LuisRiesgo

Socio director de la región Latinoamérica/Miami y oficina de São Paulo

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Luis Riesgo centra su práctica en fusiones y adquisiciones multijurisdiccionales. Su experiencia incluye creación de joint ventures, alianzas estratégicas, acuerdos comerciales e industriales, y proyectos de outsourcing, en Latinoamérica y España. Su práctica transaccional se extiende a una amplia gama de sectores, incluyendo el aeronáutico, automovilístico, energía y energías renovables, infraestructuras, internet media, y telecomunicaciones.

Luis es el socio director de la región de Latinoamérica/Miami, con responsabilidad sobre las oficinas de São Paulo, Ciudad de México, y Miami, y de las prácticas en la región. Además, es el socio director de la oficina de São Paulo.

Luis ha liderado diversas operaciones corporativas de gran relevancia, incluyendo la representación de Orange en la adquisición de Jazztel ($4.400 millones) y de Amena ($7.700 millones), la venta de Orange Dominicana, su filial en la República Dominicana ($1.435 millones), y de Gas Natural Fenosa en su acuerdo con Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais (CEMIG) para la creación de Gas Natural do Brasil, una plataforma para la consolidación de activos e inversiones en proyectos de gas natural en el mercado brasileño.

Otros clientes con los que Luis ha trabajado en asuntos relevantes son Chevron, Electricité de France, Endesa, Exide, Nextel Communications, Riverside, Santander, Schneider Electric, y Schibsted.

Experiencia

  • Orange and Masmovil to combine in €18.6 billion mergerJones Day is advising Orange, S.A. ("Orange"), one of the world's leading telecommunications operators, on the combination of their telecom business in Spain with Masmovil, one of the leading telecommunications operators in Spain, for an enterprise value of €18.6 billion (€7.8 billion for Orange Spain and €10.9 billion for Masmovil).
  • Uniphore acquires Emotion Research Labs, S.L.Jones Day represented Uniphore Technologies Inc., an early leader in Conversational Service Automation (CSA), in its acquisition of Emotion Research Labs, S.L., a leading software developer that uses AI and machine learning, to identify emotion and engagement levels in real-time over video-based interactions.
  • Whisbi receives €5 million investment from Cipio PartnersJones Day advised Whisbi in connection with the €5 million investment in Whisbi by Cipio Partners, a private equity fund.
  • Softonic sells 34% stake to U.S. investor Michael Levit and German group EyeoJones Day advised the shareholders of Softonic International S.A. in the sale of a 34% stake to the U.S. investor Michael Levit and German multinational Eyeo.
  • Whisbi Technologies obtains term loan facility and negotiates Share Option AgreementJones Day represented Whisbi Technologies, S.L. in connection with a term loan facility agreement provided by Columbia Lake Partners Growth Lending I (Luxco), S.à.r.l. and negotiation of a Share Option Agreement by virtue of which the shareholders of Whisbi granted a share option right and an equity investment right to Columbia Lake Partners, in connection with the financing granted by them to Whisbi.
  • Pegasus Capital Advisors sells Pure Biofuels del Peru to Valero EnergyJones Day represented Pure Biofuels del Peru S.A.C. in its sale by Pegasus Capital Advisors L.P. to Valero Energy Corporation.
  • Schibsted sells Grupo 20 MinutosJones Day advised Schibsted ASA in the sale of the business of Spanish subsidiary Grupo 20 Minutos, S.L. which is engaged in the business of publishing the free newspaper 20 Minutos both in print and online.
  • Orange successfully completes $4.4 billion tender offer for JazztelJones Day advised Orange SA, a leading global telecommunications company, in connection with the €3.4 billion (US$4.4 billion) friendly tender cash offer at €13 ($16) a share for the acquisition of Jazztel, a listed Spanish company and fourth operator in the telecoms market in Spain.
  • GNF and CEMIG create new company Gas Natural do BrasilJones Day advised Gas Natural Fenosa SDG, S.A. (GNF) in connection with its agreement with Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais (CEMIG), the listed Brazilian electricity company, to create a new company called Gas Natural do Brasil, which will be a platform for the consolidation of assets and investments in natural gas projects in the Brazilian market.
  • Orange (France Telecom) sells Dominican Republic assets to Altice for $1.42 billion (€1.05 billion)Jones Day advised long-standing client Orange, S.A. (France Telecom), a leading global telecommunications company, in connection with the sale of 100 percent of Orange Dominicana S.A., its subsidiary in the Dominican Republic, to Altice, a multinational cable and telecommunications company, for $1.42 billion (€1.05 billion).
  • Grupo Intercom de Capital de Riesgo sold Grupo de Apartamentos Niumba, S.L. to TripAdvisor Ltd.Jones Day advised Grupo Intercom de Capital de Riesgo S.A. in the sale of Grupo de Apartamentos Niumba, S.L. to TripAdvisor Ltd.
  • Grupo Intercom de Capital de Riesgo sold Grupo de Apartamentos Niumba, S.L. to TripAdvisor Ltd.Jones Day advised Grupo Intercom de Capital de Riesgo S.A. in the sale of Grupo de Apartamentos Niumba, S.L. to TripAdvisor Ltd.
  • Partners Group invests in SoftonicJones Day advised Softonic International S.L in the merger with and into Intershare S.L., to create Softonic, a global multiplatform software guide which allows users to explore, download, and manage software applications on multiple devices in more than ten different languages.
  • Schneider Electric acquires CP EletrônicaJones Day advised Schneider Electric Industries SAS in its acquisition of CP Eletrônica S.A.
  • Whisbi Technologies sells stake to Active Venture PartnersJones Day advised Whisbi Technologies, S.L. in connection with the acquisition by Active Venture Partners of a 10% stake through a share capital increase.
  • Heilind acquires Brazilian distributor Kotek Eletro EletrônicaJones Day advised Heilind Electronics, Inc., the largest distributor of electronic interconnect products in North America, in connection with its acquisition of Kotek Eletro Eletrônica Ltda., a leading distributor of electronic components in Brazil.
  • Riverside acquires KEYMILE GroupJones Day advised The Riverside Company in connection with its acquisition and related financing of KEYMILE Group, a leading global supplier of communication solutions in the area of access and transmission systems for public and private telecommunication networks, operating networks of railway companies, energy suppliers, and other private network operators.
  • EnGrande sells controlling stake in budgetplaces.com to Palamon Capital PartnersJones Day represented EnGrande, S.L. in connection with its sale of a controlling stake in budgetplaces.com, a leading European on-line booking company, to Palamon Capital Partners, LP.
  • Isolux Corsan closes BRL 300 million loan agreementJones Day advised Isolux Corsan, S.A., a Spanish engineering and construction firm, in connection with its BRL 300 million (US$190.5 million) master loan agreement.
  • Grupo Intercom de Capital de Riesgo completes sale of 5% of Softonic International to Espiga CapitalJones Day represented Grupo Intercom de Capital de Riesgo S.A. in connection with its sale of 5% of Softonic International, S.L., a leading website for software downloads in Europe and one of the leading sites in the world, to Espiga Capital.
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