Profile
Arnaldo Rego Jr. primarily handles international cross-border M&A, capital markets and private equity transactions, advising international clients in connection with acquisitions and transactions in the U.S. and abroad. He also advises startup, early-stage, and well-established technology companies in a broad range of matters, including blockchain, cryptosecurities, and cryptocurrency. Arnaldo recently represented Navent, an online real estate marketplace in Latin America, in connection with its acquisition by Quinto Andar, which won the Latin Lawyer 2022 Private Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Deal of the Year award, advised Procaps Group, a Colombia-based health care and pharmaceutical company, on its $1.3 billion merger with Union Acquisition Corp. II, and 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
Experience
- Represented Avianca Holdings, S.A., the Panamanian holding company for a group of Central and South American airline companies, in its US $550 million exchange offer of Senior Notes due 2020 for Senior Secured Notes due 2023.
- Represented a Mexican multinational food processing and distribution company in its $1 billion 10-year senior notes offering.°
- Represented a Mexican multinational conglomerate in its inaugural $1 billion 10-year and 20-year senior notes offering.°
- Represented a Mexico-based company engaged in the financial industry in its $400 million inaugural international notes offering.°
- Represented the initial purchasers in a Mexican telecommunications company’s $150 million 10-year senior notes offering and related exchange offer and consent solicitation.°
- Represented a global automotive parts manufacturing company in its $500 million 10-year senior notes offering.°
- Represented the initial purchasers in the largest Mexican REIT’s inaugural $1 billion 10-year and 30-year senior notes offering; the first international debt offering by a Mexican REIT.°
- Represented a leading precious metals group based in Mexico in its inaugural $800 million 10-year senior notes offering.°
- Represented a leading Mexican retail company in its $250 million 8-year senior notes offering and $200 million notes exchange offer for cash.°
- Represented a Mexican chemical manufacturing company in its inaugural $650 million 10-year senior notes offering and subsequent $300 million 10-year senior notes offering.°
- Represented one of the largest retail and commercial banks in Paraguay in its inaugural $200 million 5-year senior notes offering.°
- Represented the initial purchasers in one of the largest fixed and mobile telephone operator in Brazil’s $1.5 billion 10-year senior notes offering.°
- Represented a Brazilian Bank headquartered in Belo Horizonte in its inaugural $125 million 10-year subordinated notes offering.°
- Represented one of the leading Brazilian airlines in its $300 million 10-year senior notes offering.°
- Represented the initial purchasers in one of the world’s largest pulp and paper company’s $750 million notes offering and related exchange offer and consent solicitation.°
- Represented a large group of shareholders in the tender of restricted securities of an international e-commerce company listed on the NASDAQ and the Paris Stock Exchange.°
- Represented a Mexican REIT dedicated to the acquisition, development and operations of shopping centers in Mexico in its $380 million global offering of real estate trust certificates.°
- Represented the initial purchasers in a Mexican REIT’s $400 million initial international offering of its trust certificates.°
- Represented the underwriters in a Mexican low-cost airline’s $400 million SEC-registered initial public offering (IPO).°
- Represented a Mexican chemical manufacturing company in its $900 million IPO.°
- Represented a global automotive parts manufacturing company in its $680 million IPO.°
- Represented one of the largest Brazilian electric power transmission company in its 1.8 billion reais re-IPO, which won Latin Finance’s Deal of the Year.°
- Represented the placement agents in one of the largest Brazilian retail companies’ 805 million reais IPO.°
- Represented a Brazilian real estate company in its follow-on equity offering.°
- Represented the placement agents in a Brazilian building company’s follow-on equity offering.°
- Represented a leading provider of customer relationship management and business process outsourcing solutions in its acquisition of a minority interest in, and the restructuring of, a software company.°
- Represented a U.S. technology company conglomerate in the sale of one of its subsidiaries.°
- Represented the acquirer in the private acquisition of substantially all of the assets of a ride-sharing-platform technology company.°
- Represented the acquirer in the private acquisition of substantially all of the assets of a nonprofit software solution and online fundraising platform-development company.°
- Represented an aerospace component repair and overhaul company in its sale to a British engineering business specializing in aerospace equipment.°
- Represented the acquirer in the acquisition of a caustic soda plant in Brazil.°
- Represented the acquirer in the acquisition of a data center in Brazil.°
- Represented private equity firm in its takeover of a facilities-based telecommunications provider.°
- Represented Sanitas USA, Inc., a leading multinational health business group, in its capacity as the borrower in a senior secured loan financing with a national bank, as the administrative agent and lender.
