Luis Torres Bio

Luis is an accomplished project finance lawyer in the Washington, DC, and New York City offices of Mintz. His practice focuses on the structuring, development, and financing of energy, transport, telecommunications, and infrastructure projects in the United States, Latin America, and other jurisdictions around the globe. He represents sponsors, asset managers, commercial and multilateral lenders, and sovereign entities, leveraging more than two decades of experience encompassing project finance transactions, acquisition financings, sales and acquisitions, and special situation projects. In the international side of his practice, Luis has led transactions in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Turkey, Ukraine, and Venezuela. These deals have involved sponsors, lenders, and other investors based in Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Japan, Spain, the UK, and the US. Prior to joining Mintz, Luis was a partner in the Energy and the Banking and Finance groups of a global law firm, where he played a pivotal role in a broad spectrum of project finance matters. He also served as the firm’s US partner liaison with the International Project Finance Association (IPFA). Earlier in his career, he served on assignment in the International Finance Corporation’s legal department for almost three years. Esteemed by clients, colleagues, and peers, Luis has been consistently recognized by The Legal 500 Latin America for his work involving projects & energy and banking & finance, and by The Legal 500 United States for his handling of energy transactions involving electric power. During his career, he has worked on deals recognized by the International Financial Law Review, Project Finance magazine, Project Finance International, and IJGlobal.