DLA Piper LLP (US)

DLA Piper LLP (US)'s rapid expansion of its Latin America team in the region itself and across the US offices, is paying real dividends. With Latin America-based practitioners frequently teaming up with colleagues in the US, it now represents an impressive number of private equity-backed sponsors, along with other multinational project sponsors and corporates. The firm’s growing US-based team is building the wider Latin America group’s standing with commercial banks, private lenders and MLAs. With its presence in Puerto Rico and a large contingent of Puerto Rican practitioners, it has developed a close connection to LUMA Energy, resulting in a large number of engagements, including the P3 transaction for the management and operation of the transmission and distribution system of the state-owned electric utility. The team is also a growing force in the Dominican Republic, where it has worked on a series of projects as well as a number of energy and infrastructure M&A transactions. New York-based Margarita Oliva Sainz de Aja is co-leader of the US-Latam finance practice and has a strong background in project finance for multilateral agencies, ECAs, commercial banks and sponsors. Located in New York and Miami, Robert da Silva Ashley is co-leader of the US-Latam finance, energy, infrastructure and P3 groups, and is widely recognised for his experience in renewable energy and infrastructure projects. San Juan’s Miriam Figueroa is pivotal to the firm’s work in Puerto Rico infrastructure projects, power purchase agreements and public-private partnerships.