IFLR Americas Awards 2024: shortlist revealed

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IFLR Americas Awards 2024: shortlist revealed

IFLR Americas Awards 2024 Shortlist Announced

The finalists for the Americas awards 2024 are revealed - winners will be presented in New York on May 15

In the 25th year since IFLR Awards began, IFLR is delighted to reveal the finalists for the IFLR Americas Awards 2024.

All the winning deals, firms, lawyers and in-house teams will be presented at the awards ceremony, to be held at the JW Marriott Essex House, New York, on May 15.

To find out more and to book your place at the awards, please contact Emily Kyriacou.

The winners of the non-shortlisted categories, including Rising Star Lawyers and In-House Market Maker Awards, will also be announced on the night, as will the 2024 recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award and Outstanding Contribution to Regulatory Reform Award.

IFLR's awards are unique in the market for focusing on legal innovation through dealmaking and celebrating work that improves the cross-border investment environment. The full methodology can be found in our Awards Summary.

The law firms listed on each of the shortlisted deals below are based on preliminary research. If your firm advised on one of the deals, but is not listed, please contact James Wilson.

Congratulations to all of those shortlisted!

DEALS OF THE YEAR

  • Debt and equity-linked

    Atvos-Mubadala Capital debentures
    Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Banco de Bogotá sustainable bonds
    A&O Shearman
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    DLA Piper Martínez Beltrán
    Emmet Marvin & Martin
    Gómez-Pinzón
    CGC – Dow convertible notes
    A&O Shearman
    Bomchil
    Escalona & De Fuentes
    Pérez Alati Grondona Benites & Arntsen
    FEMSA – Heineken exchangeable bonds
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Linklaters
    NautaDutilh
    Ritch Mueller y Nicolau
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Natura tender offers and consent solicitations
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Trench Rossi e Watanabe Advogados
    White & Case
    Republic of Chile HKSE-listed catastrophe-linked notes
    Sidley & Austin
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    Republic of Costa Rica sovereign issuance
    BLP
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Republic of Peru exchange and tender offer
    A&O Shearman
    Hernández & Cía
    Paul Hastings
    Rubio Leguia Normand
  • Equity

    Almacenes Éxito ADRs and BDRs
    Brigard Urrutia
    Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
    White & Case
    Ambipar Response de-SPAC with HPX Corp
    A&O Shearman
    Greenberg Traurig
    Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    COPEL privatization
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Lefosse Advogados
    Stocche Forbes Advogados
    Diagnósticos da América follow-on
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr and Quiroga Advogados
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Oddity Tech IPO
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co
    Herzog Fox & Neeman
    Latham & Watkins
    Sendas Distribuidora secondary offering
    Lefosse Advogados
    Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    White & Case
    SharkNinja IPO
    Clifford Chance
    Maples Group
    Paul Hastings
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Vesta IPO
    Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Ritch Mueller y Nicolau
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
  • High yield

    Azul senior secured issuance
    A&O Shearman
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Holland & Knight
    K&L Gates
    Pinheiro Guimarães
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Bausch + Lomb senior secured notes
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Stikeman Elliott
    CEMEX green subordinated notes
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Galicia Abogados
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Liberty Costa Rica
    Allen & Overy
    Appleby
    BLP
    Baker McKenzie
    Consortium Legal
    Maples Group
    Ropes & Gray
  • Loan

    Aligned Data Centers / ODATA financing
    Mijares Angoitia Cortés y Fuente
    Paul Hastings
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Proskauer Rose
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Stocche Forbes Advogados
    Vinson & Elkins
    Apollo / Univar Solutions LBO financing
    Cahill Gordon & Reindel
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
    EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure green financing
    Ballard Spahr
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Milbank
    Withey Morris Baugh
    Empresas Publicas de Medellin sustainability-linked loan
    Cuatrecasas
    Mayer Brown
    Mosquera Abogados
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Finastra Group refinancing
    Arendt & Medernach
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Goodmans
    Kirkland & Ellis
    K&L Gates
    Lawson Lundell
    Maples Group
    McCarthy Tétrault
    NautaDutilh
    Walkers
    Pemex and PMI refinancing
    A&L Goodbody
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Ritch Mueller y Nicolau
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Sabesp – IDB Invest and Proparco
    Cescon Barrieu
    Clifford Chance
    Mattos Filho
    White & Case
    Sonnedix / Arcadia Generación financing
    Guerrero Olivos
    Morales & Besa
    Milbank
    White & Case
  • M&A

