Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce that its Agency Finance practice was recognized in the Chambers USA 2025 guide. Hunton joins the handful of top-tier firms recognized as leaders in the agency finance sector. This ranking results from the firm’s concerted effort to expand its Agency Finance practice and deepen relationships with development finance institutions, multilateral agencies, and export-credit agencies. In addition to the firm’s ranking, Chambers USA ranked Hunton attorney Alejandro Silva in Band 1 for Agency Finance. Alejandro has more than 30 years of experience facilitating billions of dollars of investments, financings and complex transactions across a wide range of sectors and industries in Latin America, with a focus on representing development finance institutions and other agency finance clients.

References contacted by Chambers said the following about Hunton:

“Hunton were stellar. Everyone we dealt with was both knowledgeable, extremely professional and dedicated.”

“The team is the most responsive, timely, and strategic of any firm I have worked with in the development space. We value the quality of the advice as much as the quality of their work.”

“Hunton has a super strong team, they always provide sage advice, are helpful and constructive.”

“Hunton has a willingness to find creative solutions to difficult and unique scenarios and situations. The team is up-to-date on changes in local laws and regulations which may impact the transaction.”

About Hunton’s Agency Finance Practice

Hunton’s agency finance practice comprises a highly integrated group of lawyers in strategically important locations around the globe with over 30 years of experience working with multilateral, regional, and bilateral development banks, and export credit agencies. 

Our agency finance team is dedicated to supporting the firm’s agency clients with the execution of their respective mandates across the globe. With key partners in Washington, DC, New York, Miami, London, Dubai, Bangkok, and Tokyo, our diverse and globally positioned team is advising and assisting our agency clients on a daily basis.

We are proud to serve on multiple agency panels, including:

• International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
• IDB Invest
• CHIPS Program Office of the U.S. Department of Commerce
• Build America Bureau of the United States Department of Transportation

In particular, we offer our agency finance clients:

• A team with global New York and English-law coverage for transactions in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
• Full alignment with, and support of, the policy objectives advanced by our agency clients, including with the help of our interdisciplinary sustainability team.
• Bilingual legal teams experienced in working with a trusted and longstanding network of local counsel across multiple jurisdictions.
• Decades of experience with all of the products offered by domestic and international development finance institutions, including project finance debt, direct equity, political risk insurance, private investment funds, corporate debt, capital market issuances, tier II (subordinated debt) lending, dual currency lending, onlending, local currency onlending, partial credit guarantees, risk sharing facilities, and trade finance.
• Wide-ranging experience representing development finance institutions across multiple industries, including solar, wind, hydro, waste-to-energy, nuclear, agriculture, telecommunications, media, technology, pharmaceuticals, medical labs, hospitals, roads, ports, sustainable tourism, and manufacturing, among others.
• Long and deep relationships with more than a dozen of the leading development finance institutions.

About Hunton’s Center for Agency Finance

Hunton’s Center for Agency Finance is a collection of resources and articles on topics of concern for domestic and international development finance institutions (DFIs) and export credit agencies (ECAs) advancing the public good through credit support, including project and corporate finance, direct equity, political risk insurance, private investment funds, capital market issuances, tier II (subordinated debt) lending, dual currency lending, onlending, local currency onlending, partial credit guarantees, risk sharing facilities, and trade finance.

About Chambers and Partners USA Guide

Chambers USA ranks the leading firms and lawyers in an extensive range of practice areas throughout America. The research is in-depth and client-focused. The guide is read by industry-leading companies and organizations throughout the US and worldwide. It is also widely used by firms in all states for referral purposes.