As a member of the 300-lawyer corporate and securities practice of the firm, Enrique Conde handles domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate financings, joint ventures and all types of general contractual matters. Fluent in Spanish, Enrique has also advised Latin American and European companies doing business in the United States.
Areas of Concentration
· Corporate Finance
· Mergers & Acquisitions
· General Corporate Law and Securities
Significant Representations
· Mergers and Acquisitions
- Represented Rowland Coffee Roasters, Inc., a privately-held company based in Miami and best known for the leading Hispanic brands Café Bustelo® and Café Pilon®, in the $360 million sale of its coffee brands and business operations to The J.M. Smucker Company.
- Represented consortium of investors in the purchase of substantially all of the Latin America and Caribbean operations of McDonald's Corporation for approximately US$700 million.
- Represented a Salvadoran financial institution in its US$900 million sale to Colombia's largest full-service financial institution conducted through simultaneous tender offers in Panama and El Salvador.
- Represented a consortium of investors in connection with the purchase of a 50% interest in a US$770 million joint venture formed to provide credit cards and personal loans to customers in Mexico.
- Represented regional Panamanian investment company in connection with the purchase of 49.9% interest in a regional cable operator in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica.
- Representation of Panamanian company in the US$145 million sale of a publicly traded Costa Rican manufacturing company with 30 subsidiaries located throughout Latin America to a French/Belgian conglomerate.
· Financings
- Member of Greenberg Traurig team that represented MAT Concessionaire, LLC and its sponsors, Meridiam Infrastructure Fund and Bouygues Travaux Publics, S.A., in the Port of Miami Tunnel project, one of the first greenfield public-private partnerships in the United States.
- Represented investment fund in connection with a US$45 million mezzanine financing for a regional wireless communications provider in British Virgin Islands, Netherland Antilles, Aruba and Cayman Islands.
· Public and Private Offerings
- Represented a real estate investment trust in connection with a debt offering of US$125 million of senior notes.
- Represented a Brazilian steakhouse chain in its initial private offering for the development of its first restaurant in Delray Beach, Florida.
· Corporate Operations
- Represented a Guatemalan produce company in connection with its domestic and international operations.
Professional & Community Involvement
· Member, International Bar Association
· Member, American Bar Association
· Founder, The Futuro Program, a community outreach program to provide high school students with positive role models and educational workshops
Awards & Recognition
· Member, Winning Team, Latin Lawyer's "Deal of the Year - Restructuring" Award, 2012
· Selected, Winning Deal Team - Distressed M&A Deal of the Year (Over $100mm), 2011 Turnaround Awards, The M&A Advisor, 2011
· Member, team selected by Chambers and Partners for "Corporate & Finance - Law Firm of the Year (Florida-Based)" Award, Chambers Latin America Awards, 2010 and 2011
· Member, team selected by Chambers and Partners for "Focus on Latin America - Law Firm of the Year (Florida-Based)" Award, Chambers Latin America Inaugural Awards for Excellence, 2009
· Member, team ranked as the No.1 corporate law firm in Miami as selected by corporate directors, in the annual "Legal Industry Research Study" by Corporate Board Member magazine and FTI Consulting Inc. (ninth year), 2002-2009, 2011 (2010 study did not include rankings by city.)
· Latin Lawyer Magazine, M&A Deal of the Year Award, 2008
Previous Employment
· Analyst, Investment Banking Division, Thomas Weisel Partners, LLC, Summer 2001
Internship
· Intern, Office of The Honorable Richard C. Casey, S.D.N.Y., Summer 2003
· Intern, Office of Market Surveillance, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., Summer 2002
(Also at New York, NY Office)