	Maurice Blanco Partner São Paulo New York maurice.blanco@davispolk.com +55 11 4871 8402 +1 212 450 4086 Mr. Blanco is the co-head of Davis Polk’s global Capital Markets Group and a member of the Latin America Practice Group. He has worked on public and private debt and equity offerings, exchange offers and debt restructurings by U.S. and non-U.S. issuers in a variety of industries. Mr. Blanco also regularly advises U.S. and non-U.S. corporate clients with respect to general corporate matters, including corporate governance, SEC and Sarbanes-Oxley matters.

Maurice Blanco

Partner

Mr. Blanco is the co-head of Davis Polk’s global Capital Markets Group and a member of the Latin America Practice Group. He has worked on public and private debt and equity offerings, exchange offers and debt restructurings by U.S. and non-U.S. issuers in a variety of industries. Mr. Blanco also regularly advises U.S. and non-U.S. corporate clients with respect to general corporate matters, including corporate governance, SEC and Sarbanes-Oxley matters.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NEWS, INSIGHTS & EVENTS

Work Highlights

Initial public offering of BM&F (the Brazilian futures exchange) – one of the largest ever in Latin America
Rights offerings by Enersis and Banco Santander
Initial public offerings of Arcos Dorados, Adecoagro, Boa Vista, Brascan, Carrefour Brasil, CPFL Energia, Corporacion Inmobiliaria Vesta, GeoPark, Grupo de Moda SOMA, Inpar, Lojas Renner, SEB, Smiles, StoneCo, Track & Field Co, Vivax and many other issuers
Follow-on equity offerings by Arcos Dorados, Adecoagro, Almacenes Exito, Banco do Brasil, BR Distribuidora, CCR, Copa Airlines, Anhanguera, Telefónica Brasil and SLC Agricola
High-yield debt offerings by AI Candelaria (Spain), Arcos Dorados, Arcor, Auna, Automotores Gildemeister, Banreservas, Cash America, Cementos Progreso, Comcel, Credivalores, GeoPark, Gol Airlines, Gran Tierra Energy, Grupo Posadas, KIO Networks, Kodak, IRSA Commercial Properties, Independencia, Industrias Peñoles, Pampa Energia, PDVSA, Promigas, Telefónica Celular del Paraguay and other issuers
Investment-grade debt offerings by AES Angamos, AES Gener, Andina, Aruba, Colbún, Embotelladora Andina, Emgesa, Enersis Americas, Endesa Chile, Entel, Banco do Brasil, Bci, Banco Santander Chile, Banco Estado, Banco Votorantim, Guacolda, Industrias Peñoles, Metro de Santiago, Ocensa, Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile, Telefónica Moviles Chile, Telefónica Chile and Terrafina
Tier 1 and Tier 2 notes offerings by Banco do Brasil
Debt restructurings of Aeroméxico, LATAM Airlines, Maxcom, Independencia, PDVSA, RBS Zero-Hora, Metrogas and Autopistas del Sol
A variety of debt and equity offerings by Genworth and Western Refining

Recognition

Mr. Blanco is recognized as a leading capital markets lawyer in various industry publications:

Latinvex – one of "Latin America's Top 100 Lawyers," 2018
Latinvex – one of "Latin America's Rising Legal Stars," 2016
Legal 500 – Private Practice Powerlist | US-Mexico, 2019
"Foreign Expert," Capital Markets: Latin America-Wide, 2020
– Chambers Global
- “Maurice Blanco is known among sources for his ‘fantastic and creative’ handling of cross-border capital markets transactions. One in particular calls him ‘a great lawyer with a really deep understanding of the subject matter.’”
  – Chambers Global
Ranked for Capital Markets: Latin America-Wide and Capital Markets: International Brazil 2020
– Chambers Latin America
- “The ‘excellent’ Maurice Blanco continues to advise issuers on an array of complicated debt and equity offerings. He is acclaimed by clients as ‘very knowledgeable and responsive, business-oriented and someone who gets things done.’ Another equally impressed source adds: ‘I just know everything will be done perfectly when he's involved.’"
- Distinguished practitioner Maurice Blanco has a superb track record advising on Latin American securities transactions, with an interviewee affirming: "He's one of my go-to lawyers. He's really knowledgeable, he has a ton of experience, and we really like working with him.“ He is regularly called upon by leading corporates and financial institutions acting as issuers, placement agents and initial purchasers to assist with intricate debt and equity offerings throughout the region.
  
  – Chambers Latin America