Willkie Farr & Gallagher grows Latin America practice
US law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher has recruited Jorge Kamine as a partner in the corporate and financial services department and as part of its Latin America practice in the firm’s Washington, DC office.
Kamine’s (pictured) practice will focus on corporate and finance transactions involving international energy and infrastructure projects in Latin America and globally.
For over 20 years, Kamine has focused his practice on a broad array of transactions involving international energy and infrastructure projects, including extensive experience with the structuring, financing and acquisition and divestment of those projects. His work and experience has spanned the energy industry and included numerous award-winning and first-of-its-kind projects and transactions involving renewables and other types of power generation projects, midstream projects including LNG liquefaction and regasification facilities and oil and gas pipelines; and upstream oil and gas exploration, development and processing facilities.
Kamine has also worked on public-private partnerships and other investments involving infrastructure projects, particularly those involving rail and water supply and sanitation. He has led projects and transactions in over 25 countries throughout the world with significant experience working in several countries across Latin America and the Caribbean.
“Jorge’s strong transactional background in the energy and infrastructure industries will be a tremendous benefit to our clients,” Maria-Leticia Ossa Daza, partner and head of Willkie’s Latin America practice, said.
“His addition underscores Willkie’s commitment to the Latin American region and the strategic expansion of our team to better serve our clients,” she added.
“I am very excited about the opportunity to work with Maria-Leticia in expanding Willkie’s practice in Latin America and in global energy and infrastructure projects,” Kamine said. “There are tremendous opportunities for growth in the region, particularly in the energy and infrastructure sectors, and I believe Willkie is well-positioned with its exceptional industry experience to serve as a tremendous platform from which Maria-Leticia and I can advise a broad array of international clients in pursuing these opportunities in the key economies in Latin America.”
Kamine joins Willkie from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. He also previously served as an attorney in the Latin America and the Caribbean practice group of The World Bank and as a
lawyer at a leading, international energy law firm based in Houston.
Willkie has offices in New York, Washington, DC, Houston, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Chicago, Paris, London, Frankfurt, Brussels, Milan and Rome.