    Agrokasa / Grupo HAME
    Canovas Law
    Consortium Legal
    Estudio Muñiz - Muñiz Olaya Meléndez Castro Ono & Herrera Abogados
    Paul Hastings
    Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
    Aligned Data Centres / Odata Group
    Brigard Urrutia
    Carey
    Claro y Cía
    CMS Carey & Allende
    Cuatrecasas
    Demarest
    Gómez Pinzón Abogados
    Guyer & Regules
    Mijares Angoitia Cortés y Fuente
    Paul Hastings
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Posse Herrera Ruiz
    Proskauer Rose
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Stocche Forbes Advogados
    Vinson & Elkins
    Allkem – Livent merger
    Allende & Brea
    Allens
    Beccar Varela
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Fasken
    King & Wood Mallesons
    Sidley Austin
    Bunge – Viterra merger
    Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle Abogados
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Homburger
    Latham & Watkins
    Mayer Brown
    Mitrani Caballero & Ruiz Moreno
    Tauil & Chequer Advogados associated with Mayer Brown
    Lavoro – TPB Acquisition Corporation I combination
    Cooley
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    TozziniFreire Advogados
    Roche / Telavant
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    SD Biosensor and SJL Partners / Meridian Bioscience
    Jones Day
    Paul Hastings
    Vinci / Entrevias
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
    Mattos FIlho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr E Quiroga Advogados
  • Private equity

    Advent International and British Columbia Investment Management Corp / Maxar Technologies
    Covington & Burling
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Milbank
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    Centerbridge Partners, ADIA, BCI and Wells Fargo strategic partnership
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
    Dechert
    Proskauer Rose
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    General Atlantic and Dragoneer Investment Group / Arco
    BMA Advogados
    Carey Olsen
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Lobo de Rizzo Advogados
    Maples Group
    Mattos Filho
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Ropes & Gray
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Walkers
    GIC and Oak Street / STORE Capital Corporation
    DLA Piper
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Kutak Rock
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    FEMSA, Kelso & Company and Warburg Pincus / BradyPLUS
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Debevoise & Plimpton
    Kirkland & Ellis
    KKR / PangeaCo
    Claro & Cía
    Estudio Echecopar member firm of Baker McKenzie International
    Latham & Watkins
    Rebaza Alcázar & De Las Casas
    Rodrigo Elías & Medrano Adogados
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
  • Project finance

    Águas do Rio blocks 1 and 4
    Clifford Chance
    Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr E Quiroga Advogados
    Stocche Forbes Advogados
    White & Case
    Cosco Shipping Ports Chancay Perú
    A&O Shearman
    Appleby
    Garrigues Peru
    Holman Fenwick Willan
    Mayer Brown
    Payet Rey Cauvi Perez Abogados
    Rebaza Alcázar & De Las Casas
    E-Buses Chile
    A&O Shearman
    Barros & Errázuriz
    Carey
    Winston & Strawn
    Feijão wind project
    A&O Shearman
    Dias Carneiro Advogados
    Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
    Mattos Filho
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Veirano Advogados
    White & Case
    Mendubim Solar Power Project
    A&O Shearman
    Dias Carneiro
    Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Veirano Advogados
    White & Case
    Puerto Rico Toll Roads monetization
    Adsuar Muñiz Goyco Seda & Perez-Ochoa
    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
    McConnell Valdés
    O’Melveny
    Pietrantoni Mendez & Alvarez
    Winston & Strawn
    Sal de Vida
    A&O Shearman
    Allende & Brea
    Herbert Smith Freehills
    Mitrani Caballero & Ruiz Moreno
    Stikeman Elliot
    Topolobampo Ammonia plant
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Galicia Abogados
    Gonzalez Calvillo
    Holland & Knight
    Milbank
  • Restructuring

