The DLA Piper Latin America team provides full-service legal advice to national and multinational companies with interests and operations throughout the region. Our approach, to advise clients comprehensively, combines local knowledge with the resources of DLA Piper's global platform.
With over 450 lawyers practicing throughout Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Puerto Rico, in addition to our US-based cross-border attorneys, our teams frequently work with our professionals throughout the LatAm region, Iberian Peninsula, and around the globe.
Several of our lawyers were born, raised and educated in the region and are fluent in Spanish and/or Portuguese. Many of them have also practiced law in both the United States and Latin America and are intimately familiar with the civil law systems and the cultural and legal nuances necessary to do business successfully in the region.
Our strategic relationships throughout Latin America enable us to provide our clients with practical and meaningful legal advice. DLA Piper's global platform, with over 90 offices in more than 40 countries, allows us to serve all of our clients' legal needs, both for those based in Latin America and those wishing to do business there.
The United States, specifically New York and Florida, have deep economic and cultural ties to Latin America. Our U.S.-based team of Latin American professionals regularly acts as lead counsel on a wide range of cross-border matters in Latin America, ranging from complex capital markets, finance and M&A matters to public-private partnerships and market entry and establishment matters.
ECIJA
Though ECIJA’s Puerto Rico office wasn’t opened in San Juan until 2019, the firm has over 20 years of experience in the global market.
Focusses/specialisms
The firm is active in the practice areas of finance, M&A, project finance, project development and real estate.
On the finance side of the project space, the firm represent private equity firms as financiers and lender. In development, the firm represents developers and project companies on major public infrastructure deals pertaining chiefly to energy and infrastructure.
The firm’s real estate practice attends to a combination of residential and commercial development deals.
Key clients
Among the firm’s key clients are Acruva Capital Partners, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, Hispanic Housing Development Corporation, The Michaels Organizations, New Fortress Energy and Progressive AE.
Client feedback: 32nd edition (2022/2023)
Banking and finance
“Great knowledge of our business and the regulatory updates we need to serve our clients.”
Private equity
“Very knowledgeable and extremely professional.”
McConnell Valdés
The McConnell Valdés team has represented clients from its San Juan Office since 1946. The firm recently extended its reach beyond the Caribbean, opening a Miami location.
Focusses/specialisms
The firm is regarded for its activity in finance, M&A, project development and finance, real estate and several other areas.
Key clients
Key firm clients include Bank of America, Capital One, Citibank, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Oriental Bank.
Client feedback: 32nd edition (2022/2023)
Banking
“In-depth analysis, quick responses and always makes themselves available.”
Insolvency
“They provide superb legal services and provide enough depth to assist clients in complex situations at the local and US Federal level. And although their services are comparable to large, US-based firms, their fees are much more reasonable.”
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