Cleary Gottlieb Earns 10 LatinFinance Deal of the Year Honors

2019 was another outstanding year for Cleary’s Latin America practice.

Last night, the annual LatinFinance Deal of the Year Awards recognized 10 of the firm’s matters and clients, more than for any other law firm. Our highlights include:

• Corporate High-Grade Bond of the Year (Grupo Bimbo)
• Sovereign Liability Management of the Year (Mexico)
• Syndicated Loan of the Year (Pemex)
• Restructuring of the Year (Mexico City Airport Trust)
• Domestic M&A Deal of the Year (Suzano’s acquisition of Fibria)
• Equity Follow-On of the Year (MercadoLibre)
• Corporate Liability Management of the Year (Petrobras)
• Quasi-Sovereign Bond of the Year (Pemex)
• Sovereign Issuer of the Year (Chile)
• Corporate Issuer of the Year (América Móvil)

The LatinFinance awards capped another remarkable year for Cleary’s Latin America practice, which earned recognition from across the business and legal press for its work in the region. Highlights include:

• Named Top Firm in Latin America for the fourth year in a row by Latinvex
• Named Top International Firm in Latin America for the seventh year in a row by Latin American Corporate Counsel Association
• The only top-tier firm in three categories (Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate/M&A) for the 11th year in a row by Chambers Latin America
• Named Financial Services Regulatory Team of the Year by IFLR
• Winner of Debt and Equity-Linked Deal of the Year (Mexican Ministry of Finance and MEXCAT tender offers and consent solicitations) by IFLR
• Winner of Impact Deal of the Year (Suzano’s acquisition of Fibria) by International Tax Review
• Winner of Infrastructure Financing of the Year: Caribbean (financing for the Caucedo Port Terminal in the Dominican Republic) by LatinFinance
• Winner of Restructuring Deal of the Year (Oi’s $20 billion restructuring) by IFLR and Latin Lawyer

Learn more about Cleary’s award-winning Latin America practice here.