Greenberg Traurig LLP

Corporate

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Antonio Peña, a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig’s Miami office who leads the firm’s foreign law clerk program, has broad experience in the U.S., Spain, and Latin America, representing strategic investors and private equity funds in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, financings, restructurings, and other corporate matters.

Prior to joining the firm, Peña served as in-house counsel at one of the largest Mexican financial institutions, Banamex, and later served as acting General Counsel for a joint venture between two Fortune 500 companies operating in thirteen jurisdictions in Latin America.

Antonio, the President of the Interamerican Chapter of the United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce, was recently recognized by the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA) as one of Latin America’s leading business lawyers and by Legal 500 as one of the top U.S. lawyers with a specialist focus on Mexico. Antonio has also held a number of board positions, including at the Spain-United States Chamber of Commerce and the Make-a-Wish Foundation in Florida. Antonio has four law degrees from the United States, Mexico and Spain and is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

ConcentrationsMergers and acquisitionsJoint venturesPrivate equityFinancing transactionsCorporate governance

CapabilitiesMergers & AcquisitionsCorporate Infrastructure Latin America Practice

Admission to PracitceFloridaMexico

English, FluentSpanish, FluentPortuguese, Fluent

President, Inter-American Chapter, United States – Mexico Chamber of Commerce Member, Bi-National Board of Directors, United States – Mexico Chamber of Commerce Board Member, Spain-United States Chamber of Commerce   Board Member, Professional Editors, Law and Business Review of the Americas Member, International Bar Association Chair, Complex Acquisitions Subcommittee Member, U.S.-Mexico Bar Association Member, American Bar Association Former Board Member, Board of Directors, Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida

LL.M., Comparative and International Law, SMU Dedman School of Law J.D., magna cum laude, SMU Dedman School of Law Order of the Coif Member, SMU Law Review Master of Law, Navarre University Law School, Pamplona, Spain J.D., Panamerican University Law School, Mexico City, Mexico