MercadoLibre in $750 Million Offering

Cleary Gottlieb represented MercadoLibre Inc. (MercadoLibre) in an SEC-registered offering of $750 million 4.9% notes due 2033, which were guaranteed by certain of the company’s subsidiaries.

The notes offering launched on December 2, 2025, priced on December 4, 2025, and is expected to settle on December 9, 2025. The notes will be listed on the Nasdaq Bond Exchange.

The proceeds of the notes will fund general corporate purposes.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC acted as joint global coordinators and lead bookrunning managers. Allen & Company LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., BofA Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. 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. Mercado Libre’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 capital markets team included partners Francesca Odell and Duane McLaughlin, and associates Natalia Rezai, Aditi Thakur, and Eli Wallach, with assistance from law clerk Amanda Pareja. Partner Matthew Brigham and associate Nathaniel Pribil advised on tax matters, with assistance from law clerk Reina Kim. Associate Ben Rosenblum advised on Investment Company Act matters. Partners Chase Kaniecki and Samuel Chang advised on sanctions matters.