About

Since it began investing in 2007, Enfoca has turned into one of the largest private equity firms in Peru, with over $1bn in assets under management. Chief legal officer and general counsel Edgardo Cavalié has served the company since 2009. Having spent 10 years as an expert M&A associate for law firms White & Case and Skadden Arps prior to Enfoca, Cavalié’s transactional and negotiating skills were needed when the company agreed a $950m secondary venture capital transaction in 2018 with Goldman Sachs Asset Management to recapitalise certain funds that it manages. Cited as ‘one the largest secondary deals, if not the largest, involving a Latin American private-equity manager in recent history’, the deal which Cavalié assisted on demonstrates Peru’s increasing appeal to private-equity investors. He is also pivotal in Enfoca’s 2018 acquisition of UCAL-Toulouse Group, a significant acquisition within the higher education industry. Outside of his profession, Cavalié is also a member of the FIFA Licensing Commission of the Peruvian Football Federation and a member of the Children’s Commission of the Peruvian Football Federation. He graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in 1997.