Larry Pascal

Larry B. Pascal serves as the chair of the Americas Practice Group and co-chair of the International Practice Group for the firm, and has more than 25 years of experience in advising companies on their cross-border Latin American and Spanish projects, advising clients on transactions, work-outs, and disputes throughout Latin American and the Caribbean (as well as other parts of the world), and has traveled extensively throughout the region.

He historically has been very active in a variety of markets, including but not limited to Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Costa Rica. He has also worked extensively on numerous multiple jurisdiction projects, particularly in the Americas and Europe. Recently, he has been active advising large and mid-size companies in developing their construction and infrastructure projects in Mexico.

Larry has been very active with the World Services Group, one of the largest international law firm networks in the world with over 145 members in over 130 countries throughout the world. He served in 2015-2016 as the Chair of the organization and has been selected as Member of the Year on two occasions (2012 and 2018).

Larry has extensive experience in the real estate, energy and infrastructure, financial services, and aviation sectors. He also publishes and speaks extensively on cross-border developments, serving for many years as the author of the South American energy chapter for the Matthew Bender treatise entitled Energy Law and Transactions.

He has also served as an adjunct law professor at SMU School of Law, and been invited to speak at a variety of law schools and MBA programs in the United States, including Duke, the University of Texas at Dallas, Louisiana State University, and the University of Kansas on a variety of topics pertaining to Latin American business.

Larry is also a leader in the international bar community. He served as the chair of the International Section of the State Bar of Texas, and led a successful campaign for the adoption of the ABA Model Rule on Foreign Legal Consultants in Texas.

He later received his appointment as the chair of the Task Force on International Law Practice appointed by the Texas Supreme Court, and guided this prestigious body on a unanimous set of proposed reforms for modernizing international law practice in Texas, which the Texas Supreme Court subsequently adopted.

In May 2015, he delivered the commencement address to the University of Kansas, Department of Political Science (his alma mater). He is fluent in English and Spanish, and also speaks Portuguese.

EDUCATION :

• J.D., University of Texas at Austin School of Law, 1991
• B.A., University of Kansas, 1988, Phi Beta Kappa; Rhodes Scholar Candidate

CLERKSHIPS:

• Law Clerk to the Honorable Paul Brown, Federal Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman, Texas
• Law Clerk to the Honorable Tom Phillips, Texas Supreme Court, 1990

ADMISSIONS : Texas