    Americanas
    BMA Advogados
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Hogan Lovells
    Mattos FIlho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr E Quiroga Advogados
    Pinheiro Guimarães
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Stocche Forbes Advogados
    Azul Linhas Aereas
    A&O Shearman
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Clifford Chance
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Holland & Knight
    Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
    Milbank
    Padis Mattar Advogados
    Pinheiro Guimarães
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Vedder Price
    White & Case
    Cinépolis
    Creel Garcia-Cuellar Aiza y Enriquez
    Galicia Abogados
    Garrigues
    Milbank
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Uría Menéndez
    LoyaltyOne
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
    Bennett Jones
    Bordon Ladner Gervais
    Cassels Brock & Blackwell
    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
    Goodmans
    Haynes and Boone
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    Torys
    Revlon
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
    Brown Rudnick
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Kelley Drye & Warren
    Kobre & Kim
    Latham & Watkins
    Morgan Lewis & Bockius
    Paul Hastings
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Quinn Emanuel
    Wachtell Lipton
    Samarco
    BMA Advogados
    Cescon Barrieu
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Ferro Castro Daltro e Gomide Advogados
    Galdino & Coelho Pimenta Takemi Ayoub Advogados
    Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Padis Mattar Advogados
    Pinheiro Guimaraes
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Procópio de Carvalho Advogados
    Resende Ribeiro & Reis LawFirm
    Sergio Bermudes Advogados
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    Tolentino Advogados
    Vilas Boas Lopes Frattari Advogados
    Silicon Valley Bridge Bank
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
    Cole Schotz
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Seward & Kissel
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    White & Case
    Voyager Digital
    Blake Cassels & Graydon
    Fasken
    Harneys
    Kirkland & Ellis
    McDermott Will & Emory
    Paul Hastings
    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
  • Securitization and structured finance

    Apollo / Credit Suisse Securitized Products Group financing
    Morgan Lewis & Bockius
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Sidley Austin
    Bayport Colombia – Nomura Libranzas
    DLA Piper Martínez Beltrán
    Mayer Brown
    BlackRock DLF IX-L
    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
    Milbank
    Chile Electricity Lux MPC
    A&O Shearman
    Claro & Cía
    Clifford Chance
    Guerrero Olivos
    Hinckley Allen
    Kunstmann Spiess
    Morales & Besa
    White & Case
    Ellington Spanish mortgage loan securitization
    Allen & Gledhill
    Mayer Brown
    Kirkland & Ellis
    JCP Direct Lending CLO 2023-1
    Appleby
    Latham & Watkins
    Milbank
    New Mountain Capital rated notes feeder
    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
    Chapman & Cutler
    Milbank
    Schulte Roth + Zabel
    Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett
    Opea Securitizadora Agribusiness Receivables Certificates
    Clifford Chance
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados

TEAMS OF THE YEAR

  • Debt and equity-linked

    Allen & Overy
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Paul Hastings
    Shearman & Sterling
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    White & Case
  • CFIUS

    Covington & Burling
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    King & Spalding
    Milbank
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    White & Case
  • Equity

    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Latham & Watkins
    Paul Hastings
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    White & Case
  • Financial Services Regulatory

    Cleary Gottlieb Hamilton & Steen
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Sullivan & Cromwell
  • High yield

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Shearman & Sterling
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
  • Loans

    Cahill Gordon & Reindel
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Mayer Brown
    Milbank
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
  • M&A

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Paul Hastings
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
  • Private equity

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Proskauer Rose
    Ropes & Gray
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

    Weil Gotshal & Manges
  • Project finance

    Allen & Overy
    Clifford Chance
    Herbert Smith Freehills
    Milbank
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Shearman & Sterling
    White & Case
    Winston & Strawn
  • Restructuring

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Milbank
    Paul Hastings
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    White & Case
  • Securitization and structured finance

    A&O Shearman
    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
    Mayer Brown
    Milbank
    Morgan Lewis & Bockius
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Sidley Austin

IN-HOUSE TEAMS OF THE YEAR

  • In-house Debt Team of the Year: Investment Banking

    BBVA
    Citi
    Bank of America
    Goldman Sachs
    HSBC
    JP Morgan
    Santander
    Société Générale
  • In-house Equity Team of the Year: Investment Banking

    Bank of America
    Barclays
    Citi
    Goldman Sachs
    JP Morgan
    Morgan Stanley
    UBS
  • In-house Team of the Year

    Apollo
    Centerbridge
    General Atlantic
    Gerdau
    Grupo Éxito
    IDB Invest
    IFC

