About

Number of years practice: 26

Principal practice areas: Corporate, M&A, Latin America

Bar admissions: New York

Languages spoken: English, Spanish

Gabriel Mesa is a partner in Covington & Burling’s New York office and a member of the corporate practice group. He advises companies on corporate transactions, including joint ventures, private mergers and acquisitions, financings and restructurings in Latin America and other emerging markets as well as in the United States. His work spans venture capital and private equity investments, strategic acquisitions, privatizations and oil and gas ventures.

Mesa’s recent notable cases include providing counsel to Linzor Capital Partners, the Latin American private equity fund, and its affiliates in the acquisition of a controlling interest in SCALA Latin America, a provider of online higher education services in Mexico. He also provided counsel to Hyundai E&C in the acquisition of the participation of Construtora OAS in Consorcio Puente Chacao, a Chilean SPV established by Hyundai and OAS to construct a $4bn bridge over the Chacao canal in Chile.