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Wade Angus

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Career

Wade Angus has represented clients for more than 25 years in cross-border M&A, joint ventures, private equity, and restructuring transactions in the U.S., Latin America, and Europe. He has extensive experience in cross-border M&A and private equity transactions in Brazil and throughout Latin America in the automotive, energy, infrastructure, financial services, and telecommunications sectors. Wade also represents Latin American clients on M&A, private equity and restructuring transactions in the U.S. He represented ENGIE in its $8.6 billion acquisition of pipeline operator TAG from Petrobas, Brazil’s largest ever cash acquisition and privatization. HE advised NII Holdings on its $949 million sale of Nextel Brazil to América Móvil – the first divestiture under Brazil’s new telecommunications regulations. Wade regularly represents private equity and sovereign wealth funds, including GIC Special Investments (Government of Singapore Investment Corporation), on their investments in Latin America. He is a frequent speaker on M&A and regularly authors articles on cross-border M&A. He is a member of the board of directors of the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce.

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Latin America: International firms > Corporate and M&A

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Wade Angus – Jones Day

Jones Day has deep connections to Latin America, through its Miami, New York, Houston, Washington DC, Madrid, Mexico City and São Paulo offices, among others. It has a history of representing US and Europe-based clients in headline investments and acquisitions in the region, although it is now increasingly active on outbound transactions by Latin American businesses; it recently advised Agencias Universales (AGUNSA) on the acquisition of a 75% equity interest in Carver Maritime Manatee, a terminal operator at SeaPort Manatee, Florida. The Mexico City and other international offices are increasingly active in transactions connected to the nearshoring sector in Mexico. New York’s Wade Angus has over 25 years’ experience in mid-cap and bulge-bracket M&A, private equity, joint ventures and restructuring transactions in Latin America, including advising Sanofi on the sale of 11 Dermacyd line products in Brazil and 13 Lactacyd line products in Mexico, Peru, and Argentina to Grupo NC. Manuel Romano is another key figure in Mexico City, as is Luis Vélez in Miami. Of counsel Artur Badra provides further senior expertise in São Paulo.

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