Holland & Knight's Latin America Practice Named "Highly Recommended" by Latin Lawyer 250
MIAMI (September 13, 2024) – Holland & Knight is once again recognized as one of Latin America's leading law firms worldwide, with highly recommended practices in the U.S., Mexico and Colombia, in the latest edition of Latin Lawyer 250. The Latin Lawyer 250 is the result of more than 25 years of intensive research by Latin Lawyer's research team and includes input from corporate counsel. Overall, 39 Holland & Knight lawyers are mentioned for their legal skills.
According to the guide, Holland & Knight's strategic lateral hires in its Miami, New York and Washington, D.C. offices “built out its core offering” and “have helped it land a considerable amount of cross-border financing mandates in Latin America.” The guide highlighted Holland & Knight’s offices in Latin America and its Latin America Practice adding, “unlike others in this market, the firm boasts local offices in two of the region’s largest economies – Colombia and Mexico – which together with the broader regional offering from its U.S. bases, give the firm a well-regarded standing in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), banking, capital markets, energy and disputes resolution.”
International
Holland & Knight's Latin America Practice, led by Roberto Pupo and J. Raul Cosio, is noted internationally for its work in the areas of arbitration, banking and finance, capital markets, corporate and M&A, and litigation. The guide describes Holland & Knight's Miami office as “traditionally the heart of Holland & Knight’s Latin America team” as it “continues to concentrate on corporate and M&A work as well as international arbitration.” The guide also noted that “the firm also appears regularly on transactions outside the countries where it has local offices, including Argentina, Brazil and Central America.”
Lawyers mentioned: Alexandra Aguirre, Peter Baumgaertner, Gabriel Caballero, Jose Casal, Enrique Conde, J. Raul Cosio, Maria Currier, Jesús Cuza, Stephen Double, Andres Fernandez, Alex Gonzalez, Adolfo Jiménez, Marisa Marinelli, George Mencio, Roberto Pupo, Norberto Quintana, Jose Sirven, Aymee Valdivia and José Antonio Vázquez Cobo.
Mexico
The guide notes that Holland & Knight's Mexico office, led by Luis Rubio Barnetche, “has spent the past decade successfully consolidating its local offering through a combination of mergers, lateral hires and promotions.” The guide also highlights Holland & Knight’s growth citing, “in recent years the firm added prominent senior lawyers from other local firms, strengthening both transactional and non-transactional practice groups – corporate, trade, compliance, environmental and tax.” The Mexico team received accolades for its work in banking and finance, capital markets, corporate and M&A, energy, real estate and tourism, telecoms and media, and trade.
Lawyers mentioned: Alejandro Landa Thierry, Octavio Lecona, Humberto Morales Barrón, Jaime Israel Moreno Treviño, Carlos Ochoa Valenzuela, Gerardo Prado Hernández, Oscar Alejandro Quiroz-Chávez, Turenna Ramírez Ortiz, Luis Rubio Barnetche, Gabriel Ruiz Rocha and Guillermo Uribe Lara.
Colombia
According to the guide, Holland & Knight's Bogotá office, led by Enrique Gómez-Pinzón, “benefits from untapped access to big-ticket cross-border mandates, which allow lawyers to demonstrate their market-leading skills in its corporate and M&A group and its banking and finance arm.” The guide also notes that the office “has established a strong name for its transactional offering, which has proved particularly popular for clients looking for assistance with energy and environment-related deals.” Overall, the office is noted for its work in arbitration, banking and finance, corporate and M&A, energy, environment, intellectual property, labor, litigation, tax, and environmental, social and governance.
Lawyers mentioned: Diego Acevedo Gámez, Juan Casallas, Camilo Cuervo Díaz, Camilo Gantiva Hidalgo, Enrique Gómez-Pinzón, José Gutierrez, Danilo Romero Raad, Juan Carlos Valencia Marquez and José Vicente Zapata.