Latin America

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 A leader and pioneer in Latin America since the 1980's, Chadbourne & Parke LLP is one of a select few U.S. law firms ranked by 2010 Chambers Latin America for its work across multiple disciplines, including Corporate/M&A, Capital Markets, Banking and Finance, Projects and International Arbitration. We combine our attorneys' local expertise with the support of our 12 international offices, to provide seamless global service.

Chadbourne uniquely combines its legal excellence with entrepreneurship and sound business advice. Our forward-thinking approach has contributed to the rapid growth of our practice alongside the development of Latin American economies, and we are deeply committed to the region as we plan for future expansion.

Practice group highlights include:

• 12 partners focused exclusively in Latin America, including the former president of the Mexican Bar Association, a former principal of a private equity firm, a former partner at one of largest litigation law firms in Argentina, and a former attorney at the Solicitor General's Office in Buenos Aires.
• 8 lawyers ranked as "Leaders in Their Field" by 2010 Chambers Latin America,
• Private teams focused on the following disciplines:  

Capital Markets Private Equity Project Finance Structured Finance

Litigation and Arbitration Bankruptcy and Restructuring Insurance and Reinsurance Products Liability

• Experience in many of the region's major industries, including:

agriculture alternative Energy communications construction consumer products energy

finance food and beverage mining and metals oil and gas real estate technology transportation

Awards and Achievements

• 2010 Latin Finance Deal of the Year - Best Quasi-Sovereign Bond. Chadbourne represented J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Barclays Capital Inc. as initial purchasers in a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $1.5 billion 10-year notes issued, by Ecopetrol S.A., a state-owned oil and gas company.
• 2008 Euromoney Deal of the Year—"Best Borrower for 2008." Chadbourne represented Empresa de Energía de Bogotá on the largest corporate deal ever made by a Columbian issuer.
• Financial Times-Mergermarket 2008 "M&A Deal of the Year for Argentina." Chadbourne represented Compania Naviera Horamar on a combination with Navios South American Logistics.
• 2010 Chambers Latin America selected eight Chadbourne attorneys as leaders in their Latin American specialties, including in Corporate/M&A, Capital Markets, Banking and Finance, Projects and International Arbitration.

A selection of Chadbourne’s signature representations in Latin America follows:

• Only issuance by a Latin American company of 100-year bonds
• Three of the largest cross-border tender offers in the past decade
• First takeover/tender offer of a U.S. registered and listed Venezuelan company
• First ADR-driven proxy contest relating to control of a Latin American company
• First Brazilian utility to be listed on the U.S. Stock Exchange
• Largest industrial energy project in South America
• Local bond offerings credit enhanced by U.S. financial insurers
• Designed political risk product in Latin America for OPIC’s participation in award-winning transaction
• First Latin American real estate company to be listed on a U.S. stock exchange
• First Latin American agricultural company to be listed on a U.S. stock exchange
• First registered rights offering by a Latin American issuer
• First U.S. prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing for a Latin American company with no operations in the U.S.
• Largest industrial energy joint venture project in South America
• Largest arbitration in Mexico

Representative Experience