Juan Pablo Cappello

Juan Pablo Cappello

Juan Pablo Cappello has wide-ranging experience in cross-border corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures.

Mr. Cappello is a pragmatic legal adviser who is 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, an over $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-country. 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

· Wide-ranging experience in the capital markets area. One of the most experienced private equity practitioner 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.

· Extensive 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.

Awards & Recognition

· Chambers & Partners Latin America, Corporate M&A, 2009

· Listed, The International Who's Who of Merger & Acquisition Lawyers 2008

· Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2007-2009

· Listed, Chambers & Partners USA Guide, an annual listing of the leading business lawyers and law firms in the world, 2007-2009 editions

· Listed, Latin Lawyer, an annual listing of the leading lawyers and law firms in Latin America, 2005-2006 & 2006-2007 editions

· Listed, Chambers Global, a directory of the most highly recommended lawyers world-wide, Chambers and Partners, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009 editions

· Selected by Super Lawyers magazine, 2006 and 2009

· Global Advisory Board Member, Endeavor Global, a leading NGO promoting entrepreneurship, 2004-present

· 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 (eighth consecutive year), 2002-2009

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Featured, "Perfil-Cappello," El Mercurio, October 2006

· Featured, "La Ley de Cappello," Que Pasa, July 2006

· Featured in 15 Counsel Roundtable Articles, Latin Lawyer

· Featured, "Juan Pablo Cappello: Miami Law," Capital, August 2004

Lectures

· Moderator, "General Counsel Roundtable," at various ABA International section meetings, April-November 2006

· Panelist, "Latin American Entrepreneur Selection Panel," March-October 2006

· Presenter, "Central American Roundtable," Council of the Americas, Miami, December 2005

· Moderator at 15 "General Counsel Roundtable" Latin Lawyer, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Venezuela and Miami

· Moderator, "Fuel for Growth: Financing the Growing Venture Panel and Q&A session on Angel, Venture Capital, and Multilateral Funds," Entrepreneur's Conference by Endeavor, Miami, Florida, July 2005

· Moderator, "Strategies for Trade and Investment in Mexico - Real World Experience from General Counsel," Mexican-American Chamber of Commerce, New York City, March 2005

· Presenter, Council of Americas 2004, Predictors Conference, Private Equity, New York, July 2004

· Presenter, "The Free Trade Agreement with the United States," Conference Hosted by the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Trade and the Council of the Americas, Bogotá, Colombia, July 2004

· Presenter, "Doing Business with the United States," FTA Financial Sector Conference, Bogota, Colombia, June 2004

· Panelist, "Poder Business Forum: Corporate Governance-The Challenge," Poder, April 2004

Speeches

· Speaker and Host, "Financing Exports of Brazilian Companies," Capital, Trade and WTO Conference, Sao Paolo, Brazil, November 2004

· Sponsor and Featured Speaker, "Tapping the International Capital Markets", LATIN FINANCE Cumbre Financiera Centroamericana, El Salvador, October 2004