Linklaters is pleased to announce that Emilio Minvielle has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. and New York offices as Counsel in the Latin America practice.

Emilio has over 17 years of experience advising Latin American corporate, sovereign, and state-owned entities on their financing, capital markets, liability management, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate and sovereign debt restructurings across the region. He has extensive cross-border experience in Spanish-speaking Latin America and has worked in a range of industries including banking and financial institutions, energy, infrastructure, telecoms, retail, manufacturing, and healthcare.

Prior to joining Linklaters, Emilio was a Counsel specializing in corporate and finance transactions in Latin America at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. He has been recognized as a “Next Generation Lawyer” by The Legal 500 Latin America and a “Rising Star” by LatinVex.

Linklaters’ lawyers have practiced in Latin America for decades and Linklaters was one of the first international firms to open an office in Brazil in 1997. With a growing team of Latin America-focused lawyers across the firm’s New York, Washington, D.C., and São Paulo offices and the recent launch of Linklaters’ Mexico Group, the firm continues to increase its presence in the region and deepen existing relationships with leading local law firms.

Linklaters is highly ranked across key Latin America legal directories including Chambers, Legal 500, and Latin Lawyer, and in the past year took home three deal of the year awards for the firm’s work on the world’s first sovereign sustainability-linked bond offering.

Emilio continues a string of significant hires for Linklaters in the U.S., following the recent arrival of Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations partner Robin Nunn; Energy & Infrastructure partners Ron Erlichman and Marius Griskonis, and senior counsel Lauren Bachtel and Diana Jeschke; M&A and Private Equity partner Lev Loukhton, Structured Finance and Derivatives partners Peter Williams and Joseph Gambino; U.S. Head of Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Andrew Gaines; and Financial Regulation partner Don Waack.