Arnaldo Rego > Greenberg Traurig LLP > Miami, United States > Lawyer Profile
Greenberg Traurig LLP Offices
WELLS FARGO CENTER
333 SE 2ND AVENUE, SUITE 4400
MIAMI, FL 33131
FLORDIA
United States
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Arnaldo Rego
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Of Counsel
Career
Arnaldo Rego Jr. primarily handles international cross-border transactions, advising foreign clients in acquisitions and transactions in the U.S. and U.S. clients in acquisitions abroad. He also advises startup, early-stage, and well-established technology companies in a broad range of matters, including blockchain, cryptosecurities, and cryptocurrency. Arnaldo has worked for several New York-based global firms in their New York and São Paulo offices, where he gained experience in cross-border debt and equity capital markets transactions; mergers and acquisitions; corporate financing; private equity financing and investment; corporate, joint venture and partnership structuring; and financial technology, including blockchain and cryptocurrency. He recently advised Avianca Holdings, S.A., holding company for Avianca (Colombia) and Taca Airlines, in the reprofiling of more than US $4.5 billion of the group’s debt obligations.
Concentrations
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Capital markets
- Private equity financing
- Fintech, blockchain, and cryptocurrency
Capabilities
- Corporate
- Latin America Practice
- Blockchain & Digital Assets
- Capital Markets
- Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity
- Energy Transactions
Admission to Practice
Florida
New York
Languages
Spanish
Education
- J.D., Vanderbilt University Law School, 2009
- B.A., with honors, Boston College, 2004
Lawyer Rankings
Latin America: International firms > Corporate and M&A
Greenberg Traurig LLP’s substantial Miami office has a long history of advising multinationals and Latin American businesses on cross-border corporate and M&A transactions. The Latin America group represents a variety of public companies, major family enterprises, private equity houses and venture capital funds. The firm has reinvigorated this emphasis in recent years with a shift in the leadership group that now sees Antonio Peña as co-chair of the Latin America group with co-managing shareholder of the Miami office, Yosbel Ibarra, who also has a key role in Latin America-related transactions. In conjunction with the additional platform provided by the firm’s substantial Mexico office (opened 2012), this has led to a wider geographical focus across Latin America, building on its longstanding links to Central America, and resulting -particularly- in an uptick in Brazil inbound and outbound deals; Brazilian Arnaldo Rego was promoted to shareholder in 2023. The Latin America team is also working on matters involving increased capital flows into North America from Chile and continues to stand out for its expertise in SPAC transactions. Veteran M&A practitioner Emilio Alvarez-Farré is immensely experienced; while Carol Barnhart and Geiza Vargas-Vargas are both key corporate transactional partners who participate significantly in Latin America-related deals. Associate Anthony Fernandez is a rising star. All named individuals are based in Miami.
Latin America: International firms > City focus - Miami
Greenberg Traurig LLP’s Miami office is the largest of all law firms in the city. Its roots in Miami have provided longstanding links to Latin America and the firm has long since developed a well grounded reputation for its capability and know-how regarding Central America (and to a lesser degree, the Caribbean), where it has worked extensively. More recently, the firm has continued to build out its practice capabilities for the region (not least with the establishment of a local Mexico City office back in 2011) and has now has expanded its geographical focus to the entirety of Latin America. It has strongly increased its engagement with Brazil, which has included a series of lateral hires and the promotion of Brazilian Arnaldo Rego to the partnership in Miami; indeed, the office is now benefitting from an inflow of capital not only from the region’s largest economy, but also from other countries such as Chile, and the Miami team now represents a range of public companies, private equity houses and venture capital funds. Co chair of the Latin America practice Antonio Peña, and co-managing shareholder of the Miami office Yosbel Ibarra, are the key figures for cross-border corporate transactions. Benjamin Greenberg is an experienced figure in FCPA, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and sanctions matters, including advising individuals who have been placed on the Engels List. Marina Olaman-Pal is building the firm’s presence in Latin America fintech, payment systems and crypto matters – including regulatory compliance and licensing, and the acquisition of businesses in the region. On the contentious front, Joseph Mamounas is part of a Miami team that is at the forefront of cross-border litigation and arbitration, particularly M&A disputes, project/infrastructure cases, and investor-state arbitrations.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Real estate > Real estate
Firm Rankings
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Finance > Project finance
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Healthcare > Service providers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense