Avocats – United States

José Luis Vittor

Partner

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

José María Alonso

José María Alonso advises clients on the regulatory aspects of complex corporate transactions and litigation against Spanish public administrations and administrative courts. Mr. Alonso draws on nearly a decade as a Spanish State Attorney to guide private equity firms and large corporates on Spanish public law matters and EU regulation, particularly in the financial, energy, and infrastructure industries, including: Regulatory aspects of M&A Public law concessions, permits, and authorizations Foreign direct investments Public procurement matters Environmental law issues Leveraging his experience at the Ministry of the Presidency and Public Administration and his work as Technical General Secretary of Spain's Ministry of Economy and Business, he combines a deep understanding of the European market with a commercially driven approach to transactions.

Latham & Watkins

José Morán

José A. Morán serves the Global Steering Committee of the Firm's Projects Practice Group and Energy, Mining & Infrastructure Practice Industry Group, and is the past chair of the Firm's Global Projects Practice Group, which consists of over 200 lawyers who work on large energy, mining and infrastructure projects and financings. The Legal 500 United States has recognized José from 2011 - 2016 in the area of project finance and in prior years in the areas of corporate & finance and real estate & construction. Additionally, José has been recognized by the 2017, 2018 and 2019 Chambers & Partners global guide in the area of Projects. José is noted for his projects work with Spanish clients including in project financings noting that: "His projects work forms part of his broad banking and finance practice" and receives warm praise from interviewees, with one client reporting: "He's always available. He always hears us and gives us the best approach." José was named to A Word About Wind's 2022 Top 100 Legal Power List. The Legal Power List ranks the top 100 lawyers that exert the most influence on the wind industry globally, through the deals they work on and the advice they provide. In 2021, José represented a large infrastructure fund in a transaction that was awarded "Deal of the Year" by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) at the IFLR Americas Awards 2021. Further, in 2020, José represented the lead underwriters in a bond offering transaction that was awarded the 2020 Infrastructure Journal "Global Award for North American roads category". In 2019, José led the representation of a USD 3.59 billion acquisition that was awarded the 2019 "Outbound Deal of the Year" at the 14th annual China Law & Practice Awards. José has been trained as a lawyer under a civil law system and a common law system. José is a lecturer at Loyola University School of Law's comparative law seminar on legal systems in the Americas, and a visiting professor at Northwestern Law School as a lecturer in the project finance class. He was the vice chair of the Banking and Financial Services committee of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolutions. Prior to joining Baker & McKenzie, José practiced law in Madrid, Spain and in New York, with the law firms of Gide Loyrette Nouel and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, respectively. Further, José has also worked at the Madrid and Barcelona offices of Baker & McKenzie as part of the Firm’s Associate Training Program.

Baker McKenzie

Jovi Tenev

Partner

Holland & Knight

Jovial Wong

Winston Taylor

Joy Chang

Partner

Withers

Joy Gallup

Joy K. Gallup is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Transactional Group and is based in the New York office. Joy has extensive experience in a broad range of cross-border corporate finance transactions as well as in negotiating complex, cross-border debt restructurings in Latin America. She continues to be recognized as a leading lawyer in Chambers Global, Chambers Latin America, Legal 500 Latin America Guide and Top 100 Lawyers in Latin America by Latinvex.

