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Firm Details:
Chief Executive Officer: Brian L Duffy
Co-Chairs of the Latin America Practice: José Raz Guzmán, Marc M Rossell, Antonio Peña
Firm Overview:
Greenberg Traurig, LLP has more than 2650 attorneys in 47 locations in the United States, Europe and the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. The firm is a 2022 BTI “Highly Recommended Law Firm” for superior client service and is consistently among the top firms on theAm LawGlobal 100 andNLJ500. Greenberg Traurig is Mansfield Rule 5.0 Certified Plus by The Diversity Lab.The firm is recognized for powering its U.S. offices with 100% renewable energy as certified by the Center for Resource Solutions Green-e® Energy program and is amember of the U.S. EPA’s Green Power Partnership Program.The firm is known for its philanthropic giving, innovation, diversity, and pro bono.
Web: www.gtlaw.com.
Greenberg Traurig’s award-winning Latin America Practice draws on resources from our offices in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, New York, Washington D.C., and elsewhere around the world, bringing together a multidisciplinary team of more than 120 lawyers to help clients identify and capitalize on business opportunities in Latin America, the Iberian Peninsula, and the Caribbean. Since the founding of the firm, Greenberg Traurig has been inextricably linked to Latin America and has represented many of the family enterprises that are today among Latin America’s largest companies. By addressing real-world problems for clients on a regular basis, our team has developed a breadth of experience in Latin America that sets us apart.
Offices:
Albany, Amsterdam, Atlanta, Austin, Berlin, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Delaware, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Las Vegas, London, Long Island, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, Milan, Minneapolis, New Jersey, New York, Northern Virginia, Orange County, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tallahassee, Tampa, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Warsaw, Washington, DC, West Palm Beach, Westchester County.
Practice Highlights & Industry Sectors:
Leveraging decades of experience, GT's team has worked on some of the region’s most important deals and transactions in nearly every Latin American and Caribbean jurisdiction across a broad range of industries, including: agribusiness, airlines, financial institutions & insurance, food & beverage, healthcare, infrastructure, manufacturing & heavy industries, real estate, telecom & media, among others.
The firm's Latin America team works closely with attorneys across all of its practice groups, including the corporate, M&A, capital markets, banking & finance, regulatory & compliance, energy & infrastructure, restructuring & bankruptcy, immigration & compliance, and international arbitration & litigation teams.
Main Areas of Practice:
Mergers, Acquisitions & Corporate:
GT advises Latin American, US, and multinational public and private clients on strategic merger and acquisition transactions, including joint ventures, asset dispositions, and purchases, spin-offs, going-private transactions, and related acquisition financing facilities.
Private Equity & Venture Capital:
GT represents venture capital and private equity firms, fund sponsors, registered investment companies, and investment advisers in connection with fund creation, capital formation, portfolio management, capital raising, and corporate transactions throughout Mexico and Latin America.
Capital Markets:
GT advises issuers, initial purchasers, underwriters and placement agents on IPOs, follow-on offerings, and high-yield debt offerings, and in structured securities (CKDs, CERPIs, and FIBRAs). The capital markets attorneys have been involved in notable offerings out of Mexico and Latin America.
Banking & Finance:
GT advises domestic and international banks, financial institutions, hedge funds, private equity sponsors and borrowers in virtually every type of lending transactions, including acquisition and recapitalisation financings, cross-border financings, credit facilities, leverage finance matters, asset-based financing, mezzanine financing among other loan agreements.
Energy & Infrastructure:
GT provides full-cycle counsel to Latin American and other international infrastructure and energy clients doing business in Latin America and the region, from turn-key project development and redevelopment to financing, implementation, and operation and maintenance with experience representing clients in public-private partnership transactions (PPP).
Real Estate:
GT's award-winning real estate practice represents developers, investors, financial institutions, and others in the sale, purchase, financing, and development of retail, land, office, residential, industrial, mixed-use resorts, and hospitality properties. Attorneys advise their clients in a wide range of real estate development financing and corporate structures, as well as leases, restructurings, and workouts.
International Trade:
The team counsels clients on trade policies, remedies, negotiations, disputes, trade agreements, antitrust matters, and US embargo regulations.
