Accolades
Paul Hastings Enhances Premier Latin America Rankings in the 2025 Edition of The Legal 500 Latin America
October 25, 2024
Paul Hastings' multidisciplinary Latin America practice has been recognized across seven practice categories in the 2025 edition of The Legal 500 Latin America, including a new Tier 1 ranking for International Arbitration (International Firms) and a Tier 1 ranking for City Focus - Houston (International Firms). In addition, Paul Hastings’ lawyers received 10 individual recognitions across the guide’s Hall of Fame, Leading Partners, Next Generation Partners, and Leading Associates categories.
This year’s rankings continue to cement the recognition of the firm’s critical mass and leadership across transactional and disputes practices. According to Legal 500, the combination of “top-tier talent in arbitration with the firm’s renowned investigations and transactional practices creates a powerhouse of legal services that is truly transformative,” leveraging the team’s extensive expertise to advise Latin America-based corporates and multinationals in large-scale matters throughout the region.
The firm received rankings in the following practice categories:
- Banking and finance
- Capital Markets
- City Focus - Houston
- Compliance & Investigations
- Corporate and M&A
- International Arbitration
- Projects and energy
The following lawyers were individually ranked in their respective categories:
Hall of Fame
Jonathan Hamilton – International Arbitration (International Firms)
Leading Partners
Robert Leung – Corporate and M&A (International Firms)
Alexandro Padrés – Projects and Energy (International Firms)
Gregory Tan – Projects and Energy (International Firms)
Next Generation Partners
Alex Herman – Capital Markets (International Firms)
Jonathan Kellner – Corporate and M&A (International Firms)
Grissel Mercado – Capital Markets (International Firms)
Thomas Sines – Projects and Energy (International Firms)
Leading Associates
Maria Larsen – Capital Markets (International Firms)
Bruna Rey – Projects and Energy (International Firms)
About Paul Hastings
With widely recognized elite teams in finance, mergers & acquisitions, private equity, restructuring and special situations, litigation, employment, and real estate, Paul Hastings is a premier law firm providing intellectual capital and superior execution globally to the world’s leading investment banks, asset managers, and corporations.