Press Release

Hunton & Williams LLP announces the expansion of its global corporate and Latin America practices with the return of Carol Fernandez to its Miami office. Fernandez joins the firm following eight years with firm client Diageo, where she most recently served as regional counsel responsible for M&A activities in Latin America. Returning as counsel, Fernandez was originally associated with Hunton & Williams from 2001 to 2006.

“We are very pleased that Carol has returned to the firm and to our team,” said Fernando Alonso. “She is familiar with our core values and our culture. In addition, Carol is a very skilled transactional lawyer who has developed a distinctive experience while working throughout Latin America for Diageo. Her M&A experience in Latin America will be particularly valuable to our clients.”

Hunton & Williams’ Latin America practice group focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, privatizations, securities offerings, securitizations, project finance, telecommunications, international banking, intellectual property matters, and international arbitration and litigation. Clients include major US and European corporations and financial institutions, foreign governments or their agencies, and public international institutions.

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