Paul Hastings LLP

Paul Hastings LLP has continued to cement its position in the market, following a series of lateral hires and partner promotions. The Latin America team has built a steady pipeline of significant bond offering engagements, including investment grade and high-yield debt issuances. It has made a further impression in liability management and sustainability-linked bonds. The team has a particularly strong record in Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Chile and the Dominican Republic, and has developed an impressive mix of issuer and underwriter clients, including several sovereign states. Grissel Mercado has become a major force in the market and has a prolific record in Chile, Peru, Colombia and in ESG and sustainability-linked bonds. Alex Herman is another emerging talent, who led the team that advised the joint bookrunners on Orygen’s issuance of $1.2bn investment grade 5.746% senior notes (due 2034), the largest-ever corporate bond issuance out of Peru. Of counsel Maria Larsen has a major focus in Latin America capital markets offerings and is a key team member on many of its deals. All named individuals are based in New York.