A Recognized Leader in Latin America
White & Case is home to one of the world's leading Latin American law practices with an established presence in Mexico City, Monterrey and São Paulo. Our offices in the region work seamlessly with our teams in Miami, New York and international trade, arbitration and antitrust practices in Washington, DC. We deliver both business and legal insight in many specialized areas including capital markets, infrastructure and project finance, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and structured financing to meet our clients' most demanding needs.

Our lawyers in Mexico and São Paulo have deep relationships with local business leaders, financial institutions and regulatory officials, and work closely with our bilingual teams in New York, Miami and Washington, DC to advise sovereign governments, global financial institutions and multinationals on the most complex cross-border transactions.

Our Distinguished Record Says It All
Recent accolades and accomplishments in Latin America include:

• Best Project Finance Deal of the Year, Latin Finance, 2006
  
• Best Restructuring Transaction Deal of the Year, Latin Finance, 2006
  
• Best Corporate Bond Deal of the Year, Latin Finance, 2006
  
• Corporate Finance Deal of the Year, Latin Lawyer, 2006
  
• M&A Deal of the Year, IFLR Americas, 2006
  
• Restructuring Deal of the Year, IFLR Americas, 2006
  
• Project Finance Team of the Year, IFLR Americas, 2006
  
• Latin American Power Deal of the Year, Project Finance, 2006

Our Highly Integrated Offices Set Us Apart
Major companies and financial institutions worldwide turn to us for counsel to benefit from our long track record structuring emerging market financings and other complex cross-border transactions. Our offices, particularly the following centers, communicate effectively via our bilingual English, Portuguese and Spanish-speaking lawyers. Benefit from our:

• On-the-ground strong local presence in Mexico. PLC Which Lawyer? (2006 Yearbook) ranked White & Case among the top two law practices in Mexico. Our offices in Mexico City, established in 1991, and Monterrey, Mexico's prosperous northern industrial center, are known for their capital markets, M&A and project finance capabilities, local relationships, knowledge of local and international laws, premier clientele, and seamless integration with our capital markets team in New York.
• Presence in São Paulo, the world's fastest growing city and center of business and finance activity in Brazil, where for nearly a decade we have been advising clients on complex financings, debt restructurings, intellectual property, litigation, tax and transfer pricing matters;
• Extensive acquisition finance, M&A, privatization and project finance capabilities in our Miami office, a hub to our Latin American practice that includes more than 90 lawyers;
• Highly experienced capital markets, M&A, project finance, acquisition finance and structured finance teams in our New York office, the heart of our capital markets practice, which includes nearly 400 lawyers; and
• More than 120 lawyers in Washington, DC, including former leaders in US federal government, who work with our Latin American Practice clients in the areas of international arbitration and litigation, and advise on complex policy, regulatory, project finance and many other matters.

Multiple Practices
We advise clients in many areas of law including capital markets/securities, energy, infrastructure and project finance, corporate transactions/mergers and acquisitions, private equity, leveraged banking and finance, privatizations, international trade, international arbitration and many other areas.

Leading Latin American Companies Rely on Us
In addition to underwriters and other global financial institutions, we represent multi-national companies and investors worldwide investing or doing business in Latin America, and companies in Latin America trading with the US and elsewhere. Latin American clients include: Sabesp, Braskem S.A., Consorcio Comex, Consorcio Odebrecht, Grupo Posadas and Votorantim Participacões S.A.

For More Information
Whether a client is seeking to raise capital, buy a company or finance a project, our experience and knowledge of local and international laws provide us with the insight to effectively advise on how to smoothly implement transactions with precision and speed. Click on the "Practices" and "Offices" links at the top of this page to learn more about the capabilities of our many practices and offices, respectively. For information about recent key representative client transactions, follow the link below:

Representative Client Transactions