Mergers and acquisitions in Latin America — building bridges through business: rethinking M&A in the Americas

23 Mar - 25 Mar 2026

Session information

Breakout session 8 - What´s cooking? Sector focus: infrastructure

Description

Infrastructure M&A continues to play a central role in Latin America, particularly in sectors such as transport, logistics, sanitation and digital infrastructure, where long-term concessions, regulatory stability and access to financing are critical value drivers. This panel will examine whether current market dynamics are pushing toward consolidation in familiar jurisdictions or diversification across countries to manage regulatory and political risk. Drawing on recent transactions, panellists will discuss how lawyers are structuring deals to address concession risk, financing constraints, ESG obligations and execution challenges inherent to long-life infrastructure assets.

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Fabiola Cavalcanti Araujo e Policastro Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil; Scholarship Officer, Latin American Regional Forum
Paola Lozano Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, New York, New York, USA

Speakers

Juan G Giraldez Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, São Paulo, Brazil
Ignacio Imas Innella IDB Invest, Bogota, Colombia
Anna Martini G Pereira Willkie Farr & Gallagher, New York, New York, USA
Eduardo Rodriguez-Rovira Uria Menendez, Madrid, Spain
Larissa Sabino Patria Investment, São Paulo, Brazil