Juan G Giráldez

Practice Areas

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 clients include some of the largest companies in the region who rely on him for their most important and complex transactions. With deep experience across various industries, his clients include Andean Telecom Partners, CNP Assurances, Dow Chemical, Pampa Energia, Suzano, Vale, Votorantim, YPF, and sovereign governments such as the Republic of Argentina, the Province of Buenos Aires, the Dominican Republic, and the Republic of Uruguay, among others.

Career

Joined firm, 1998; became Partner, 2007. Columbia University School of Law (LLM, James Kent Scholar) 1998; Université de Paris II - Panthéon-Assas (D.E.A., International Economic Law; D.S.U., Commercial Law and European Law) 1996 and 1995; Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (Degree in Law, magna cum laude) 1994.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Bar in New York.

Publications

Juan is a frequent writer on topics relating to finance and ESG, with a particular focus on sovereign debt management.

Languages Spoken

Spanish, Portuguese, French and English

Education