Full Name
Juan Naveira
Job Title
Partner
Company
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Speaker Bio
Juan M. Naveira is a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Department, focusing on cross-border transactions, primarily involving Latin America. He regularly advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, financings, capital markets transactions, liability management and other complex corporate matters. Juan has represented leading companies, private equity sponsors, international investors and investment banks in transactions across a range of industries, including energy and infrastructure, banking and financial services, technology and FinTech, among others. Juan’s clients on numerous significant transactions have included leading global private equity sponsors and fund managers such as Advent International, KKR, Patria Investments and Gramercy Funds Management, leading companies such as Copec S.A., Celulosa Arauco, Banco de Crédito e Inversiones, Colbun and BBVA Mexico, and global investment banks such as J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Juan has been recognized as a “Next Generation Partner” in each of M&A, capital markets and banking by Legal 500 Latin America (2025). In Legal 500 Latin America 2024, he is described by clients as “exceptional” and “meticulous and hardworking.”
Juan Naveira