IFLR is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2020 Americas Awards. Below you will find the full list of deal, team, national and international firm of the year finalists.
The 2020 IFLR Americas Awards recognises the most legally innovative cross-border transactions that closed in 2019 across the Americas, and the teams and firms behind the deals. Our full criteria and methodology can be found here.
Winners will be announced on May 14.
We will not be holding a physical awards ceremony this year. IFLR will announce winners online and offer a virtual awards series of programmes that will explore and profile the work covered in the awards. To find out more please contact Alexandra Strick: alexandra.strick@euromoneyny.com
This shortlist below is based on preliminary research. If your team advised on one of these deals but has not been listed please contact the awards editor, James Wilson: james.wilson@legalmediagroup.com
DEALS OF THE YEAR
Debt and equity-linked
Banco Pichincha green bond
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Ferrere
Profilegal Abogados
Blockstack Reg A+ offering
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Gol exchangeable bonds
Cescon Barrieu Flesch & Barreto Advogados
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Milbank
NautaDutilh Luxembourg
Morgan Stanley SOFR-linked notes
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Sidley Austin
OPAIN private placement
Brigard Urrutia
Garrigues
Mayer Brown
Paul Hastings
Petrobras exchange offer
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Hogan Lovells
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Shearman & Sterling
Republic of Chile sovereign green bonds
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Morales & Besa
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
Shearman & Sterling
Tesla convertible notes and stock offer
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Equity
Afya IPO
Cescon Barrieu Flesch & Barreto Advogados
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Lobo de Rizzo Advogados
Maples Group
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Avantor IPO
Ropes & Gray
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
BR Distribuidora privatisation
Davis Polk & Wardwel
Lefosse Advogados
Linklaters
Pinheiro Guimarães Advogados
Cencosud Shopping IPO
Carey
García Sayán Abogados
Milbank
Morales & Besa
Shearman & Sterling
Genmab IPO
Bech-Bruun
Kromann Reumert
Latham & Watkins
Shearman & Sterling
Jumia IPO
Cravath Swaine & Moore
Hengeler Mueller
Jones Day
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Noerr
Sullivan & Cromwell
White & Case
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Sundial Growers IPO
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Shearman & Sterling
Torys
XP Inc
Barbosa Müssnich & Aragão
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Lefosse Advogados
Maples Group
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Trindade Advogados
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
High yield
Aluar Aluminio Argentino
Alston & Bird
Bomchil
Linklaters
Marval O’Farrell Mairal
Braskem Idesa project refinancing
Milbank
Paul Hastings
Brookfield Business Partners / Johnson Controls Power Solutions Business financing
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Latham & Watkins
McCarthy Tétrault
Torys
Crédito Real bond and liability management
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Jones Day
Millicom International Cellular / Telefonica Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama financing
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Hogan Lovells
Latham & Watkins
Loyens & Loeff Luxembourg
TPHL - Petrotrin refinancing
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Paul Hastings
Loans
Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
Bomchil
Estudio Beccar Varela
Greenberg Traurig
Hinckley Allen & Snyder
Linklaters
Marval O’Farrell Mairal
Casas Javer
Creel García-Cuellar Aiza y Enriquez
Mijares Angoitia Cortes y Fuentes
Paul Hastings
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Engie and CDPQ / TAG financing
Clifford Chance
Jones Day
Lobo de Rizzo Advogados
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Stikeman Elliott
Stocche Forbes Advogados
White & Case
Fibra Uno RCF
Holland & Knight
Paul Hastings
Gondi
Latham & Watkins
Mijares Angoitia Cortés y Fuentes
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Nader Hayaux y Goebel
Ritch Mueller Heather y Nicolau
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Klabin financing
Clifford Chance
Dias Carneiro Advogados
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
McDermott International rescue financing
Arias Fábrega & Fábrega
Baker Botts
Bennett Jones
Blake Cassels & Graydon
Bracewell
Cornejo Méndez González y Duarte
Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enriquez
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Haynesworth Sinkler Boyd
Jones Walker
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
McInnes Cooper
Mourant Ozannes
Rose Law Firm
Tauil & Chequer Advogados - Mayer Brown
Walkers
Pemex refinancings
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Ritch Mueller Heather y Nicolau
Shearman & Sterling
M&A
Banco Santander / Banco Santander México
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Ritch Mueller Heather y Nicolau
Uría Menéndez Abogados
China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) / Atlantic Energias Renováveis
Azevedo Sette Advogados
Clifford Chance
