Latin America

Hughes Hubbard & Reed’s Latin America practice serves as a bridge between the business and legal systems of Latin America and other countries. The team’s knowledge, experience and in-depth understanding of the nuances of Latin American businesses, culture and legal regimes allow us to offer innovative solutions that help clients achieve their business goals. The team is comprised of multilingual attorneys, many of whom were either born in the region or have lived there.

We represent Latin American clients doing business in the United States and around the world, as well as multinational corporations and financial institutions doing business in Latin America. Our Latin America practice brings together lawyers in Miami, New York, Washington DC and other offices across the firm’s global platform, to advise clients in connection with cross-border transactions throughout the region.

Through our strategic cooperation agreement with Saud Advogados, a Brazilian law firm based in Rio de Janeiro, we are able to provide clients with global and Brazilian law capabilities. The firm has also developed close relationships with leading law firms throughout Latin America.

The Latin America practice offers a wide range of legal services, including:

• general corporate 
• bank financing and regulation
• capital markets offerings and compliance
• corporate governance
• anti-corruption and compliance (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act)
• mergers and acquisitions
• joint ventures and other strategic alliances
• financial restructurings
• structured and trade finance
• commercial transactions
• intellectual property
• international arbitration and litigation
• international trade and regulation
• project finance
• private equity investments
• real estate transactions
• tax

Our clients are involved in a broad range of industries, including: financial services; mining and natural resources; telecommunications and media; energy, including electric power, natural gas and petroleum; infrastructure construction, including toll roads and water works; consumer products; and real estate.