White-Collar Defence & Compliance Investigations:
GT’s multidisciplinary team has extensive experience designing and implementing global corporations’ anti-corruption compliance programs based on international laws and standards, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Attorneys conduct risk assessments, advise on financial controls, audits, and investigations.
Technology, Media & Telecommunications:
GT advises technology, telecommunications, internet, e-commerce, and electronic media companies on a broad spectrum of business transactions and other legal and regulatory issues, guiding them through the business growth cycle for a variety of technologies.
Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity:
The team develops strategies to address privacy, data security, and information management issues including privacy audits, policies and procedures, compliance with privacy and data security laws and industry standards, record retention/electronic discovery, cross-border data transfer, data breach readiness, and response.
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- Miami333 SE 2nd Avenue Suite 4400 , Miami, Florida, USA, FL 33131
- Web: www.gtlaw.com
- Tel: +1 305 579 0500
- Fax: +1 305 579 0717
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- Mexico CityAv. Paseo de la Refoma 265, P.H. 1, Col. Cuauhtemoc, Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico, 06500View ranked office
- Washington, DC2101 L Street, N.W., Suite 1000, Washington, DC, District of Columbia, USA, 20037View ranked office
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Greenberg Traurig Adds Capital Markets Shareholder Fritz Ernemann in London
Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its global Capital Markets capabilities with the addition of Fritz Ernemann as a shareholder in London. Ernemann, who joins from Latham & Watkins where he was a partner, is the London office’s ninth new shareholder this year.
Greenberg Traurig Continues West Coast Expansion of Corporate Practice with John Cleary
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP added John P. Cleary to its Corporate Practice in San Diego. He joins the firm from Procopio, where he was the leader of the firm’s corporate and transactional practice.
Greenberg Traurig Expands California Real Estate Practice, Adds Ankush R. Israni in Los Angeles
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues the strategic expansion of its Real Estate Practice in California with the addition of Ankush R. Israni as a shareholder in its Los Angeles office. Israni joins the firm from Jones Day.
Greenberg Traurig Strengthens Private Equity and Health Care Practices with Stephan Rau
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig continues to strengthen its Private Equity and Health Care practices with the addition of renowned Private Equity and M&A lawyer Stephan Rau as shareholder.
Piotr Nerwinski joins Greenberg Traurig as head of the Project and Structured Finance Practice
In another strategic expansion aimed at solidifying its market prominence in Poland, Greenberg Traurig is pleased to announce that Piotr Nerwiński joins the firm’s Warsaw office with his specialized team of six lawyers.
Greenberg Traurig Expands Financial Regulatory & Compliance Practice with Jera L. Bradshaw
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to grow its Financial Regulatory & Compliance Practice to meet client demand with the addition of Shareholder Jera L. Bradshaw in the firm’s Dallas office.
Greenberg Traurig Expands in Milan with Addition of Renowned Banking, Finance and Restructuring Lawy
Greenberg Traurig Santa Maria continues to grow in Milan with the addition of a three-partners strong team led by Riccardo Agostinelli, a leader in the banking and finance sector.
Greenberg Traurig Adds Top Tier International Arbitration Lawyer Nassif BouMalhab in UAE Location
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig further expands its International Arbitration & Litigation Practice with the addition of Nassif BouMalhab as a shareholder in the firm’s United Arab Emirates location (UAE).
Greenberg Traurig Continues M&A and Private Equity Growth with Antitrust Shareholder in D.C.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added Justin P. Hedge as a shareholder in the Antitrust Litigation & Competition Regulation Practice, resident in the Washington, D.C., office.
Greenberg Traurig Amsterdam Expands Tax Practice with 4 New Colleagues
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Amsterdam office welcomes four new lawyers, with Partner Wesley Boldewijn, Senior Associates Aukje Strik and Thomas de Booij, and Associate Alexander van Rijckevorsel van Kessel joining the Tax Practice from Dentons.
