BIOGRAPHY

Michael Fitzgerald heads the Latin America Practice Group at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Fitzgerald has represented a wide range of international and domestic underwriter and issuer clients in debt and equity financing transactions and merger and acquisition activities. He has been especially active in Latin American financial markets, and was one of the first US corporate lawyers to focus on capital markets work in the region. He is recognized as a leading lawyer (band 1) by Chambers USA, Chambers Global, and Chambers Latin America; named in the International Who’s Who of Capital Markets Lawyers and Business Lawyers; recognized by Legal 500 US as one of the four leading lawyers in the US for Global Offerings; named one of the world’s best capital markets lawyers in PLC Cross Border Handbook; and included among the “500 Best Lawyers in the US” by Lawdragon. Mr. Fitzgerald has written articles and presented seminars on a variety of issues involving international capital markets. He received his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and his B.A. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

PAUL HASTINGS LLP

Paul Hastings is a leading international law firm that provides innovative legal solutions to many of the world’s top financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies. With a strong presence throughout the U.S., Asia, Europe, and Latin America, Paul Hastings has the global reach and extensive capabilities to provide personalized service wherever our clients need us. We offer a complete portfolio of services to address our clients’ complex, often mission-critical challenges – from structuring first-of-their-kind transactions to resolving complicated disputes to providing the savvy legal counsel that keeps business moving forward. Paul Hastings is ranked the 2nd most innovative law firm by the Financial Times in its U.S. Innovative Lawyers Report, 2nd on The American Lawyer’s A-list of the 20 most successful law firms in America, and was named to Law360’sGlobal 20 list of top firms for multijurisdictional client service.