Linklaters received two top honors at the 2026 IFLR Americas Awards, recognizing the strength of the firm’s Americas practice and its ability to combine leading capability in the region with the reach and depth of its global platform.
The firm was named Transatlantic Equity Capital Markets Team of the Year, recognizing its market-leading cross-border offering across the U.S., UK and wider Americas, and received Mining Deal of the Year for its role advising Codelco on the merger control and foreign investment aspects of its landmark partnership with SQM for the long-term development of lithium in Chile.
Transatlantic Equity Capital Markets Team of the Year
Linklaters’ transatlantic equity capital markets team brings together market-leading U.S. and UK securities expertise and the firm’s top-tier global platform to advise clients on their most complex and high-stakes cross-border financings.
This integrated model enables the team to advise issuers, financial sponsors and financial institutions on sophisticated cross-border transactions involving multiple securities laws, listing regimes, disclosure requirements and investor bases. By combining leading capability in the Americas with the breadth of the wider firm, Linklaters provides clients with seamless advice across the world’s major capital markets.
Mining Deal of the Year: Codelco-SQM
Codelco’s partnership with SQM was the first major public-private lithium partnership under Chile’s National Lithium Strategy launched in 2023. The transaction required extensive regulatory reviews and competition approvals across seven major global markets, underscoring its complexity and significance for global lithium supply and the energy transition.
The Codelco team was led out of Washington, D.C., by Head of U.S. Antitrust & Foreign Investment Antonia Sherman and Associates Anna Gooding and Ray Hou, and included Latin America Corporate Finance Partner Matthew Poulter in São Paulo; Antitrust & Foreign Investment Partners Arthur Peng and Fay Zhou and Associate Bowen Wang in Beijing; and Antitrust & Foreign Investment Partner Neil Hoolihan and Associate Lucas Macharis in Brussels.
Together, the awards reflect the strength and growth momentum of Linklaters’ Americas practice and the continued growth of its capabilities in the region. Combined with the depth and reach of the firm’s global platform, these capabilities create a distinctive offering for clients, bringing together market-leading talent across practices and jurisdictions to advise on their most complex and consequential matters.
