Francisco L Cestero

Practice Areas

Francisco (Paco) L. Cestero is a lawyer of reference for international restructurings, capital solutions and corporate transactions in Brazil, having advised debtors, creditors, acquirors and funding providers on the most complex and litigious international restructurings and distressed financings by Brazilian debtors of the last decade.

Paco advises on both the transactional and tactical litigation aspects of restructurings and other corporate transactions. His extensive knowledge of the Brazilian and Latin American transactional and regulatory landscape enables Paco to provide comprehensive and effective guidance to clients about the multijurisdictional complexities that often arise in international transactions.

Paco has uniquely deep expertise in crafting creative and business-oriented solutions on behalf of debtors, creditors and other interested parties, and is praised for his shrewd tactical and negotiation skills. His interdisciplinary practice, which includes experience with complex, cross-border M&A and finance transactions in both Brazil and the rest of Latin America, allow him to create novel and holistic solutions for clients, effectively guiding them through the multifaceted issues that arise in crisis scenarios across emerging markets

Career

Joined firm, 1995; became partner, 2004. JD, University of Chicago Law School (1995); BA, magna cum laude, Yale University (1990).

Professional Memberships

New York Bar.

Personal

Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and English.