About
Francisco Cerezo serves as Chair of Latin America Corporate & Finance at DLA Piper LLP (US). His practice focuses on corporate and international matters, advising US and foreign companies, private equity funds, family groups, and sovereigns doing business globally with an emphasis on the Americas and the Caribbean. He has extensive experience in cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, public-private partnerships, strategic corporate counseling, and compliance. He also serves as principal outside counsel to significant family groups on corporate governance, succession planning, and representation of their portfolio companies.
Practice areas
CorporateFinancePrivate EquityMergers and AcquisitionsCross-Border TransactionsPublic-Private PartnershipsStrategic Corporate CounselingCompliance
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Expertise
Corporate FinanceInternational TransactionsFamily Business CounselingMarket EntryCorporate GovernanceSuccession Planning
Education
- LL.M., Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- J.D., Columbia University School of Law
- Graduate Fellow, University of Virginia
- B.A., Washington University
Languages
EnglishFrenchSpanish