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Juan F. Méndez
 

Juan F. Méndez

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425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017 
 
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Fluent in both English and Spanish, Juan Francisco Méndez has a thriving practice advising on transactions involving Latin America and the Caribbean. He has extensive experience in cross-border transactions across the region, including financings, restructurings, acquisitions, investigations and other complex corporate matters. His clients include global investment banks such as JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and Bank of America Merrill Lynch, as well as leading Latin American companies such as Pan American Energy, Despegar.com, YPF, Macquarie Mexico, Cultiba, Minsur, CSAV, SAAM, Sura Asset Management and Ecopetrol. Juan Francisco has significant experiences working on both U.S. and Latin American transactions and is capable of seamlessly navigating his clients through diverse cultures and business practices.

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Work Highlights
  • Sura Asset Management and Grupo Weise in connection with the sale of Seguros Sura, a leading insurance provider in Peru 
  • Underwriters in multiple debt offerings by América Móvil, Latin America’s largest telecommunications company
  • Macquarie Mexico FIBRA, a real estate fund with one of Mexico’s largest industrial properties portfolios, in its formation and $1.1 billion Rule 144A/Regulation S IPO
  • Despegar.com, a Latin American online booking source, in the minority investment made by Expedia
  • SAAM, a Latin American port operator headquartered in Chile, in its joint venture with Boskalis
  • Minsur, one of Peru’s leading mining companies and part of the Breca conglomerate, in its inaugural global bond offer
  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch and JPMorgan in connection with the inaugural global bond offer by GrupoSura, one of Colombia’s largest financial conglomerates
  • HSBC and JPMorgan in connection with a global high yield bond offer by Pan American Energy, a leading Argentine oil and gas company
  • Underwriters and lenders in multiple financings for the Intercorp group
Education
  • Columbia Law School, 1998 J.D.
  • University of Virginia, 1993 B.A.
    Distinguished Majors Program
  • New York University School of Law, 2007 LL.M.
    International Legal Studies
Admissions
  • New York 1999

Juan Francisco Méndez is a Partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in the Firm’s Corporate Department. He has extensive experience in cross-border transactions, including financings, restructurings, acquisitions, investigations and other complex corporate matters. Fluent in English and Spanish, Juan Francisco’s practice primarily focuses on Latin America and the Caribbean. 

Juan Francisco advises leading companies and investment banks throughout the region. He has worked on a wide range of equity, high yield and investment grade debt, and hybrid securities transactions, as well as restructurings, liability management transactions, acquisitions, joint ventures, syndicated loans and acquisition financings. He has worked on transactions with América Móvil, Macquarie Mexico FIBRA, Cultiba, CFE and Cemex in Mexico; Banco Macro, YPF, Pan American Energy in Argentina, Embraer and BRF—Brasil Foods in Brazil; CFR Pharmaceuticals, Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile, CSAV and SAAM in Chile; GrupoSura, Ecopetrol, Sura Asset Management and Exito in Colombia; Cementos Pacasmayo, Interbank, InRetail Peru and Minsur in Peru; and Despegar.com and Cinemark throughout the region. He has handled matters for JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, HSBC, Deutsche, UBS, BTG Pactual and Itaú, among others. He has also represented Firm clients such as The Blackstone Group.

Juan Francisco was recognized by Chambers Latin America 2013-2019 as a leading lawyer in Latin America–wide Capital Markets, where a client described him as an “analytical lawyer with a practical approach to problem-solving.” He has also been recognized as a leading U.S. attorney with a focus on Mexico by The Legal 500 Private Practice Powerlist 2017 and 2018. Juan has significant experiences working on both U.S. and Latin American transactions and is capable of seamlessly navigating his clients through diverse cultures and business practices.

Juan Francisco received his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law; his B.A. from the University of Virginia, where he was in the Distinguished Majors Program; and an LL.M. in International Legal Studies from New York University School of Law.

Juan Francisco is a member of the International Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

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