Taking a public company private is rarely straightforward. Doing so in Mexico, through a mandatory tender offer, a short-dated bridge facility and a multi-layered private capital refinancing that brought new […]
Category: 2025 Deals of the Year Awards
Investment Bank of the Year: Central America
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 […]
Law Firm of the Year: Colombia
Law firms nearing their centenary often trade on tradition and reputation. Colombia’s Brigard Urrutia does that too — but it is innovation that now defines the firm’s edge. Founded in […]
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: 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. […]
Law Firm of the Year: Brazil
São Paulo-based Pinheiro Neto secures the Law Firm of the Year in Brazil award for the second consecutive year, underscoring its ability to dominate complex capital markets and restructuring mandates […]
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 […]
