After Argentina’s new government took charge last year determined to finally resolve long-running bondholder litigation, the country’s longtime lawyers at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton appeared to be shunted to the sidelines in favor of Cravath, Swaine & Moore.

But with the litigation all but resolved, Argentina called on Cleary Gottlieb again to guide its re-entry into global capital markets with a $16.5 billion bond offering.