Latin America

Our focus on the technology and venture capital market means that we are uniquely qualified to help founders, management, boards and investors achieve their goals – whether raising capital, signing an important customer deal, achieving a successful M&A outcome or transitioning to the public markets. Whether the client is a company or a fund, we can help them navigate the next stage of their growth because we have seen it play out hundreds of times before across the globe. 

In addition to world-class transactional experience, our Latin America clients benefit from unique attributes of our practice.

Our Latin America team includes numerous members who are native or fluent Portuguese or Spanish speakers. Many of them were licensed and practiced law in Latin America before becoming U.S. lawyers. Further, our Latin America team includes multiple partners in Silicon Valley and New York, all of whom have strong cross border experience and deep local ties. Our entire team has spent considerable time developing best-in-class legal know-how and technology that is tailored to the needs of our Latin American client base.

Our firm represents over 500 venture capital and growth equity firms worldwide in their own fund formation and capital raising activities, including the leading funds investing in Latin America. We not only understand how to support funds, but also how to help companies attract investments from those funds. We are in a unique position to make targeted connections between VCs and emerging companies seeking capital and to provide tailored advice in the fundraising process.

Our attorneys are regularly sought out as speakers at key industry events in the region. In recent years, we have presented at LAVCA (Latin America Venture Capital Association), COFECE (Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica), Cubo, Latitud and Endeavor events, among others, and have been quoted by Reuters and other media outlets seeking insights into the venture market.

We have experience partnering with key government bodies in Brazil, including BNDES (Brazilian Development Bank), as well as COFECE in Mexico, CORFO (Corporación de Fomento de la Producción) in Chile, Innpulsa in Colombia, and the Ministerio de Produccion of the Argentine Republic, among others. These relationships provide real-time knowledge of the business environment in each country and developments that will affect emerging companies.