Latin America

With Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP has had a dedicatedLatin America Group since 1990, significantly longer than most major law
firms. Our group has advised clients on a significant number of mattersthroughout the region, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate
financings, international banking matters, project financings, private equity
transactions, restructurings, privatizations, and international arbitration andcomplex litigation matters.

We represent many major Latin American and international companies, investment banks and financial institutions, including underwriters and issuers, and individual directors and officers in someof the largest, most high-profile transactions and disputes in Latin
America. Our attorneys utilize the firm’s experience in all practiceareas — tax, governance, bankruptcy/restructuring, technology,
intellectual property, arbitration/litigation, regulatory investigationand enforcement, structured finance, antitrust and real estate — toensure the most cost-efficient representation of our clients.
We have worked in more than 20 countries throughout the region,
including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad andTobago, Uruguay, Venezuela and the commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Our work in Latin America has been recognized for numerous
rankings and “deal of the year” awards, including:- Recognized among Latin Lawyer’s International Elite 2023.
- Named among the top two firms overall in Latin America inLatinvex’s Top International Law Firms 2023. Skadden also received
high rankings for arbitration, banking and finance, capital markets,corporate/M&A, energy, FCPA, litigation and project finance.
- Named Banking & Finance Legal Adviser of the Year by Bonds &Loans as part of its Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Latin
America & Caribbean Awards 2023.
- Ranked among the top firms for Corporate/M&A, Banking andFinance and International Arbitration in Latin America by Chambers

Global, Chambers Latin America, Chambers Brazil and Legal500
Latin America.
- Recognized among the international firms with the highest M&A dealvalue in Latin America in the first half of 2023 (Latin Lawyer).
- Received the 2020 Chambers Latin America award for top International Counsel in Latin America: Corporate Finance.
- Recognized by Latin Lawyer, LatinFinance and other publications
with “deal of the year” distinctions for numerous representations in theregion, including Domestic M&A Deal of the Year by LatinFinance.
Corporate Transactions

We advise public and private companies, private equity firms andfinancial sponsors, investment banks, government entities, and otherinstitutions and individuals in almost every type of transactionalsituation. Our attorneys handle mergers and acquisitions for clientsin the region across a full range of industries. We also have advisedon all varieties of equity and debt instruments, represented issuers
and underwriters in public and private financings, and counseled onderivatives and financial products. Skadden has handled numerous
leveraged financings for clients throughout Latin America, andwe have closed numerous complex project financings, including a
number that have been named “deal of the year.”
Disputes

Skadden can rapidly assemble a focused, integrated and efficient teamto address all aspects of a client’s cases in multiple jurisdictions andforums. We represent clients in cross-border disputes as well as

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before major international arbitral institutions; litigate high-profile
international cases before trial and appellate courts; and manage
disputes with the assistance of local counsel in Latin America andnumerous other international jurisdictions, including all major
offshore places of incorporation. We also handle cross-borderinvestigations for clients throughout the region. Our attorneys haveadvised on issues involving corruption/bribery, antitrust/cartels,
money laundering, economic sanctions, customs and export
controls, insider trading, market abuse and accounting.

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