HOLLAND & KNIGHT OVERVIEW
Holland & Knight is a global law firm with nearly 2,000 lawyers and other professionals in 35 offices worldwide, including the United States, United Kingdom, Mexico and Colombia. Among the largest law firms in the United States, Holland & Knight has experienced lawyers and advisors who provide representation in litigation, corporate and finance, real estate and governmental matters. Interdisciplinary practice groups and industry-based teams provide clients with efficient access to attorneys throughout the firm. Holland & Knight is a recognized legal service provider across multiple practice areas and regions.
SELECT ACCOLADES
2023 Chambers Global
26 lawyers | Top rankings in 13 practice areas and markets | Among the “world’s leading firms” in Global-wide: Asset Finance, Shipping: Finance and Shipping: Litigation; Latin Americawide: Banking & Finance
2023 Legal 500 Latin America
Colombia Practice | Recommended for Arbitration, Banking and Finance, Competition and Antitrust, Corporate/ M&A, Energy and Natural Resources, Environment, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Litigation, Projects, Public Law and Tax
Mexico Practice | Recommended in Mexico for Arbitration, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate/ M&A, Energy and Natural Resources, Intellectual Property, International Trade and Customs, Projects and Infrastructure, Real Estate, Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT), and Tax
2023 Latin Lawyer 250
Holland & Knight is recognized in Latin America for its “raising its game considerably” with 33 individuals earning mention; Latin America Practice noted for work in Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A, Arbitration, Litigation and Tax
2023 Chambers Latin America
15 attorneys honored as “Latin America’s best advisors”with top rankings in International Counsel: Banking & Finance and Project Finance; Colombia: Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A, Intellectual Property, Competition/Antitrust and Energy & Natural Resources: Environment and Tax; Mexico: Tax: Non-Contentious, Banking & Finance, Energy & Natural Resources, Corporate/M&A, Telecom, Media & Technology (TMT), Projects and Capital Markets; Cuba: Corporate/ Commercial: International Firms (Up and Coming)
2022 IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Guide
Recognition in Colombia, Banking & Finance, Project Development, Project Development: Mining, M&A and Capital Markets: Debt Recognition in Mexico, Capital Markets: Debt, Capital Markets: Equity, Project Development, Banking, M&A, Project Finance and Investment Funds American Lawyer’s 2022 Diversity Scorecard
Ranked No. 1 for Hispanic Partners, top 5 for African American Partners and top 10 for Hispanic Non-Partners
OFFICES
International Offices
• Algiers
• Bogotá
• London
• Mexico City
• Monterrey
US Offices
• Atlanta
• Austin
• Birmingham
• Boston
• Century City
• Charlotte
• Chattanooga
• Chicago
• Dallas
• Denver
• Fort Lauderdale
• Fort Worth
• Houston
• Jacksonville
• Los Angeles
• Miami
• Nashville
• New York
• Orange County
• Orlando
• Philadelphia
• Portland
• Richmond
• San Francisco
• Stamford
• Tallahassee
• Tampa
• Tysons
• Washington, D.C.
• West Palm Beach
March 22–24, 2023
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BIENNIAL IBA LATIN AMERICAN REGIONAL FORUM CONFERENCE
Colombia
Cartagena,
TEAM IN ATTENDANCE AT THE FORUM
Enrique Conde Partner | Miami, New York +1.305.789.7578 enrique.conde@hklaw.com
Stephen Double Partner | New York +1.212.513.3528 stephen.double@hklaw.com
Enrique Gómez-Pinzón Partner | Bogotá, Washington, D.C. +57.601.745.5800 enrique.gomezpinzon@hklaw.com
Roberto Pupo Partner | Miami +1.305.789.7750 roberto.pupo@hklaw.com
Norberto Quintana Partner | Miami, New York +1.305.789.7473 norberto.quintana@hklaw.com
Danilo Romero Raad Partner | Bogotá +57.601.745.5910 danilo.romero@hklaw.com
Luis Rubio Partner | Mexico City +52.55.3602.8006 luis.rubio@hklaw.com
Rodolfo Rueda Partner | Mexico City +52.55.3602.0634 rodolfo.rueda@hklaw.com
Maria Juliana Saa Partner | Bogotá +57.601.745.5735 juliana.saa@hklaw.com
Juan Carlos Valencia Marquez Partner | Bogotá +57.601.745.5731
jvalencia@hklaw.com
José Zapata Partner | Bogotá +57.601.745.5940
jose.zapata@hklaw.com
LATIN AMERICA PRACTICE LATIN AMERICAN PRACTICE BY THE NUMBERS
Holland & Knight’s Latin America Team advises clients on all regional activities, from establishing businesses in emerging markets to expanding their presence internationally.
We provide comprehensive counsel for a broad range of international transactions, including international taxation matters, regulatory and government matters, international arbitration and dispute resolution, commercial and corporate transactions, international finance dealings and international commerce issues.
Holland & Knight’s Latin America Team is comprised of multicultural and multilingual attorneys, fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, and well versed in cultural differences, which allows us to offer a multitude of services to assist clients across all industry sectors to successfully do business throughout Latin America. We have more than 185 attorneys in the Latin America Practice, which includes members in our Bogotá, Mexico City and Monterrey offices, as well as professionals and attorneys in a number of our United States offices. The firm has a strong, long-standing commitment and connection to Latin America.
Our lawyers have been representing clients with interests in the region for more than 40 years. With our offices in Bogotá, Mexico City and Monterrey, we have built an extensive support network across the region, as well as forging long-standing relationships with nearly all of the principal law firms throughout Central and South America and the Caribbean. Our decades of experience in the region, combined with our extensive interdisciplinary practice and our regional and global networks assure our clients that they will have high-quality resources available to them when and where they are needed.
BENEFIT FROM OUR PRACTICE SYNERGY AND MULTICULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
Holland & Knight’s substantial experience in a wide range of business sectors is enhanced by our established working relationships with business and government leaders.
As innovators in financing structures –that are now considered market role models – we have in-depth knowledge of how to work with country-level officials to analyze, design and draft legislation and regulations that advocates our client’s position in the marketplace.
We have been a key participant in several first-ever transactions in Latin America, including numerous large-scale deals, and are at the forefront of constitutional reforms and new energy laws in Mexico and beyond.
185+ attorneys fluent in Spanish and/or Portuguese with multicultural and multilingual services to help clients succeed
40+ years of representing local and international clients doing business in the region
700+ foreign-trained lawyers have worked in our U.S. offices through our renowned Foreign Lawyer Trainee Program
HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITMENT
Our mission is to provide seamless and efficient client-centric services over a wide range of industries.
Collaboration across practices and offices, along with highly focused management of matters and cases, enables us to deliver dynamic legal support, regardless of location.
Labor, Employment and Benefits Financial Services M&A, Private Equity, Corporate Services International Litigation and Arbitration Structured Finance and Securitization Capital Markets Tax Energy and Natural Resources