Baker McKenzie

Joy Langford

Norton Rose Fulbright

Joy M Soloway

Norton Rose Fulbright

Joy Napier-Joyce

Principal and Co-Leader of the Employee Benefits practice group

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Joyce Gist Lewis

Joyce Gist Lewis is a skilled and tenacious advocate for private companies and governmental entities in and out of the courtroom. Joyce’s two decades of experience includes serving as lead counsel for claims involving professional liability, director and officer liability, business divorce, real estate litigation, employment discrimination defense, and catastrophic injury defense. Her appellate experience includes arguing cases before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and successfully petitioning for certiorari to Georgia’s Supreme Court. Joyce is also a top choice for government clients seeking counsel in sensitive intra-agency disputes and investigations. Her reputation as a principled trial advocate has resulted in Joyce being named to the “short-list” of nominees recommended by Georgia’s Judicial Nominating Commission for appointment to the Georgia Court of Appeals in 2018 and to the Atlanta Judicial Circuit in 2011 and 2012. Joyce received her BA, magna cum laude from Wake Forest University (1993) and her law degree from Georgia State University College of Law (1999). She is Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated Preeminent and has been repeatedly rated by her peers in the Top 100 Lawyers in Georgia, the Top 50 Women Lawyers, and in Best Lawyers (Commercial Litigation; Employment; Personal Injury Defense). Joyce represents the Atlanta Circuit on the State Bar of Georgia Board of Governors, where she serves on the Executive Committee, the Advisory Committee on Legislation, and the Statewide Judicial Evaluation Committee. Joyce is a past recipient of the State Bar of Georgia’s Thomas O. Marshall Professionalism award and the Atlanta Bar Association’s Outstanding Woman in the Profession Award. Joyce’s past leadership positions include serving as President of the Lawyers Club of Atlanta, President of the Board of the Federal Defender Program, Inc., and President of the Atlanta Chapter of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers. She is a Master in GSU’s Bleckley Inn of Court, a Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and a Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America.

Krevolin Horst, LLC

Joyce K Soliman

Joyce currently serves as Co-Managing Partner – External Affairs for the firm, prioritizing lateral recruiting, marketing and business development, innovation, strategy, and growth. She is also Chair of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Committee, a position she has held since 2017, and leads the Finance Section at the firm. Joyce has maintained a wide and varied finance practice for over 20 years. Her clients include domestic and foreign banks, private lenders, administrative agents, and public and private companies who are involved in secured and unsecured financings, such as asset-based loans, syndicated, club and single lender credit facilities, real estate loans, acquisition financings, letter of credit facilities, equipment loans, note purchase and sale transactions, leasing transactions and debt workouts and restructurings. She is a trusted advisor who guides clients as they navigate complex transactions from term sheet to closing. Before joining Porter Hedges, Joyce served as Associate General Counsel in the legal department of a NYSE-listed company at its corporate headquarters in Houston. In that capacity she handled various corporate matters, with particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions.

Porter Hedges LLP

Joyce Kuhns

Principal

Offit Kurman

Joyce Liou

Joyce Liou | Morrison Foerster Joyce Liou chairs the Trademark Group and is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group. She engages in a broad intellectual property practice, with an emphasis on both IP counseling and litigation for a diverse roster of clients. Joyce has litigated numerous district court disputes involving trademark, copyright, false advertising, right of publicity, and unfair competition claims, and has secured preliminary injunctions, summary judgment rulings, and trial verdicts for her clients. In addition to federal litigation, she routinely handles proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and has extensive experience with trademark clearance, prosecution, licensing, and due diligence. Joyce manages IP portfolios and provides global strategies for industry giants and startups alike, from a broad spectrum of fields, including technology, consumer goods, entertainment, pharmaceuticals, food, and agriculture. Joyce’s successes have built her reputation as a recognized leader in trademark law. In 2022 and 2023, she was shortlisted for Trademark Lawyer of the Year by Euromoney Legal Media. Joyce serves on the Legislation and Regulation Committee for the International Trademark Association. Outside of her practice, Joyce is a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion in the greater community. She serves on the Development Committee for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, and participates in clinics to help individuals seeking U.S. naturalization or asylum on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Morrison Foerster