Greenberg Traurig Enhances London Tax Practice with Appointment of Alex Tostevin
After years of building world-class Private Equity, Corporate/M&A, Real Estate, and related Tax practices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America, Greenberg Traurig, LLP adds Alex Tostevin as a Tax shareholder focusing on these areas in Greenberg Traurig's London offic
Greenberg Traurig Increases Bandwidth in Telecommunications Sector with Three Shareholder Team in D.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP expanded its Technology, Media and Telecommunications Practice with the addition of three shareholders in Washington, D.C., from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
Greenberg Traurig Bolsters Competition Offering with Fifth London Shareholder Hire This Month
Greenberg Traurig, LLP has enhanced its Global Competition Regulation capabilities with the addition of Manish Das as a shareholder in the firm’s London office. Das is the fifth new shareholder appointment in London this month, and the second within the London Corporate Practice.
Greenberg Traurig Expands International Arbitration Offering with Trio of London Shareholders
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its International Arbitration Practice in London with the appointment of three new shareholders, Jason Hambury, Gurmukh Riyat, and Clea Bigelow-Nuttall, from Pinsent Masons.
Greenberg Traurig Doubles Size of San Diego Office
Firm Significantly Expands Private Wealth Services Practice Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP significantly expanded its San Diego footprint, including five attorneys and two paralegals, who joined the firm’s Private Wealth Services Practice from Withers LLP.
Greenberg Traurig Adds Top Philanthropy Lawyer Erika Mayshar as Chair
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP expands its Tax-Exempt Organizations & Philanthropy Practice with Shareholder Erika Mayshar, who will chair the group. She will be based in the firm’s Orange County and Los Angeles offices.
World Renowned Banking and Financial Restructuring Team Joins Greenberg Traurig
Leading banking, finance, and restructuring lawyer Kalyan “Kal” Das joined Greenberg Traurig, LLP along with Sharan Calay and Andrew Silverstein. They join from Seward & Kissel, where Das has spent over three decades and was head of its Global Bank and Institutional Finance & Restructuring Practice.
Greenberg Traurig Continues to Strengthen Energy Project Finance Capabilities with Addition of Noah
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP added Noah Pollak as a new key member of the firm’s growing Energy Project Finance & Development Practice.
Greenberg Traurig Expands Corporate Practice in Atlanta
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP expanded its Corporate Practice in Atlanta with the addition of Toni N. Brown as of counsel.
Greenberg Traurig Adds Veteran Banking Attorney to its Financial Regulatory & Compliance Practice
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP expands its Financial Regulatory & Compliance capabilities with the addition of Mark D. Shaffer as a shareholder in the New York office.
Leading State and Local Tax Attorney Nikki Dobay Joins Greenberg Traurig
Greenberg Traurig, LLP expanded its State and Local Tax (SALT) and Government Law & Policy Practices with the addition of Nikki E. Dobay as shareholder in the Portland, Oregon, and Sacramento offices.
Greenberg Traurig Adds Premier Israeli Corporate Team in New York and Tel Aviv
Strategically Grows Firm's Leading Israeli Practice and Strengthens Link Between Israeli Business and Its Clients Worldwide. Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP added four Corporate shareholders in its growing New York and Tel Aviv offices, all from McDermott.
Greenberg Traurig Mexico City Office Continues Strategic Expansion; Adds Tax Team
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues the strategic expansion of its Mexico office, with the addition of a tax team
Greenberg Traurig Texas Strategically Adds Shareholder James Peacock to Growing Team
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP strategically expanded its Health Care & FDA Practice with the addition of James Peacock as a shareholder in the Dallas office.
Greenberg Traurig Further Expands its Land Use Practice with the Addition of John R. DiCioccio
Greenberg Traurig Further Expands its Growing Land Use Practice on Long Island with the Addition of Islip Town Attorney John R. DiCioccio in Bridgehampton
Veteran Trial Lawyer Ethel J. Johnson Joins Greenberg Traurig’s Growing Houston Office
Veteran trial lawyer Ethel J. Johnson joined global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP as a shareholder in its growing Houston office.
Greenberg Traurig Texas Adds Jamie Rose and Sheryl Dacso to Growing Team
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP welcomes Jamie Rose as a shareholder in its Austin office and Sheryl Dacso as senior counsel in its Houston office. Rose joins in the Litigation Practice and Dacso in the Health Care & FDA Practice.
Greenberg Traurig Expands West Coast Real Estate Practice; Adds Cherie S. Raidy
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to strengthen its Real Estate presence on the West Coast with the addition of Cherie S. Raidy as a shareholder in the firm’s Orange County office.
