Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has been recognized for the first time by the Latin Lawyer 250 in the rankings' 2025 edition. Latin Lawyer 250 recognizes law firms operating at the peak of Latin America's legal market. The firm was recognized as a "Recommended" firm as International Counsel in Corporate and M&A.

Nelson Mullins’ Latin American and Caribbean Practice Team represents clients on a wide variety of corporate and financing transactions throughout the region. Headed by New York and Miami-based partners Leandro Molina and John Haley, the team features fluent Spanish and Portuguese-speaking attorneys with more than 150 years of combined experience assisting clients in Latin America and the Caribbean. The firm’s growing LatAm practice, based in Miami, has seen significant growth in project finance, venture capital, fund formation, private equity and M&A work, particularly with Brazilian clients, and in buy-side and sell-side M&A engagements in Central America.

Nelson Mullins’ attorneys and the firm’s Latin America practice have been consistently ranked in other prominent legal rankings and publications.

You can read the methodology for the award here. According to Latin Lawyers' website, "the Latin Lawyer 250 presents leading Latin American law firms and international firms visible in the region in three distinct categories that draw upon our decades-long research and understanding of the markets we write about: Elite, Highly Recommended and Recommended.