Eversheds Sutherland
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
CJ CheilJedang / Schwan’s Co
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
Shin & Kim
Engie and Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec / Transportadora Associada de Gás
Barbosa Mussnich Aragão
Jones Day
Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
Schmidt Valois Miranda Ferreira Agel
Stocche Forbes Advogados
Tauil & Chequer Advogados - Mayer Brown
Groupe Casino / Grupo Pao de Acucar
Brigard Urrutia
Cabinet Bompoint
DLA Piper Martinez Beltrán
Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
Posse Herrera Ruiz
Souza Mello e Torres
Zancan Almeida e Silva Advogados
Hasbro / Entertainment One
Cravath Swaine & Moore
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Fried Frank
Mayer Brown
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Stikeman Elliott
Indorama Ventures, DAK Americas and Far Eastern New Century / M&G Chemicals US PET plants
Baker Botts
Duane Morris
Jones Day
Lowenstein Sandler
Milbank
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Merck / Versum
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Sullivan & Cromwell
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
Private equity
Advent International Corporation / Prisma
Baker McKenzie
Bourel & Paris-Laplace Abogados
Covington & Burling
Estudio Beccar Varela
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Tanoira Cassagne Abogados
Asterion Industrial Partners / Telefónica’s data centres
Barros & Errázuriz
Carey
Clifford Chance
Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enriquez
Holland & Knight
Linklaters
Mitrani Caballero
Rebaza
Rodrigo Elias & Medrano
Uría Menéndez
Blackstone / Dream Global REIT
Arendt & Medernach
Binder Grösswang
Blake Cassels & Graydon
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
Elvinger Hoss Prussen
Hengeler Mueller
Goodmans
Greenberg Traurig
Loyens & Loeff
Ogier
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Walkers
Brookfield Infrastructure and GIC / Genesee & Wyoming
Addleshaw Goodard
Allens Clark Hill
Gilbert + Tobin
Macfarlanes
McCarthy Tétrault
Sidley Austin
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Steptoe & Johnson
Stikeman Elliott
Sullivan & Cromwell
Torys
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
White & Case
CVC Capital Partners / Cosan Lubrificantes
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Jacobs Holdings / North American Dental Group
Bar & Karrer
DLA Piper
Peter Klein
Ropes & Gray
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
SoftBank / Rappi
Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Vista Oil & Gas, Riverstone and Southern Cross / Aleph
Bruchou Fernández Madero & Lombardi
Mayer Brown
Mitrani Caballero & Ruiz Moreno
Nicholson y Cano
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Vinson & Elkins
Project finance
AES Mex Genco-2019 refinancing
Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enriquez
Galicia Abogados
Maples Group
Norton Rose Fulbright
Paul Hastings
BW Magna FSRU
Cescon Barrieu Flesch & Barreto Advogados
Watson Farley & Williams
FRV (El Potrero)
Norton Rose Fulbright
Paul Hastings
Ferrocarril Central
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Ferrere
Jiménez de Aréchaga Viana & Brause
Fruta del Norte
Blake Cassels & Graydon
Bustamente & Bustamente
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
Lexim Abogados
Milbank
Norton Rose Fulbright
Pérez Bustamente & Ponce
Shearman & Sterling
Stikeman Elliott
GNA - Gás Natural Açu
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Milbank
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Shearman & Sterling
Souza Mello e Torres Advogados
Itapoá Port
Allen & Overy
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Norton Rose Fulbright
Tozzini Freire Advogados
Rutas 2 and 7 toll roads
BKM Berkemeyer
Clifford Chance
Gross Brown
White & Case
Restructuring
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Holland & Knight
Kirkland & Ellis
Kobre & Kim
Loeb & Loeb
Milbank
Norton Rose Fulbright
Ropes & Gray
Vedder Price
White & Case
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Constellation Oil Services
Barbosa Mussnich Aragão
Cascione Pulino Boulos Advogados
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Debevoise & Plimpton
Dechert
E Munhoz Advogados
Galdino & Coelho Advogados
Holland & Knight
Kirkland & Ellis
Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
Maples Group
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga
Milbank
Norton Rose Fulbright
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Pryor Cashman
RESOR
Stocche Forbes Advogados
Sullivan & Cromwell
Tapia Linares & Alfaro
Walkers
Watson Farley & Williams
White & Case
Deluxe Entertainment
Chapman & Cutler
Clayton Utz
Cravath Swaine & Moore
Kirkland & Ellis
Norton Rose Fulbright
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
Maxcom Telecomunicaciones
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
Paul Hastings
Oceanair Linhas Aéreas
Barbosa Mussnich e Aragão
Clifford Chance
Lefosse Advogados
Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
Pinheiro Guimarães Advogados
Pinheiro Neto AdvogadosQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Thomaz Bastos Waisberg e Kurzweil Advogados
Queiroz Galvão Group
Appleby
Barbosa Mussnich Aragão
Bichara Advogados
E Munhoz Advogados
Icaza González-Ruiz & Alemán
Machado Meyer Sendacz Opice Advogados
Miranda & Associados
Padis Advogados
Pelllegrini & Cia
Pinheiro Guimarães Advogados