Greenberg Traurig's Global Tax Practice Adds Sharon Katz-Pearlman
Greenberg Traurig’s Global Tax Practice Adds Sharon Katz-Pearlman, a Marquee Name in Tax Controversy Practice
Greenberg Traurig Expands Global Land Use Practice with Addition of Daniel Baker & David Gilmartin
Greenberg Traurig Expands Global Land Use Practice with Addition of Daniel J. Baker in Garden City; Becomes Co-Chair of Long Island Land Use with David "Rooney" J. Gilmartin, Jr. in Bridgehampton
Greenberg Traurig Adds Capital Markets Shareholder Fritz Ernemann in London
Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its global Capital Markets capabilities with the addition of Fritz Ernemann as a shareholder in London. Ernemann, who joins from Latham & Watkins where he was a partner, is the London office’s ninth new shareholder this year.
Greenberg Traurig Continues West Coast Expansion of Corporate Practice with John Cleary
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP added John P. Cleary to its Corporate Practice in San Diego. He joins the firm from Procopio, where he was the leader of the firm’s corporate and transactional practice.
Greenberg Traurig Expands California Real Estate Practice, Adds Ankush R. Israni in Los Angeles
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues the strategic expansion of its Real Estate Practice in California with the addition of Ankush R. Israni as a shareholder in its Los Angeles office. Israni joins the firm from Jones Day.
Greenberg Traurig Strengthens Private Equity and Health Care Practices with Stephan Rau
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig continues to strengthen its Private Equity and Health Care practices with the addition of renowned Private Equity and M&A lawyer Stephan Rau as shareholder.
Piotr Nerwinski joins Greenberg Traurig as head of the Project and Structured Finance Practice
In another strategic expansion aimed at solidifying its market prominence in Poland, Greenberg Traurig is pleased to announce that Piotr Nerwiński joins the firm’s Warsaw office with his specialized team of six lawyers.
Greenberg Traurig Expands Financial Regulatory & Compliance Practice with Jera L. Bradshaw
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to grow its Financial Regulatory & Compliance Practice to meet client demand with the addition of Shareholder Jera L. Bradshaw in the firm’s Dallas office.
Greenberg Traurig Expands in Milan with Addition of Renowned Banking, Finance and Restructuring Lawy
Greenberg Traurig Santa Maria continues to grow in Milan with the addition of a three-partners strong team led by Riccardo Agostinelli, a leader in the banking and finance sector.
Greenberg Traurig Adds Top Tier International Arbitration Lawyer Nassif BouMalhab in UAE Location
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig further expands its International Arbitration & Litigation Practice with the addition of Nassif BouMalhab as a shareholder in the firm’s United Arab Emirates location (UAE).
Greenberg Traurig Continues M&A and Private Equity Growth with Antitrust Shareholder in D.C.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added Justin P. Hedge as a shareholder in the Antitrust Litigation & Competition Regulation Practice, resident in the Washington, D.C., office.
Greenberg Traurig Amsterdam Expands Tax Practice with 4 New Colleagues
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Amsterdam office welcomes four new lawyers, with Partner Wesley Boldewijn, Senior Associates Aukje Strik and Thomas de Booij, and Associate Alexander van Rijckevorsel van Kessel joining the Tax Practice from Dentons.
Greenberg Traurig Enhances London Tax Practice with Appointment of Alex Tostevin
After years of building world-class Private Equity, Corporate/M&A, Real Estate, and related Tax practices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America, Greenberg Traurig, LLP adds Alex Tostevin as a Tax shareholder focusing on these areas in Greenberg Traurig's London offic
Greenberg Traurig Increases Bandwidth in Telecommunications Sector with Three Shareholder Team in D.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP expanded its Technology, Media and Telecommunications Practice with the addition of three shareholders in Washington, D.C., from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
Greenberg Traurig Bolsters Competition Offering with Fifth London Shareholder Hire This Month
Greenberg Traurig, LLP has enhanced its Global Competition Regulation capabilities with the addition of Manish Das as a shareholder in the firm’s London office. Das is the fifth new shareholder appointment in London this month, and the second within the London Corporate Practice.
