Hughes Hubbard Highly Recommended in Latin Lawyer 250 for Fifth Consecutive Year

Firm recognized among the leading international law firms active in Latin America.

Highlights

Ranked as Highly Recommended in the Latin Lawyer 250 for the fifth year in a row,
Recognized for strengths in Latin America in banking and finance, arbitration, and anti-corruption investigations and compliance, including major cross-border financings for Bladex and Suzano.
Highlighted for representing Panama, Colombia and Peru in significant investor-state disputes, as well as high-profile investigations and compliance matters across the region.

Hughes Hubbard has been recognized as Highly Recommended in the Latin Lawyer 250 for 2027, the fifth consecutive year the firm has earned this distinction.

The guide highlighted Hughes Hubbard’s active Latin America practice, noting the firm’s strengths in banking and finance, arbitration, and anti-corruption investigations and compliance.

Latin Lawyer noted Hughes Hubbard’s representation of Bladex in a credit facility supporting Grupo Estrella’s acquisition of Cemex’s operations in Panama as well as its role advising a group of more than 20 lenders on a $1.775 billion export prepayment revolving credit facility for Brazilian paper and pulp company Suzano.

The publication also highlighted Hughes Hubbard’s commercial and investor-state arbitration capabilities, including its representation of Panama in multiple arbitrations arising from the closure of the Cobre Panamá mine, such as multibillion-dollar ICSID claims brought by First Quantum Minerals and other claimants. The guide further noted the firm’s representation of Colombia in an ICSID arbitration related to policy changes affecting a major gold-mining project and attorneys’ representation of Peru in parallel commercial and treaty proceedings brought by the Renco Group concerning environmental remediation obligations and the collapse of a metallurgical complex.

For anti-corruption investigations and compliance, Latin Lawyer recognized the firm’s representation of the restructuring committee of GOL Airlines on investigative issues arising from the company’s Chapter 11 proceedings. In addition, the guide noted the firm’s representation of the founder of a major Mexican technology company in an internal investigation involving allegations of bribery, fraud and conflicts of interest.

Andrés Berry, Diego Durán de la Vega, Gaela Gehring Flores, Emilio Saiz and John Townsend were all recognized for their work in the region.