DLA Piper

DLA Piper’s Latin American team offers comprehensive corporate legal advice to domestic and multinational companies with interests and operations throughout the region. The integrated approach to serving clients combines local knowledge with the resources of DLA Piper’s global platform. With more than 400 lawyers practicing in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Puerto Rico, in addition to its cross-border lawyers based in the US, the teams frequently work with their professionals throughout the Latin American region, the Iberian Peninsula, and around the world.

Several of its lawyers were born or raised and educated in the region and are fluent in Spanish and/or Portuguese. Many of them have also practiced law in both the US and Latin America and are intimately familiar with civil law systems and the cultural and legal nuances necessary to do business successfully in the region. Strategic relationships on the ground throughout Latin America enhance their understanding of the region and enable them to provide their clients with practical and meaningful legal advice. DLA Piper’s global platform, with more than 90 offices in over 40 countries, enables them to meet all of our clients’ legal needs, whether they are based in Latin America or wish to do business there.

The United States, specifically New York and Florida, has deep economic and cultural ties to Latin America. After many decades of being at the center of the most complex cross-border issues related to Latin America, New York law is firmly established as the most widely accepted applicable/governing law in cross-border transactions related to Latin America.

The US-based Latin American team regularly acts as lead counsel on a wide range of cross-border matters in Latin America, ranging from complex capital markets, finance, and mergers and acquisitions to public-private partnerships and market entry and establishment issues.