Greenberg Traurig Expands International Arbitration Offering with Trio of London Shareholders
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its International Arbitration Practice in London with the appointment of three new shareholders, Jason Hambury, Gurmukh Riyat, and Clea Bigelow-Nuttall, from Pinsent Masons.
Greenberg Traurig Doubles Size of San Diego Office
Firm Significantly Expands Private Wealth Services Practice Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP significantly expanded its San Diego footprint, including five attorneys and two paralegals, who joined the firm’s Private Wealth Services Practice from Withers LLP.
Greenberg Traurig Adds Top Philanthropy Lawyer Erika Mayshar as Chair
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP expands its Tax-Exempt Organizations & Philanthropy Practice with Shareholder Erika Mayshar, who will chair the group. She will be based in the firm’s Orange County and Los Angeles offices.
World Renowned Banking and Financial Restructuring Team Joins Greenberg Traurig
Leading banking, finance, and restructuring lawyer Kalyan “Kal” Das joined Greenberg Traurig, LLP along with Sharan Calay and Andrew Silverstein. They join from Seward & Kissel, where Das has spent over three decades and was head of its Global Bank and Institutional Finance & Restructuring Practice.
Greenberg Traurig Continues to Strengthen Energy Project Finance Capabilities with Addition of Noah
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP added Noah Pollak as a new key member of the firm’s growing Energy Project Finance & Development Practice.
Greenberg Traurig Expands Corporate Practice in Atlanta
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP expanded its Corporate Practice in Atlanta with the addition of Toni N. Brown as of counsel.
Greenberg Traurig Adds Veteran Banking Attorney to its Financial Regulatory & Compliance Practice
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP expands its Financial Regulatory & Compliance capabilities with the addition of Mark D. Shaffer as a shareholder in the New York office.
Leading State and Local Tax Attorney Nikki Dobay Joins Greenberg Traurig
Greenberg Traurig, LLP expanded its State and Local Tax (SALT) and Government Law & Policy Practices with the addition of Nikki E. Dobay as shareholder in the Portland, Oregon, and Sacramento offices.
Greenberg Traurig Adds Premier Israeli Corporate Team in New York and Tel Aviv
Strategically Grows Firm's Leading Israeli Practice and Strengthens Link Between Israeli Business and Its Clients Worldwide. Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP added four Corporate shareholders in its growing New York and Tel Aviv offices, all from McDermott.
Greenberg Traurig Mexico City Office Continues Strategic Expansion; Adds Tax Team
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues the strategic expansion of its Mexico office, with the addition of a tax team
Greenberg Traurig Texas Strategically Adds Shareholder James Peacock to Growing Team
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP strategically expanded its Health Care & FDA Practice with the addition of James Peacock as a shareholder in the Dallas office.
Greenberg Traurig Further Expands its Land Use Practice with the Addition of John R. DiCioccio
Greenberg Traurig Further Expands its Growing Land Use Practice on Long Island with the Addition of Islip Town Attorney John R. DiCioccio in Bridgehampton
Veteran Trial Lawyer Ethel J. Johnson Joins Greenberg Traurig’s Growing Houston Office
Veteran trial lawyer Ethel J. Johnson joined global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP as a shareholder in its growing Houston office.
Greenberg Traurig Texas Adds Jamie Rose and Sheryl Dacso to Growing Team
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP welcomes Jamie Rose as a shareholder in its Austin office and Sheryl Dacso as senior counsel in its Houston office. Rose joins in the Litigation Practice and Dacso in the Health Care & FDA Practice.
Greenberg Traurig Expands West Coast Real Estate Practice; Adds Cherie S. Raidy
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to strengthen its Real Estate presence on the West Coast with the addition of Cherie S. Raidy as a shareholder in the firm’s Orange County office.
Greenberg Traurig's Global Tax Practice Adds Sharon Katz-Pearlman
Greenberg Traurig’s Global Tax Practice Adds Sharon Katz-Pearlman, a Marquee Name in Tax Controversy Practice
Greenberg Traurig Expands Global Land Use Practice with Addition of Daniel Baker & David Gilmartin
Greenberg Traurig Expands Global Land Use Practice with Addition of Daniel J. Baker in Garden City; Becomes Co-Chair of Long Island Land Use with David "Rooney" J. Gilmartin, Jr. in Bridgehampton