DLA Piper welcomes Alvaro Sarmiento Lapiedra as a partner in the Finance group

DLA Piper is expanding its transactional capabilities in Latin America with the addition of Alvaro Sarmiento Lapiedra as a partner in the firm’s Finance practice in Mexico City.

Sarmiento focuses his practice on banking and finance, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate law. He advises clients on Mexican and international financing, including financing through public offerings, private placements of securities, bank loans and structured financing. Sarmiento also regularly implements private equity transactions, joint ventures and project financing, with an emphasis on Latin America.

“Alvaro is a well-known and sought-after practitioner in international financing, and his addition to the firm enhances the innovative financing solutions we provide our clients, in Latin America and beyond,” said Richard Chesley, managing partner of the Americas and co-US managing partner. 

“We are excited to welcome Alvaro, a Legal 500-recognized lawyer known for his significant capital markets experience. He will be a benefit not only to our domestic clients in Mexico, but also US and global clients that seek to do business in Latin America,” said Diego Martinez, co-managing partner of the firm’s Mexico City office. 

DLA Piper in Latin America's team offers full-service business legal counsel to US and global companies with interests in and operations throughout the region. With over 450 lawyers practicing throughout Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Puerto Rico, in addition to our US-based cross-border attorneys, our team works with clients throughout every country in Latin America and help connect Latin America to the world.  

The Latin America Practice is led in the US from Miami, with our US based team of multicultural and diverse cross-border practitioners regularly acting as lead counsel on a wide range of matters across sectors in the US and Latin America. These range from complex TAX, IP, capital markets, finance, M&A and public private partnerships to regulatory, compliance, disputes, market entry and establishment issues. The United States, specifically New York and Florida, has deep economic and cultural ties to Latin America. For more information, visit Latin America | DLA Piper. 

DLA Piper’s global capital markets team represents issuers and underwriters in registered and unregistered equity, equity-linked and debt capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings, follow-on equity offerings, equity-linked securities offerings, and offerings of investments grade and high-yield debt securities.