Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Francisco Cestero

Financial and corporate transactions, particularly cross-border restructurings, special situations and capital solution transactions, financings and acquisitions. In addition, he advises on cross-border enforcement matters and internal investigations. Recent clients include major Brazilian and multinational corporations and financial investors. He has advised in numerous investments and restructurings throughout Brazil and the Americas.

Juan is a partner at Cleary Gottlieb, where he holds various leadership roles. Fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, French and English, his practice focuses on international business and financing transactions, particularly mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, cross-border financings and capital markets. Juan is widely regarded in Brazil and throughout Latin America as a top lawyer and has been frequently lauded by leading industry publications. His advises some of the largest companies in Latin America which rely on him for their most important and complex transactions. With deep experience across various industries, his clients include corporates, banks and investment funds with operations in the region, as well as sovereign governments and their instrumentalities in connection with complex financing transactions, among others.