SPECIALIST AWARDS

  • Financial Services Regulatory - Regional

    Claro & Cia
    CMS Rodríguez-Azuero
    Nicholson y Cano
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    TozziniFreire Advogados
    White & Case SC
  • Net-zero Transition Award

    BLP
    Bruchou & Funes de Rioja
    Carey
    Eversheds Sutherland
    Nader Hayaux & Goebel
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Shearman & Sterling
  • Tech Innovation Award

    Athena generative AI assistant – Troutman Pepper, Microsoft, Framework Consulting
    ECIJA Tech Vendor Risk Automation – ECIJA
    Gun Jumping Avoidance Digital Tool – Miranda & Amado, Intercorp
    Project JK – Hogan Lovells, Kira Systems
    Side Letter Management Tool – Torys
    ThinkFuture (TMF) – TozziniFreire
  • Digital Finance - Regional

    Baker Mckenzie Toronto
    Ballard Spahr
    Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    White & Case SC
  • Diversity Champion

    Alejandro Isaac Beas – Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez
    Anna Tavares de Mello – Trench Rossi Watanabe
    Carlos González – Morgan & Morgan
    Ines Baca – Estudio Echecopar member firm of Baker & McKenzie International
    Katherine Tapley – Norton Rose Fulbright
    Renê Medrado – Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Vanessa Franyutti – Nader Hayaux & Goebel
  • IFLR Dealmakers Hall of Fame

    Cynthia Urda Kassis – Shearman & Sterling
    Daniel Bartfeld – Milbank
    Dolly Mirchandani – White & Case
    Jorge Juantorena – Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Matt Abbott – Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Robert Leung – Paul Hastings
    Talbert Navia – Winston & Strawn
    William Aaronson – Davis Polk & Wardwell

LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR

  • International Law Firm

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Milbank
    Paul Hastings
    Shearman & Sterling
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    White & Case

NATIONAL LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR

NATIONAL LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR
  • Argentina

    Allende & Brea
    Beccar Varela
    Bomchil
    Bruchou & Funes de Rioja
    Marval O'Farrell Mairal
    Mitrani Caballero & Ruiz Moreno
  • Canada

    Goodmans
    Fasken
    Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
    Stikeman Elliott
    Torys
  • Central America

    Arias
    BLP
    Consortium Legal
  • Colombia

    Brigard Urrutia
    DLA Piper Martínez Beltrán
    Gómez-Pinzón Abogados
    Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uria
    Posse Herrera Ruiz
  • Chile

    Barros & Errázuriz
    Carey
    Claro y Cia
    Guerrero Olivos
    Morales & Besa
  • Costa Rica

    Arias
    BLP
    Consortium Legal
    ECIJA
  • Panama

    Alemán Cordero Galindo & Lee
    Arias
    Arias Fabrega & Fabrega
    Morgan & Morgan
  • Paraguay

    BKM | Berkemeyer
    Estudio Jurídico Gross Brown
    Ferrere
  • Brazil - Finance

    Cescon Barrieu
    Dias Carneiro Advogados
    Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
    Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr e Quiroga
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Stocche Forbes Advogado
  • Brazil - Capital Markets

    Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
    Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr and Quiroga Advogados
    Pinheiro Guimarães
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Stocche Forbes Advogados
    Trench Rossi e Watanabe
  • Brazil - Corporate

    BMA Advogados
    Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
    Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr & Quiroga Advogados
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Stocche Forbes Advogados
    TozziniFreire Advogados
  • Dominican Republic

    Headrick Rizik Alvarez & Fernández
    OMG
    Pellerano Nadal Law & Consulting
    Squire Patton Boggs
  • Ecuador

    Bustamante Fabara
    Pérez Bustamante & Ponce
  • Mexico

    Creel García-Cuéllar Aiza y Enríquez
    Galicia Abogados
    Mijares Angoitia Cortés y Fuente
    Nader Hayaux & Goebel
    Ritch Mueller y Nicolau
    White & Case SC
  • Peru

    Estudio Echecopar Member of Baker McKenzie International
    Hernández & Cía
    Garrigues Peru
    Miranda & Amado
    Payet Rey Cauvi Perez Abogados
    Rebaza Alcazar & De Las Casas
    Rodrigo Elías & Medrano Adogados
  • Uruguay

    Ferrere
    Guyer & Regules
    Posadas
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