Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is building momentum in the market thanks to the efforts of prominent banking and capital markets lawyer Alejandro González Lazzeri, who co-heads the Latin America group from New York. He and the team have extensive geographic experience, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Mexico - the last of these being a particular forte for the group. The team has an especially strong record in debt offerings, including investment grade and high yield matters, with deals often valued at in excess of $1bn. It represents a multitude of issuers and underwriters. The firm has a longstanding presence in Sao Paulo from where Filipe Areno continues to advise on numerous debt offerings in Brazil and other Latin American markets.