Joydeep Dasmunshi

Partner

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Juan Azel

Winston Taylor

Juan Delgado

Winston Taylor

Juan Enjamio

Partner

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Juan Francisco Mendez

Juan Francisco is a Corporate Partner based in Simpson Thacher’s New York headquarters. He advises clients on international corporate finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and other strategic matters. Juan Francisco represents many of Latin America’s most renowned corporations, as well as global companies, investment banks and private equity firms acting in the region. He has significant experience in equity offerings (including IPOs and follow-on offerings); debt offerings (including investment grade, high-yield, hybrid, structured, project and sovereign bond offerings); merger and acquisitions (sell-side and buy-side, auction and bilateral negotiations) and joint ventures; liability management and restructurings; and other complex transactions. He also has experience in board representation as well as crisis management and investigation matters. He has worked with such companies as Pan American Energy and YPF (Argentina); Intercorp group and Breca group (Peru); Grupo Sura and Avianca and (Colombia); Quinenco and Entel (Chile); Grupo Mexico and America Movil (Mexico); plus global banks such as JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley; and private equity groups such as The Blackstone Group. His practice focuses on Latin America and the Caribbean. Juan Francisco is fluent in English and Spanish.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Juan Mata

Associate

Holland & Knight

Juan P. Morillo

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Juan Pablo Moreno

Juan Pablo Moreno is a Finance and Capital Markets associate in the Leveraged Finance, Global Project Finance and Latin America groups. Juan Pablo represents lenders in various deal roles in the preparation and negotiation of complex financial documents. He also has extensive experience in capital markets, particularly in transactions involving Latin American issuers of securities under Regulation S and Rule 144A. Juan Pablo has a unique background in having been admitted to practice both in the US (Illinois) and Colombia and having practiced as a lawyer in France, Colombia and the US in a variety of financial and capital markets matters. He is recognized as an Expert in Banking & Finance based in the US for Colombian law by Chambers & Partners Global (2014). Juan Pablo joined Mayer Brown in 2010. Prior to joining Mayer Brown, Juan Pablo worked for Shearman & Sterling LLP, the Inter-American Development Bank and Brigard & Urrutia Abogados in Colombia. He is a member of the Associate Diversity Committee and the Recruiting Committee at Mayer Brown. He is fluent in Spanish and French.

Mayer Brown

Juan Pablo Vargas

Partner As business-oriented and pragmatic lawyer, Juan Pablo advises clients using the most efficient approach possible, keeping an eye on the business objective and cutting through transactional costs during complex deals and negotiations. As a multi-jurisdictional transactional attorney, Juan Pablo advises clients on domestic and cross-border venture capital and private equity investments, corporate reorganizations, M&A transactions, and general corporate governance matters. Representative Transactions: Company counsel in connection with Series Seed and Series A financing rounds of a Mexican fintech startup. Lead investor counsel in connection with the highest valuation Series B financing of a Latam fintech startup. Company counsel in connection with Series Seed financing of a Colombian proptech startup. Company counsel in connection with the largest Series A financing of a Peruvian startup. Advised California based company on its Series B financing round. Company counsel in connection with Series B financing of BIOME Makers. Advised Cambridge Bancorp and Cambridge Trust Company in their merger with Wellesley Bancorp, Inc. and Wellesley Bank. Participated in the design, negotiation and closing of secured credit facility transactions between a Latin American national government and a European bank. Advised UnitedHealth Group in the strategic acquisition of several healthcare technology companies. Advised PVH Inc. on its US$200 million joint venture with Grupo Axo for the distribution of the Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein brands in Mexico. Advised Owens-Illinois in the acquisition of the food & beverage division of Vitro, one of the largest glass producers worldwide, for approximately US$2.15 billion. Advised PVH Inc. on its US$200 million joint venture with Grupo Axo for the distribution of the Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein brands in Mexico. Advised Sealed Air Corporation in the sale of the Diversey Care division and the food hygiene and cleaning business within its Food Care division to Bain Capital for approximately US$3.2 billion. Represented the Mexican entities of Smurfit Kappa Group plc in its issuance of €500 million worth of bonds. Represented Jaguar Land Rover UK in the launch of its Mexican distribution subsidiary. Advised Cabify in their Mexico operations which included lobbying efforts with the Mexico City transportation authority.

Next Legal PLLC.

Juan Vargas

Of Counsel

Diaz Reus International Law Firm