Bio

Sergio Galvis is a leading corporate lawyer in the United States who is known for his cross-border work, especially in Latin America. He joined Sullivan & Cromwell after graduating from Harvard Law School and clerking for the Hon. Lawrence W. Pierce, Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, and has been a partner of the Firm since 1991. He oversees the Firm’s recruiting function and leads its Latin America practice. Sergio has worked with clients across more than 25 countries in Asia, Europe and the Americas on hundreds of significant matters in a broad range of practices, including M&A, project financing, capital markets, sovereign financing, workouts and restructurings, corporate governance, crisis management, investigations and disputes. Sergio is involved with many not-for-profit and foreign policy organizations, including the Council on Foreign Relations and the Council of the Americas. He serves as Co-Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Hispanic Society Museum & Library in New York and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of the Andes Foundation. He was born in Colombia and speaks Spanish and Portuguese.