Juan Pablo Cappello has wide-ranging capital markets experience in cross-border corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures. Mr. Cappello is a pragmatic legal adviser respected throughout Latin America and Europe. He was a partner, the EVP, Corporate Secretary, and General Counsel of Patagon, a financial institution with retail brokerage and banking operations in Spain, Germany, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, and the United States. While at Patagon, Mr. Cappello was responsible for all legal and compliance matters. He structured acquisitions of financial institutions in six countries and the sale of a controlling interest in Patagon to Banco Santander for more than US$750 million. Earlier in his career, Mr. Cappello was the General Counsel and SVP of SKY Latin America, a more than $1 billion joint venture of News Corp, Televisa, Globo and Liberty Media. Mr. Cappello also established The Private Advising Group, a unique and successful international private equity and strategic consulting firm. Mr. Cappello, a Chilean native, has law firm experience both on Wall Street and in Chile. Earlier in his career, he worked at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton (New York) and Philippi, Yrarrazaval (Santiago) where he focused on international financings, securities offerings, and joint ventures. Mr. Cappello is a frequent lecturer at international conferences, speaking often on the structurings of international business transactions and cross-border investments. Areas of Concentration · Cross-border corporate finance · Private equity and venture capital · Mergers and acquisitions · Joint ventures Significant Representations · One of the most experienced private equity practitioners in Latin America, advising portfolio companies of Intel Capital, Darby Overseas, MiFactory, Citibank Venture Capital and others. Principal lawyer responsible for the IPOs and the ongoing SEC disclosure obligations of Latin issuers including Acindar, Banco O'Higgins, Banco Santiago, Chilquinta, CTC, Distribución y Servicio (Almac), Elektra, Madeco, Telemex and Unimarc. · Primary lawyer responsible for negotiating syndicated loan agreements as large as US$500 million on behalf of international borrowers and lenders including Elektra, Banco de Credito e Inversiones, Citibank, Codelco-Chile, Banco Santander, and TV Azteca. Work on all types financing agreements and financing structures, both on shore and off shore. · Work on numerous M&A transactions, project financings and joint ventures throughout Latin America, including the US$600 million/650megawatt Samalayuca II project in Mexico, the first independent power project. Experience in the creation of special purpose off-shore companies, Delaware corporations and partnerships to facilitate complex financings. · Work on behalf of major international financial institutions advising on regulatory and compliance issues, including issues related to the "40 Act" fund work. · Sovereign "Brady Plan" debt restructuring experience on behalf of the Republics of Peru, Ivory Coast, Nicaragua and Argentina. Experience on billions of dollars worth of follow-on capital markets debt offerings for Colombia, Mexico and Chile. Professional & Community Involvement · Global Advisory Board Member, Endeavor Global, a leading NGO promoting entrepreneurship · Legal Advisory Board Latin American Venture Capital Association · Advisory Board of the Pino Entrepenuership Center at Florida International University · Advisory Board of the Institute of Global International Effectiveness at the Kelly School of Management, Indiana University · Member, American Bar Association Awards & Recognition · 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.) · Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, 2007-2012 · Listed, Chambers Global, a directory of the most highly recommended lawyers world-wide, 2005-2009 and 2011-2012 · Listed, Chambers & Partners USA Guide, an annual listing of the leading business lawyers and law firms in the world, 2007-2011 · Selected, Super Lawyers magazine, 2006, 2009-2011 · Listed, Chambers & Partners Latin America, Corporate M&A, 2009-2012 · Listed, The International Who's Who of Merger & Acquisition Lawyers, 2008 · Listed, Latin Lawyer magazine, 2005-2007 Articles, Publications, & Lectures Articles · Mentioned, "MasterCard and Telefónica combine in first of its kind JV," Latin Lawyer, February 8, 2011 · Featured, "Perfil-Cappello," El Mercurio, October 2006 · Featured, "La Ley de Cappello," Que Pasa, July 2006 · Featured, 15 counsel roundtable articles, Latin Lawyer magazine · Featured, "Juan Pablo Cappello: Miami Law," Capital, August 2004 |