Jorge U. Juantorena is a partner based in the New York office.
Mr. Juantorena’s practice focuses on capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, bank finance and corporate governance. He concentrates on cross-border transactions, principally in Latin America.
Mr. Juantorena has been recognized as a leading corporate lawyer by
Chambers Global,
Chambers USA and
Chambers Latin America. He is also distinguished as one of the best capital markets lawyers by
The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, and
he has been named one of "Latin America's Top 50 Legal Stars" by
Latin Business Chronicle.
Noteworthy capital markets transactions in which Mr. Juantorena has been involved include: the privatization of the Mexican airport sector, which involved initial public offerings by three companies totaling $1.7 billion; the initial public offerings of Alpek, Chedraui, Corpbanca and Cencosud; and follow-on equity offerings by ASUR, Empresas ICA and Homex. Mr. Juantorena has also participated in high yield and investment grade bond offerings by Bimbo, Cablemas, CIE, Commercial Mexicana, Empresas ICA, ENAP, GEO, Pepsi Bottling Group, Su Casita, Surgical Care Affiliates, Targa Resources and Vitro. He has also been involved in several structured capital offerings by banks, including Banco de Chile, Banco Santander Chile and Banca Mifel.
Mr. Juantorena’s M&A experience has included: Grupo Lala’s acquisition of National Dairy Holdings; the investment by Carlos Slim in the New York Times; HSBC’s acquisition of Banistmo (Panama’s largest bank at the time); the merger between Banco de Chile and Banco Edwards; and Fresh Del Monte’s acquisition of Costa Rican group Caribana.
Mr. Juantorena also regularly participates in bank finance assignments and provides advice on corporate governance matters.
Mr. Juantorena joined the firm in 1992 and became a partner in 2000. He received a J.D. degree,
cum laude, in 1991 from New York University School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review. He received an undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 1988.
Mr. Juantorena is a member of the Bars in New York and California. His native language is Spanish, and he is fluent in English.