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Davis Polk’s Spain and Latin America Practice Group has broad and varied experience representing parties in capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, lending and project finance transactions. Our Spain and Latin America Practice Group serves companies seeking financing or strategic advice in many industries (including electrical and other energy businesses, oil and gas, banking and finance, telecommunications, e-commerce, chemical, mining and metals, steel and consumer products and services), as well as underwriters, lending institutions and financial advisers.

• Davis Polk ranked among the top law firms in Latin American capital markets transactions, according to Chambers Latin America (2009): “Market observers consistently highlight the prominence of Davis Polk & Wardwell on the Latin American capital markets scene, particularly in Brazil. Sources admire the firm’s prowess, noting that it continues to capitalise on its investment bank and underwriter connections across Latin America and its links with Spanish companies investing in the region.”
• Davis Polk ranked among the top law firms in Latin American M&A transactions, according to Chambers Latin America (2009): “A favourite among Spanish investors operating in the region, this firm is already a noted player in Latin America’s legal scene.”

• $2.4 billion acquisition by Banco Santander Central Hispano, the largest bank in Spain, of a 19.8% stake in Sovereign Bancorp, a Philadelphia-based bank
• $2.3 billion SEC-registered off-the-shelf note offering by Telefónica Emisiones, S.A.U., fully guaranteed by Telefónica, the leading provider of fixed-line telephone, wireless communications, Internet access and data transmission services in Spain and one of the largest telecommunications operators in Europe and Latin America
• $690 million SEC-registered offering of cumulative convertible perpetual preference shares with a liquidation preference by Bunge, the world’s leading oilseed processing company and the largest producer and supplier of fertilizers to farmers in Brazil
• $603 million secondary offering by Grupo Empresarial Santander, a wholly owned subsidiary of Banco Santander Central Hispano, of American depositary shares of Banco Santander-Chile, the largest bank in Chile
• $547 million public offering of common shares, including common shares in the form of American Depositary Shares, by Gafisa, one of Brazil’s leading homebuilders