Morgan Lewis Recognized in The Legal 500 Latin America 2023 Guide

NEW YORK, October 25, 2022: Morgan Lewis has earned four practice rankings and eight lawyers have been recommended in The Legal 500 Latin America 2023 guide. The Legal 500 cited the Latin America practice’s strengths in corporate lending, restructuring, and securitization. The firm’s Latin America capabilities were also recognized for direct lending and fintech, as well as a healthy track-record in power and renewables deals, including project acquisitions and headway in the energy transition, with growth into new markets this year.

PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS (LATIN AMERICA: INTERNATIONAL FIRMS)

• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets
• Corporate and M&A
• Projects and Energy

RECOMMENDED LAWYERS (LATIN AMERICA: INTERNATIONAL FIRMS)

• Felipe Alice: Banking and Finance; Corporate and M&A; Projects and Energy
• Carter Brod: Capital Markets
• Juan-Pablo “John” Crespo: Banking and Finance; Corporate and M&A; Projects and Energy
• Thomas C. Mellor: Banking and Finance; Corporate and M&A; Projects and Energy
• Humberto Padilla Gonzalez: Banking and Finance; Corporate and M&A; Projects and Energy
• Daniel I. Papermaster: Capital Markets
• Ulises R. Pin: Corporate and M&A; Projects and Energy
• Michael J. Reilly: Capital Markets

The Legal 500 Latin America provides a review of more than 600 commercial law firms in 19 key regional jurisdictions. Research for the annual guide includes an extensive client and peer review process, with recommendations from more than 10,000 lawyers and 250,000 client references who identify and rank the particular strengths and capabilities of law firms and lawyers who practice in Latin America.