Volatility defined global markets in 2025, but in Central America it proved less an obstacle than a filter, separating episodic activity from sustained execution. Few institutions demonstrated that distinction as […]
Author Archives: LatinFinance Awards
Corporate Restructuring of the Year
Mexican non-bank lender Unifin entered 2022 facing an existential crisis. After a period of aggressive growth, rising funding costs and regulatory pressure, the company — one of the country’s largest […]
Investment Bank of the Year: Brazil
In a year when Brazil’s capital markets slowed and deal windows narrowed, BTG Pactual pushed in the opposite direction. The São Paulo-based bank expanded its footprint across debt, equity and […]
DFI-Backed Deal of the Year
The mandate of development finance institutions is often described in simple terms: provide long-term capital on reasonable terms while mobilizing private investment to support economic growth. In practice, few transactions […]
Law Firm of the Year: Latin America
Cleary Gottlieb secures the award for Law Firm of the Year – Latin America for the sixth consecutive year after again leaving its imprint on many of the region’s most […]
Investment Bank of the Year: Caribbean
Citi asserted its leadership in the Caribbean in 2025 by executing some of the region’s most consequential sovereign and cross-border transactions as global investors cautiously returned to smaller frontier markets. […]
Equity Follow-On of the Year
When Grupo Financiero Galicia agreed in late 2024 to acquire HSBC’s banking operations in Argentina, it confronted a familiar dilemma at uncommon scale. The estimated $1.1 billion purchase price had […]
Quasi-Sovereign Liability Management Deal of the Year
Pemex’s $9.9 billion tender offer was not just large — it was precisely timed. Executed in September at the tail end of a coordinated sovereign funding program, the liability-management operation […]
Corporate Liability Management Deal of the Year
Mexico’s largest private power generator in 2025 delivered one of the most ambitious liability-management exercises ever executed by a Latin American corporate. Saavi Energía, which has permitted generation capacity of […]
Investment Bank of the Year: Peru
As Peruvian issuers cautiously returned to international capital markets in 2025, Citi consolidated its position as a leading investment bank in the country, capturing the award for Investment Bank of […]
