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New York 10281-1047
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Wade Angus
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.
Lawyer Rankings
Latin America: International firms > Corporate and M&A
(Leading individuals)Jones Day remains busy in Latin America matters despite a series of recent senior-level departures, including Miami partners Enrique Martin and Nicholas Rodríguez, along with Marcello Hallake in Sao Paulo. The firm’s sheer size and longstanding focus on the region has ensured it remains well positioned for big-ticket transactions, particularly those involving North American corporates and private equity houses. The firm is also building its presence advising Spanish clients on their investments in Latin America. Brazil continues to be a major focus for the firm, with senior name Wade Angus splitting his time between New York and Sao Paulo. Luis Vélez is now the key corporate partner in Miami and frequently represents US-based clients on their investments in the region, including TotalEnergies, which he advised on its strategic alliance and investment agreement with Omaha Beach Investment Corp, Sunix Petroleum, and Tropigas Dominicana in the Dominican Republic. Head of the Mexico City office Manuel Romano is another senior figure in M&A, joint-ventures and strategic alliances; while Sao Paulo of counsel, Artur Badra, has extensive experience in cross-border transactions in Brazil and across South America.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense