Juan M. Naveira

Juan M. Naveira is a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Department, focusing on cross-border transactions, primarily involving Latin America. He regularly advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, financings, capital markets transactions, liability management, restructurings and other complex corporate matters. Juan has represented leading companies, private equity sponsors, international investors and investment banks in transactions across a range of industries, including energy and infrastructure, banking and financial services, real estate, agriculture, technology and FinTech, among others.

Juan’s clients on numerous significant transactions have included leading global private equity sponsors and fund managers such as Advent International, The Blackstone Group, Patria Investments and Gramercy Funds Management, leading companies such as Copec S.A., Celulosa Arauco, Banco de Crédito e Inversiones, Colbun and BBVA Mexico, and global investment banks such as J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Juan has been recognized as a “Next Generation Partner” in each of M&A, capital markets and banking by The Legal 500 Latin America (2024).

Selected M&A transactions include the representation of:

• COPEC, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Copec S.A. (COPEC), with its agreement to sell MAPCO Express, Inc.
• Advent International Corporation in the acquisition of a majority stake in Neoris N.V. from CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V.
• SCC Power Plc and MSU Energy Holding Ltd. in the acquisition by SCC Power of the business enterprise of Stoneway Capital Corporation
• Patria Investments in its business combination with Moneda Asset Management which created the leading alternative asset investment platform in Latin America, with US$25.9 billion in assets under management
• Empresas Gasco S.A. and Abastible S.A.in their sale of Gasmar S.A. to Inversiones Arco 4 SpA  
• Certares Management LLC in its purchase of US$325 million of 8% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock in Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc.
• Celulosa Arauco y Constitución S.A. in multiple acquisitions and joint ventures
• Inversiones Alxar, a subsidiary of Empresas Copec, in its joint venture with Minsur S.A., subsidiary of the Peruvian conglomerate Grupo Breca, through the acquisition of 40% of Cumbres Andinas S.A.C.
• Trafigura in the acquisition of Pampa Energía’s downstream assets in Argentina
• Consortium led by Colbun S.A. in its acquisition of Fenix Power Peru
• CorpBanca in its US$1.3 billion acquisition of Helm Bank S.A. and CorpBanca’s merger with Banco Itaú Chile (and related combination of CorpBanca’s and Itaú Unibanco’s operations in Colombia)
• CorpGroup in the sale of its stake in Itaú CorpBanca Colombia to Itaú Corpbanca and Itaú Holding Colombia S.A.S.

Selected financings include the representation of:

• Gramercy Funds Management LLC in numerous financings, including its credit agreements with Lenus Capital Partners to acquire Medicadiz Hospital and San Rafael Hospitals in Colombia, as well as its $100 million debt facility to OmniLatam to expand its operations in Colombia, among others
• SIBA Energy in the financing of a thermoelectric plant in the Dominican Republic
• Administradora de Electromovilidad CK SpA’s project financing for a fleet of electric busses in Chile, which was named “Social Infrastructure Financing of the Year” by LatinFinance
• Celulosa Arauco in numerous credit facilities, including its €555 million export credit facility, which was named “South American ECA-backed Finance Deal of the Year” by TXF
• Empresas Copec and COPEC in multiple financings

Selected capital market transactions include advising:

• Corporate issuers as well as underwriters, initial purchasers and dealers in multiple investment grade and high yield debt offerings, including by Banco de Crédito e Inversiones,Celulosa Arauco, IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones S.A., BBVA Mexico, Banco de Bogota, MSU Energy and Agrosuper, among others
• Banco de Crédito e Inversiones in various rights offerings and equity offerings
• Avianca in its SEC-registered IPO and NYSE listing 
• Underwriters in the SEC-registered IPO of Atento, the largest provider of business process outsourcing services in Latin America and Spain
• Underwriters in the SEC-registered IPO of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores
• Underwriters in the IPO of Class A common stock of Artisan Partners Asset Management 

Juan is a member of the Global Board and Co-Chair of the Legal and Compliance Committee of Pequeños Pasos, an NGO that has been working for 15 years to improve the quality of life of families at social risk in Argentina.

Juan is also a Hiring Partner of the Firm and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Recruiting Committee.