Cleary Gottlieb Leads LatinFinance Awards With Landmark 13th ‘Law Firm of the Year’ Win and Honors for 10 Deals of the Year

January 30, 2026

Cleary Gottlieb has been named “Law Firm of the Year” in Latin America by LatinFinance for a remarkable 13th time—an unprecedented achievement within the industry.

“This is a truly exceptional accomplishment that showcases our firm’s outstanding capabilities,” said Latin America Practice Group Leader Jorge Juantorena. “We are extremely proud to receive this prestigious honor and grateful to LatinFinance for recognizing the extraordinary trust our clients place in us to guide them through the most complex and high-stakes corporate and sovereign transactions.”

LatinFinance honored Cleary at its annual Deals of the Year Awards, where an impressive 10 of the firm’s matters and clients received recognition—more than any law firm: 

  • Quasi-Sovereign High-Grade Bond of the Year (Codelco $1.5 billion dual-tranche 10-year and 30-year notes offering)
  • Quasi-Sovereign Liability Management Deal of the Year (Pemex $9.9 billion capped tender offer) 
  • Sovereign Bond of the Year (United Mexican States $8.5 billion triple-tranche senior notes)
  • Financing Innovation of the Year (United Mexican States $12 billion P-Caps notes due 2030)
  • Sovereign Issuer of the Year (United Mexican States)
  • Corporate Restructuring of the Year (Unifin restructuring and exit Financing)
  • Equity Follow-On of the Year (Grupo Financiero Galicia $636 million follow-on)
  • Honorable Mention: Banorte $1.5 billion Tier 1 capital notes issuance 
  • Honorable Mention: Tiendas 3B $593 million equity follow-on
  • Honorable Mention: YPF $1.1 billion 2034 bond issuance

The awards topped a series of accolades the firm earned last year for its groundbreaking work in the region, including:

  • Latin America Practice of the Year at Global Restructuring Review’s GRR Awards
  • Most Popular International Law Firm Advising Latin America’s 100 Largest Banks by Latin American Corporate Counsel Association 
  • International Elite by Latin Lawyer
  • Top International Law Firm in Latin America by Latinvex
  • Top 5 Law Firms in Latin America by Latin American Corporate Counsel Association 
  • Banking and Finance Deal of the Year at the Legal 500 Mexico Awards
  • Digital Infrastructure/Telecoms Financing of the Year at LatinFinance’s Project & Infrastructure Finance Awards
  • Banking & Finance Deal of the Year and Restructuring Deal of the Year at Latin Lawyer’s Deal of the Year Awards 
  • The only top-tier firm in three categories (Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, and Corporate/M&A) for the 17th year in a row by Chambers Latin America
  • The most Hall of Fame Lawyers ranked in Legal 500 Latin America
  • The highest number of partners featured in Latinvex’s Top 100 Female Lawyers

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