- Represented Avianca Holdings, S.A., the Panamanian holding company for a group of Central and South American airline companies, including Colombia-based Avianca and El Salvador-based Taca Airlines, in its reprofiling of more than U.S. $4.5 billion of debt obligations.
- Represented a large privately held group of retirement facilities in the restructuring of its mezzanine financing loan facility with several institutional banks.°
- Represented a publicly traded technology-development company in its private equity capital raise.°
- Represented a private cryptocurrency-mining company in its private equity capital raise.°
- Represented an internet cash-back and rewards-program company in its private equity capital raise.°
- Represented a Brazilian restaurant group in its private equity capital raise for its U.S. operations.°
- Represented a cryptocurrency-trading fund in its private equity capital raise.°
- Represented a gasoline station investment group in its private equity and portfolio loan structure capital raise.°
- Represented a Brazilian investment group in its private equity investment in a U.S. real estate development project.°
- Represented several private companies in their pre-ICO private placements of tokens and analyzed and structured their initial coin offerings from a securities law compliance standpoint.°
- Represented one of the leading providers of bitcoin ATMs and cryptocurrency-payment solutions in its corporate structuring and governance, and other general corporate legal matters.°
- Represented a publicly traded technology-development company in the development of its crypto-gold platform from a securities law and compliance perspective.°
- Represented the borrower in a $1.5 million loan collateralized by bitcoin.°
- Represented a private cryptocurrency-mining company in its U.S. dollar and bitcoin-denominated debt financing.°
- Represented a preoperational crypto-securities exchange in its initial capital raise and subsequent ICO.°
- Represented a provider of digital-rewards programs for multinational companies in its expansion and eventual token sale in the United States.°
- Represented a cryptocurrency-trading fund in structuring and conducting its operations in the United States and Mexico.°
- Represented a leading provider of full-service logistics and distribution services in general corporate matters and its mergers and acquisitions in the United States and Latin America.°
- Represented a privately held investment fund in its restructuring, including the changing of its domicile from Europe to the British Virgin Islands.°
- Represented one of the largest Brazilian nutritional supplement manufacturers and distributors in structuring and conducting its operations in the United States.°
- Represented a worldwide content-delivery network and cloud-services provider in general corporate matters and in its efforts to expand its operations to Latin America.°
- Represented an internet cash-back and rewards-program company in its formation, corporate structuring, and operations in the United States.°
- Represented a Brazilian real estate investment group in the structuring and formation of a real estate investment vehicle in the United States.°
- Represented a Brazilian power company listed in the NYSE in its U.S. securities laws filings and in general corporate matters.°
- Represented the largest Brazilian retail company listed in the NYSE in its U.S. securities laws filings and general corporate matters.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Rego prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
- Social Science Research Analyst, Social Security Administration, 2005-2006
- Intern, World Intellectual Property Organization, 2007
Recognition & Leadership
- Listed, Chambers Latin America, "Up and Coming," Corporate/M&A - International Counsel, 2025
- Team Member, Global M&A Network’sAmericas M&A Atlas Awards, “Latam Deal of the Year” for Quinto Andar acquires Navent Group, 2023
- Listed, The Legal 500 Latin America Guide, "Latin America: International," 2021-2025
- Corporate M&A, 2021-2025
- City Focus: Miami, 2023-2025
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce
Credentials
- J.D., Vanderbilt University Law School
- B.A., with honors, Boston College
- Florida
- New York
- Licensed as a foreign legal consultant in Brazil.
- Spanish, Fluent
- Portuguese, Fluent