Ranked in 1 Practice Areas
5

Band 5

Corporate/M&A & Private Equity

Florida: South

3 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Nicholas Rodríguez

USA

Practice Areas

Nicholas Rodríguez is a partner in Winston’s Miami office. His experience includes representing strategic and private equity investors on complex and sophisticated business acquisitions and divestitures, strategic investments, corporate restructurings and recapitalizations, asset acquisition and sale transactions, joint ventures and other strategic partnering arrangements. He also has extensive experience in a wide array of industries, including technology, software, energy, infrastructure, financial services, media, agriculture, and telecommunications.

Nicholas has represented companies such as Advent International; Atlas Holdings; Brookfield Asset Management; Citigroup Global Markets; Enjoy, S.A.; General Electric; GIC Special Investments (Government of Singapore Investment Corporation); Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.; Mapei International; Mastercard International; Millicom International Cellular SA; NII Holdings; Ospraie Management; and Verint Systems. He advised Advent International in its acquisition of the largest airport operator group in the Dominican Republic, which was recognized by the International Financial Law Review as the 2008 Private Equity Deal of the Year for the Americas. Nicholas also advised NII Holdings, Inc. in its US$178 million sale of Nextel Argentina to Grupo Clarin, which LatinFinance named as its 2015 Domestic M&A Deal of the Year.

Chambers notes that Nicholas is “is very diligent and responsive” (2021). Nicholas is also the sole recipient of Lexology's 2019 Client Choice Award (M&A) (Florida), which recognizes law firm partners who provide exceptional client care and provide significant value to clients' businesses above and beyond others in the market.

Nicholas was appointed to serve on the U.S.-Colombia Business Council’s Board of Directors. Nicholas was born in Medellin, Colombia, and is fluent in Spanish.

Career

Nicholas Rodriguez is a seasoned, strategic practitioner who is “service-oriented and provides simple answers to complicated issues.” With more than 20 years of experience, his diverse corporate practice focuses on complex domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, national and international private equity, joint ventures, and restructurings. He has extensive experience in the energy, infrastructure, financial services, media, and telecommunications sectors, representing clients in the United States, Latin America, and Europe.

Professional Memberships

Board of Directors, U.S.-Colombia Business Council (USCBC)

Publications

Authored, "How to Build a Dynamic Book of Business in Latin America", Daily Business Review (January 2023)

Co-authored, "Sustainable Finance: Navigating Multiple ESG Frameworks & Standards in International Bond Markets", BNamericas (January 2023)

Authored, "Los instrumentos de finanzas sostenibles como alternativa para la refinanciación de deuda en América Latina", Forbes Chile (December 2022)

Quoted, “How Rising Socialism in Latin America Benefits Miami Lawyers”, Daily Business Review (November 2022)

Authored, "Mergers and Acquisitions Trends for the Second Half of 2022", Daily Business Review (August 2022)

Authored, "Fusiones y Adquisiciones en Colombia: seguro de declaraciones y garantías", Editorial La República S.A.S. (September 2021)

Webinar, Investing in Brazil in Times of Coronavirus: Challenges and Opportunities in Cross-Border M&A and Private Equity (August 12, 2020)

Reprint, Reps and Warranties Insurance in Latin America is Here to Stay, Latin Lawyer (April 2019)

Peru and Argentina: New Bribe Regimes Put Companies at Risk (February 2018)

A Primer on FCPA Due Diligence in Cross-Border M&A Transactions: Avoiding Legal and Business Risks (March 2015)

Commentaries, Financial Reform in Mexico (December 2013)

Commentaries, Anti-Corruption Due Diligence in Cross-Border M&A (June 2012)

Personal

Chambers USA, Corporate/M&A and Private Equity (2021-2022)

Legal 500 Latin America, Capital Markets

Best Lawyers in America, M&A

Lexology’s Client Choice Award (M&A) (Florida) (2019)

LatinFinance's Domestic M&A Deal of the Year (NII Holdings' sale of Nextel Argentina) (2015)

IFLR's Americas Award, "Private Equity Deal of the Year" (Advent's acquisition of Aerodom [Dominican Republic])

M&A Atlas Awards, "Upper Middle Market Deal of the Year" (Mexichem's $630 million acquisition of Dura-Line)

Global M&A Network: South American M&A Lawyers of the Year

Experience

Some of the experience represented here may have been handled at a previous firm.

Advised Educational Testing Services, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary, Queststar Assessment, Inc., in the divestiture of educational testing assets to NWEA.

Advised Sensata Technologies, Inc., in its acquisition of Spear Power Systems, a leader in lithium-ion based energy storage solutions for mission-critical and demanding end user applications.

Advised Paymentez, LLC, in the sale of its subsidiary SpeedETab to Wix Restaurants.

