Winston’s Latin America Practice Recognized in Latin Lawyer’s 250 2025

Winston & Strawn practice areas and partners were recognized in the Latin Lawyer’s 250 2025 guide. The list is the product of intensive editorial research, with key practice strengths and leading players identified. Below is a list of our recognized attorneys as well as a selection of quotes from Winston’s Latin America Practice Latin Lawyer 250 profile:

OVERVIEW

“Winston & Strawn has worked on Latin American deals and cases for more than three decades. This wealth of experience is tangible in the firm’s regional practice group, which was significantly bolstered by the addition of a Miami office, a signal of its commitment to Latin America.”

ARBITRATION

“This arbitration practice group is known for its involvement in investor-state cases across Latin America. The team has experience advising private investor, sovereign states and state-owned entities and is at home in proceedings before several arbitration panels.”

Recognized Arbitration Partners:

• Marcelo Blackburn
• Steve D’Amore
• Gustavo Membiela
• Cari Stinebower
• Ricardo Ugarte

BANKING & FINANCE

“Winston & Strawn assists key clients with complex, structured transactions across a variety of Latin American jurisdictions. Lawyers are experienced in cross-border financing, acquisition finance and debt restructuring in a broad range of industries.”

Recognized Banking & Finance Partners:

• Rodrigo Carvalho
• Francisco Flores
• Carl Fornaris
• Talbert Navia
• Rich Puttré

CAPITAL MARKETS

“The firm’s capital markets practice group has been at the fore of several high-profile deals across the region.”

Recognized Capital Markets Partners:

• Rodrigo Carvalho
• Sey-Hyo Lee
• Talbert Navia
• David Sakowitz
• Claude Serfilippi

CORPORATE AND M&A

“Winston & Strawn has a robust corporate practice group in Latin America. Its recent additions to the Miami outpost have won the attention of competitors and clients alike.”

Recognized Corporate and M&A Partners:

• Rodrigo Carvalho
• Sey-Hyo Lee
• Enrique Martin
• Talbert Navia
• Nicholas Rodriguez
• Claude Serfilippi
• Kevin Smith

PRIVATE EQUITY

“Winston regularly advises private equity funds on a variety of investments across a variety of industries, including energy, oil and healthcare. Lawyers here take on fund formation work as well as transactional matters.”

Recognized Private Equity Partners:

• Rodrigo Carvalho
• Brian Kozlowski
• Scott Naidech
• Talbert Navia
• Kevin Smith

ESG

“ESG mandates feature strongly across Winston’s transactional work in Latin America, most noticeably in the banking and finance and capital market groups. In those arenas, this team has leveraged its solid reputation to advise some of Latin America’s leading companies on landmark, headline-grabbing ESG financings.”

Recognized ESG Partners:

• Talbert Navia

View the full guide here.