging M&A practice, which includes digital infrastructure deals and investments by key client, IDB Invest, the multilateral development bank. Counsel Gabriel Lopez is another Latin America M&A specialist. All named individuals are based in Miami. Fernando Margarit and counsel Brittany Buhler left the firm in May 2025.
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Key clients
- Prival Bank
- Graham Software Development
- Corporacion Multi Inversiones
- Servicio di Telecomunicacion di Aruba (SETAR)
- Sucro Limited
- Telconet
- Ocean Networks
- Banco Santander
- Mondelez International
- Promerica Financial Corporation
- Finaccess Capital
Work highlights
Advised Sucro Limited on its sale of subordinated voting shares to Beta San Miguel, one of the largest sugar refiners in Mexico by volume and sales.
Assisted Promerica Financial Corporation in connection with the acquisition of three separate banking businesses, which involved a branch of an international financial institution located in Central America, and banks in both Central America and South America.
Advised two members of the CELIA (Caribbean Elite Alliance) consortium, SETAR and the Antigua Public Utilities Authority, on the construction of a new high-capacity express cable.
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Practice head
Fernando Alonso
Other key lawyers
Uriel Mendieta; Gabriel Lopez