Advised SpeedETab, Inc., a restaurant ordering and payment technology provider, in its sale to Wix.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIX), a global leader in software development, cloud-based services, e-commerce, and other online services.

Advised PGT Innovations, Inc., in its US$108 million acquisition of a 75% ownership stake in Eco Window Systems and its related companies, which are leading manufacturers and installers of aluminum, impact-resistant windows and doors serving the South Florida region, as well as PGTI's related US$60 million Rule 144A and Regulation S add-on offering of 6.75% Senior Notes due 2026.

Advised Hard Rock International on the acquisition of JACK Cincinnati Casino, located in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, together with VICI Properties, Inc., and Turfway Park, located in Florence, Kentucky, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately US$745 million in cash.

Advised One Equity Partners in connection with its acquisition of OneLink Holdings, S.A., a provider of business process outsourcing services.

Advised PGT Innovations in its acquisition of Western Window Systems from PWP Growth Equity, the middle market private equity group of Perella Weinberg Partners, for US$360 million in cash.

Advised a subsidiary of Overstock.com in connection with the acquisition of Data IFX S.A.S., a Colombian financial, software, data, and media company.

Advised Gavilon, LLC, in the sale of their equity interests in the diversified midstream energy business owned by funds managed by Ospraie Management, General Atlantic, and Soros Fund Management, on a cash free, debt free basis to NGL Energy Partners LP for US$890 million.

Advised S. Holding Inc., in its 49% equity investment in each of two single-asset limited liability companies owning and operating commercial real estate centers in New Jersey.

Provided advice to IXE Banco, S.A. Institucion de Banca Multiple, IXE Group Financiero, in connection with its issuance of US$120 million of 9.25% Non-Preferred Non-Cumulative Subordinated Fixed Rate Notes due 2020 in a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering.

Advised Vivendi Universal Entertainment in its US$14 billion sale, together with Tishman Speyer, to NBC.

Advised General Electric in the sale of its plastics unit to Sabic for US$11.6 billion.

Advised Lehman Brothers in its US$22.2 billion acquisition, together with Tishman Speyer, of Archstone-Smith.

Advised a Brookfield Asset Management-led consortium in its US$2.5 billion acquisition of Transelec Chile S.A. from Hydro Quebec and IFC.

Advised WL Ross & Co. LLC in its sale to AMVESCAP for aggregate consideration of up to US$375 million assuming satisfaction of certain conditions.

Advised GE Money in the sale of its Partnership Marketing Group to Allstate Corporation.

Advised GE Capital in its commercial loan portfolio acquisition from IBM Credit Corporation.

Advised CMS Energy Corporation's acquisition of Panhandle Easter Pule Company and Trunkline LNG Company from Duke Energy.

Advised Visteon Corporation in its business restructuring and asset transfer to Ford Motor Company.

Advised ACI Capital in its going private acquisition of Jenny Craig Inc., together with other sponsors.

Advised Universal American Financial Corp. in its acquisition of Heritage Health Systems, Inc.

Advised Universal American Financial Corp. in its acquisition of The Pyramid Life Insurance Company.

Advised Genovo Inc., in its merger with gene therapy company Targeted Genetics Corp.

Advised Citigroup in AmBev's US$400 million tender offer for Quilmes Industrial S.A.

Advised Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. in the sale of Sudameris Paraguay to Abbeyfield Financial.

Advised AT&T in connection with the US$5 billion Telecom Americas joint venture with America Movil S.A. and Bell Canada.

Advised The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in AIG Global Investment Group's US$1.3 billion acquisition of P&O's US ports business.

Advised Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A and Gestiones y Recuperaciones de Activos SA in the sale of Peruvian mining concessions and related mining assets to Gold Hawk Resources Inc.

Advised a Brookfield Asset Management-led consortium in connection with the consortium's bid for Mexican toll road operator FARAC S.A.

Advised IXE Groupo Financiero's sale of its stake in Afore XXI, S.A. de C.V. to Prudential Financial, Inc.

Industry Sector Expertise

Co-moderator, "M&A and Financing in Exits: The Ultimate Founder's Dream" hosted by the International Bar Association (January 2023)

Speaker, "Mejores Prácticas Legales y su Impacto en las Decisiones Financieras de la Especialización en Finanzas" hosted by Universidad Francisco Marroquín (UFM), Guatemala (December 9, 2022)

Panelist, “Trends and Transactions in Latin America M&A” hosted by Convergence (September 29, 2022)

Speaker, “International Financing and Climate Change in Latin America: Opportunities for Governments and Corporations” hosted by Universidad de los Andes (School of Business), Colombia (September 7, 2022)

Speaker, “Doing Business in and with Emerging Markets 2022" hosted by Practicing Law Institute (June 2022)

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Florida and New York

Languages Spoken

English and Spanish

Education

St. John's University

J.D.

1994

Columbia University

MBA

1996

New York University

Bachelors

1989

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