Rosman Penalva Souza Leão Franco Vale Advogados
Tauil & Chequer Advogados - Mayer Brown
TWK Advogados
Syncreon Group
Blake Cassels & Graydon
Jones Day
Loyens & Loeff
Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Weatherford International
A&L Goodbody
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Arthur Cox
Dillon Eustace
Eversheds Sutherland
Latham & Watkins
Matheson
Moses & Singer
Proskauer Rose
Ropes & Gray
Shearman & Sterling
William Fry
Structured finance and securitisation
Banco Guayaquil securitisation
Dentons
Ferrere
Hogan Lovells
Maples Group
Mayer Brown
KKR Reign I
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Latham & Watkins
Maples Group
Mercado Libre warehouse financing
Hogan Lovells
Mayer Brown
Paul Hastings
OPIC - responsAbility Financial Inclusion Investments 2019 DAC
Latham & Watkins
Mayer Brown
Paul Hastings
PAX Gold
Sidley Austin
Raisa Energy oil and gas wells securitisation
Kirkland & Ellis
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Republic of Argentina financing
Bruchou Fernández Madero & Lombardi
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Shearman & Sterling
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
TEAMS OF THE YEAR
Debt and equity-linked
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Mayer Brown
Paul Hastings
Shearman & Sterling
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Equity
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Milbank
Shearman & Sterling
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Sullivan & Cromwell
Financial services regulatory
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Covington & Burling
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Sullivan & Cromwell
High yield
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Latham & Watkins
Milbank
Paul Hastings
Shearman & Sterling
Loans
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Jones Day
Latham & Watkins
Paul Hastings
Shearman & Sterling
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
White & Case
M&A
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Debevoise & Plimpton
Jones Day
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Sullivan & Cromwell
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Watchtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
White & Case
Private equity
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Kirkland & Ellis
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Ropes & Gray
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
White & Case
Project finance
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Milbank
Norton Rose Fulbright
Paul Hastings
Shearman & Sterling
White & Case
Restructuring
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
Weil Gotshal & Manges
White & Case
Structured finance and securitisation
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Hogan Lovells
Latham & Watkins
Mayer Brown
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Shearman & Sterling
Sidley Austin
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR
Americas firm of the year
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Paul Hastings
Shearman & Sterling
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
White & Case
IN-HOUSE TEAMS OF THE YEAR
In-house debt
Banco Santander
BNP Paribas
Citigroup
Goldman Sachs
HSBC
Morgan Stanley
In-house equity
BofA Securities
Citigroup Global Markets
Credit Suisse
Goldman Sachs & Co
JP Morgan
Morgan Stanley
XP Investimentos
NATIONAL LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR
Argentina
Bruchou Fernández Madero & Lombardi
Estudio Beccar Varela
Marval O’Farrell Mairal
Mitrani Caballero & Ruiz Moreno
Nicholson y Cano
Brazil
Banking and finance
Dias Carneiro Advogados
Lobo de Rizzo Advogados
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Stocche Forbes Advogados
Capital markets
Barbosa Müssnich & Aragão
Cescon Barrieu Flesch & Barreto Advogados
Lefosse Advogados
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Pinheiro Guimarães Advogados
Corporate
Barbosa Müssnich & Aragão
Machado Meyer Sendacz Opice Advogados
Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Stocche Forbes Advogados
NB: There is no shortlist for Brazil firm of the year. The overall winner will be announced when winners are revealed
Canada
Blake Cassels & Graydon
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
McCarthy Tétrault
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Stikeman Elliott
Torys
Central America (excluding Panama)
Aguilar Castillo Love
Arias
BLP
Consortium Legal
Garcia & Bodan
Mayora & Mayora
Chile
Barros & Errázuriz
Carey
Claro & Cía
Morales & Besa
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
Colombia
Brigard Urrutia
DLA Piper Martinez Beltrán
Gómez Pinzón Abogados
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
Posse Herrera Ruiz
Costa Rica
Arias
BLP
Consortium Legal
Dentons Muñoz
Dominican Republic
Headrick Rizik Alvarez & Fernandez
OMG
Pellerano & Herrera
Mexico
Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enriquez
Galicia Abogados
Holland & Knight
Mijares Angoitia Cortes y Fuentes
Nader Hayaux y Goebel
Ritch Mueller Heather y Nicolau
Panama
Alemán Cordero Galindo & Lee
Arias Fabrega & Fabrega
Galindo Arias & Lopez
Icaza González-Ruiz & Alemán
Peru
Estudio Echecopar Baker McKenzie
Garrigues
Miranda & Amado
Payet Rey Cauvi & Pérez Abogados
Rodrigo Elias & Medrano
Rubio Leguia Normand
Uruguay
Ferrere
Guyer & Regules
Jiménez de Aréchaga Viana & Brause
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