WASHINGTON, D.C. and MIAMI – June 3, 2019 – Nicole Y. Silver and Alexandra Aguirre, shareholders of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A., have been recognized in Latinvex’s “Latin America’s Top 100 Female Lawyers” list that honors the top foreign female lawyers in Latin America.
The annual ranking showcases leading female attorneys from international law firms who are involved in the legal business in Latin America. Attorneys are selected based on a combination of factors, including their recent track records on major deals and business, the prominence of their law firms in Latin America, and rankings by third parties such as Chambers and Partners, the Legal 500, and Refinitiv.
Silver, an International Arbitration & Litigation shareholder in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, focuses her practice on international litigation and dispute resolution. She advises Sovereign States and private clients in international arbitration proceedings, including arbitrations before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) under the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Arbitration Rules, in a wide array of sectors, including energy, infrastructure, telecommunications, and the environment. She also represents clients in complex civil litigation, including products liability litigation and white collar criminal defense.
Aguirre, a Corporate shareholder in the firm’s Miami office, focuses her practice in the areas of international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, cross-border financing transactions and private equity investments throughout Latin America and the United States. She also advises families and their family offices in matters relating to running a privately held business by providing corporate advice tailored to family businesses, including corporate and family governance structure polices and process, succession planning, building and preserving business value, liquidity alternatives, and exit strategies.
About Greenberg Traurig’s Corporate Practice: Greenberg Traurig’s Corporate Practice comprises more than 450 lawyers in the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America who regularly advise public and privately held companies, entrepreneurs, and investment funds on global mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, private equity and venture capital, underwritten and syndicated offerings, commercial finance and syndicated lending, cross-border transactions, and general corporate matters. The group’s industry experience includes transactions in a wide range of fields, from the pharmaceutical, medical devices, and life sciences fields, to representations involving clients in the aviation, banking, consumer products, energy, food and beverage, health care, manufacturing, media, technology, and telecommunications sectors.
About Greenberg Traurig’s International Arbitration & Litigation Practice: Greenberg Traurig’s International Arbitration & Litigation Practice assists clients in navigating international conflicts, whether conducting high-stakes litigation or transnational arbitration, enforcing foreign judgments and arbitral awards, or designing creative procedures and contract provisions to minimize disputes or resolve them as efficiently as possible.
About Greenberg Traurig, LLP: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GT) has more than 2,000 attorneys in 39 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. GT has been recognized for its philanthropic giving, diversity, and innovation, and is consistently among the largest firms in the U.S. on the Law360 400 and among the Top 20 on the Am Law Global 100. Web: http://www.gtlaw.com Twitter: @GT_Law.