Holland & Knight announced the promotion of 50 lawyers to partnership, including 41 associates, 8 senior lawyers, and 1 of counsel from various offices and practices. These promotions include 4 lawyers from the Latin America Practice Group, who are listed below.
Senior attorney (Mexico City):
Aldo González Melo practices in the areas of corporate, projects, structured and public (subnational) finance, as well as in the structuring of cross-border, international, infrastructure, and energy transactions. He mainly represents financial institutions acting as lenders, organizers, bookrunners, and agents in all types of secured and unsecured financial transactions, including term loans, revolving lines, bridge loans, syndicated financing, governance, social, and environmental (ESG) loans, and discount products (factoring).
Associates promoted to partners (Miami):
Tomas E. Castellanos focuses his practice on all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including the financing, acquisition, disposition, leasing, and development of real estate assets. He advises developers, investors, and joint ventures on complex real estate transactions for the acquisition, development, and construction of real estate assets, including international clients interested in investing in the United States, with a special focus on Spanish and Latin American clients.
Annelise Del Rivero focuses her practice on commercial litigation, representing international and domestic clients in civil disputes. Her practice includes assisting clients in the early resolution of disputes through settlement negotiations and mediation.
Alec M. Puig has experience in matters related to arbitration and general and complex commercial and corporate litigation, as well as internal corporate investigations, compliance and training, and criminal defense of white-collar crimes, representing both international and domestic clients with a special focus on shareholder relations.
The four attorneys serve clients in the United States and Latin America.