Juan Francisco Mendez

Juan Francisco is a Corporate Partner based in Simpson Thacher’s New York headquarters. He advises clients on international corporate finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and other strategic matters. Juan Francisco represents many of Latin America’s most renowned corporations, as well as global companies, investment banks and private equity firms acting in the region. He has significant experience in equity offerings (including IPOs and follow-on offerings); debt offerings (including investment grade, high-yield, hybrid, structured, project and sovereign bond offerings); merger and acquisitions (sell-side and buy-side, auction and bilateral negotiations) and joint ventures; liability management and restructurings; and other complex transactions. He also has experience in board representation as well as crisis management and investigation matters. He has worked with such companies as Pan American Energy and YPF (Argentina); Intercorp group and Breca group (Peru); Grupo Sura and Avianca and (Colombia); Quinenco and Entel (Chile); Grupo Mexico and America Movil (Mexico); plus global banks such as JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley; and private equity groups such as The Blackstone Group. His practice focuses on Latin America and the Caribbean. Juan Francisco is fluent in English and Spanish.

New York City Bar; International Bar Association

B.A., University of Virginia (1993); J.D., Columbia School of Law (1998)