- Deals
Our dedicated Latin American practice group consists of market leading lawyers, known for providing innovative and ground-breaking solutions, with specialist knowledge of Latin American markets.
Maples stands out for having a much broader regional presence assisting with deals in Argentina, Costa Rica, Uruguay and Mexico. Along with Brazil, the firm has experience in Peruvian and Paraguayan deals.
The transactional group at Maples is consistently committed to true excellence in client service. They are always happy to assist and responsive to correspondence and requests.
They make the complex simple and don't confuse us with lawyers' jargon. A key strength is their phenomenal line-up - they work hard to train and develop and have a fantastic in-house growth regime.
'Highly Recommended' in the International Counsel – Offshore category by Latin Lawyer 250
Maples provide dedicated service. The team is very friendly and easy to work with.
Our Latin American team advises on bank licensing and regulation, including the registration of Cayman Islands branches of Latin American banks and act for a number of banks with respect to bond issues, medium-term note and commercial paper programmes.
Clients include petrochemical entities, steel producers, mining companies, airlines, digital and online service providers and other industrials and corporates in the region. We have extensive experience in equity capital markets and project and asset finance, having acted on a number of high-profile IPOs and SPACs, infrastructure projects, gas pipeline and oil platform transactions, large M&A transactions and joint venture/shareholder arrangements.
Our Dispute Resolution & Insolvency group has acted in countless high-profile and complex commercial disputes, offering a broad range of litigation, regulatory, expert and alternative dispute resolution services and provide support and assistance in respect of proceedings in numerous jurisdictions. We also represent office-holders, major institutional lenders, investors and debtors and handles all aspects of complex restructurings and contentious and non-contentious cross-border insolvencies.
We are a market leader providing quality legal advice and through our Latin American specialists, we offer unmatched, client-tailored service. We have developed structures for leading investment fund managers, as well as investors, operating from or investing into Latin America.
Through our presence on a range of industry associations, established relationships with regulatory agencies, involvement with the development of financial services law and policy, as well as our lawyers’ extensive knowledge of applicable laws, regulations and rules, we offer prompt, concise and clear advice to help clients determine how best to maintain compliance.
With continued growth of the Latin American export finance market, we have been heavily involved in relation to the staples of oil, steel and minerals, as well as with the rapidly growing agro-business sector, having acted on a series of sugar, beef and ethanol transactions. We act on a significant number of asset finance transactions in Latin America, including for some of the region’s leading airlines and oil and gas companies, and on numerous corporate finance transactions for Latin American lenders and businesses.
We advise settlors, trustees and beneficiaries on private wealth and estate planning matters, including charities. We also advise trustees and investors in relation to unit trust structures. Through our extensive network of contacts, we also facilitate introductions to international institutional trustees.