MercadoLibre in $1 Billion Offering

Cleary Gottlieb represented MercadoLibre Inc. (MercadoLibre) in an SEC-registered offering of $1 billion 5.85% notes due 2036, which were guaranteed by certain of the company’s subsidiaries.

The notes offering launched on September 8, 2026, priced on September 9, 2026, and is expected to settle on September 14, 2026. The notes will be listed on the Nasdaq Bond Market.

The proceeds of the notes will fund general corporate purposes.

BofA Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC acted as joint global coordinators and lead bookrunning managers. Allen & Company LLC and Santander US Capital Markets LLC acted as joint bookrunning managers.

MercadoLibre is the leading online commerce and fintech ecosystem in Latin America. Its e-commerce platform is the leader in the region based on gross merchandise volume, and its fintech platform is the leader in monthly active users among fintech companies in Mexico, Argentina, and Chile, and the second largest in Brazil. MercadoLibre’s e-commerce platform is present in 18 countries (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, and El Salvador), and its fintech platform, Mercado Pago, is present in eight countries (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, and Ecuador). MercadoLibre’s ecosystem provides consumers and merchants with a complete portfolio of services to enable buying and selling online and the processing of payments online and offline, as well as offering a wide array of simple day-to-day financial services.

The Cleary corporate team included partners Francesca Odell, Duane McLaughlin, and Synne Chapman, and associates Jose Eduardo Coronado Castro, Aditi Thakur, and Lara Gomez Tomei. Partner Matt Brigham and associate Nathaniel Pribil advised on tax matters, with assistance from law clerk Reina Kim. Partner Amber Phillips and associate James Gordy advised on Investment Company Act matters.