Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP

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For over 180 years, Curtis has represented Latin American clients as well as foreign clients doing business in Latin America. Our Latin America practice is among the largest of any international law firm and has a long-standing history of helping clients achieve successful results in transactions and disputes.

Curtis attorneys advise clients on international arbitration, cross-border and domestic transactions, equity and debt offerings, project finance and infrastructure, privatisations, intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, investment management and venture capital.

Our clients include governmental entities and private sector companies in a range of industries, including commodities (oil and gas, metals, minerals and water), energy, industrial and consumer products, agriculture and food products, telecommunications, transportation, finance, media and tourism.

Our Latin America practice group operates from the firm’s Mexico City, Buenos Aires, New York, Houston, Washington, DC and European offices. Each of our offices routinely draws upon the firm’s international network to provide full-service representation to our Latin American clients and international clients doing business in the region.

Main international areas of practice

International arbitration: The firm has been ranked as one of the top in the world for international arbitration. The firm has been retained to handle many of the world’s largest and most significant disputes. Curtis attorneys are highly experienced in all aspects of international arbitration involving public and private entities. Curtis is well-known for acting on behalf of states, state-owned entities and international organisations both in disputes and non-contentious matters.

Infrastructure development and project finance: Curtis has been involved in several of the largest infrastructure development and finance transactions in the region. In particular, the firm has played a leading role in major project development and finance transactions in the petroleum and power industries in Latin America.

Energy and power: Curtis offers extensive experience in matters relating to the international petroleum and power industries, mostly representing states and national oil companies. Curtis has been involved in some of the world’s largest energy transactions. Curtis also represents clients in renewable energy market segments.

Finance: Curtis attorneys handle debt and equity finance issues, including structured and asset-backed lending, issuances and placements in the public and private securities markets, the bilateral and syndicated bank market, and other institutional capital markets.

Restructuring and insolvency: Curtis represents clients in reorganisations, structured financings, distressed trades, asset and stock sales, and acquisitions.

Investment management: Curtis provides advice on all legal aspects of professional investment management, including the structuring, implementation and ongoing maintenance of investment funds, particularly private equity funds, hedge funds and sovereign wealth funds.

Capital markets: Curtis counsels issuers, investment banks, private equity funds and strategic shareholders through all stages of the capital-raising process, from advice on the most appropriate listing venue through to the preparation of listing and offering documentation and negotiation of all key contractual documents.

Mergers and acquisitions: Curtis has represented private and public companies as well as private equity firms, hedge funds, governments and state-owned companies in a broad range of mergers and acquisitions. The firm’s teams handle transnational acquisitions and dispositions involving entities and assets in multiple countries. Curtis also counsels clients on joint ventures, strategic alliances, long-term supply contracts and other commercial agreements and associations.

Private equity and venture capital: Curtis structures and advises on private equity transactions around the world dealing with numerous regulatory, tax and other issues posed by cross-border transactions.

International investment: Curtis is uniquely positioned to help Latin American companies take advantage of the business opportunities presented in the US and other jurisdictions. Curtis offers a multidisciplinary group of lawyers with backgrounds in commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, import and export, intellectual property and tax to tailor and implement strategies that enable clients to achieve their global business goals.

International tax: Curtis offers clients sophisticated tax counsel in high-profile transactions and disputes, as well as more traditional deals for private investors, international funds and public and private companies. Curtis has developed particular expertise in cross-border tax planning.

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