Nicholas Rodríguez

Practice Areas

Nicholas Rodríguez is a partner in Winston’s Miami office. His experience includes representing strategic and private equity investors on complex and sophisticated business acquisitions and divestitures, strategic investments, corporate restructurings and recapitalizations, asset acquisition and sale transactions, joint ventures and other strategic partnering arrangements. He also has extensive experience in a wide array of industries, including technology, software, energy, infrastructure, financial services, media, agriculture, and telecommunications.

Nicholas has represented companies such as Advent International; Atlas Holdings; Brookfield Asset Management; Citigroup Global Markets; Enjoy, S.A.; General Electric; GIC Special Investments (Government of Singapore Investment Corporation); Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.; Mapei International; Mastercard International; Millicom International Cellular SA; NII Holdings; Ospraie Management; and Verint Systems. He advised Advent International in its acquisition of the largest airport operator group in the Dominican Republic, which was recognized by the International Financial Law Review as the 2008 Private Equity Deal of the Year for the Americas. Nicholas also advised NII Holdings, Inc. in its US$178 million sale of Nextel Argentina to Grupo Clarin, which LatinFinance named as its 2015 Domestic M&A Deal of the Year.

Chambers notes that Nicholas is “is very diligent and responsive” (2021). Nicholas is also the sole recipient of Lexology's 2019 Client Choice Award (M&A) (Florida), which recognizes law firm partners who provide exceptional client care and provide significant value to clients' businesses above and beyond others in the market.

Nicholas was appointed to serve on the U.S.-Colombia Business Council’s Board of Directors. Nicholas was born in Medellin, Colombia, and is fluent in Spanish.

Career

Nicholas Rodriguez is a seasoned, strategic practitioner who is “service-oriented and provides simple answers to complicated issues.” With more than 20 years of experience, his diverse corporate practice focuses on complex domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, national and international private equity, joint ventures, and restructurings. He has extensive experience in the energy, infrastructure, financial services, media, and telecommunications sectors, representing clients in the United States, Latin America, and Europe.

Professional Memberships

Board of Directors, U.S.-Colombia Business Council (USCBC)

Publications

Authored, "How to Build a Dynamic Book of Business in Latin America", Daily Business Review (January 2023)

Co-authored, "Sustainable Finance: Navigating Multiple ESG Frameworks & Standards in International Bond Markets", BNamericas (January 2023)

Authored, "Los instrumentos de finanzas sostenibles como alternativa para la refinanciación de deuda en América Latina", Forbes Chile (December 2022)

Quoted, “How Rising Socialism in Latin America Benefits Miami Lawyers”, Daily Business Review (November 2022)

Authored, "Mergers and Acquisitions Trends for the Second Half of 2022", Daily Business Review (August 2022)

Authored, "Fusiones y Adquisiciones en Colombia: seguro de declaraciones y garantías", Editorial La República S.A.S. (September 2021)

Webinar, Investing in Brazil in Times of Coronavirus: Challenges and Opportunities in Cross-Border M&A and Private Equity (August 12, 2020)

Reprint, Reps and Warranties Insurance in Latin America is Here to Stay, Latin Lawyer (April 2019)

Peru and Argentina: New Bribe Regimes Put Companies at Risk (February 2018)

A Primer on FCPA Due Diligence in Cross-Border M&A Transactions: Avoiding Legal and Business Risks (March 2015)

Commentaries, Financial Reform in Mexico (December 2013)

Commentaries, Anti-Corruption Due Diligence in Cross-Border M&A (June 2012)

Personal

Chambers USA, Corporate/M&A and Private Equity (2021-2022)

Legal 500 Latin America, Capital Markets

Best Lawyers in America, M&A

Lexology’s Client Choice Award (M&A) (Florida) (2019)

LatinFinance's Domestic M&A Deal of the Year (NII Holdings' sale of Nextel Argentina) (2015)

IFLR's Americas Award, "Private Equity Deal of the Year" (Advent's acquisition of Aerodom [Dominican Republic])

M&A Atlas Awards, "Upper Middle Market Deal of the Year" (Mexichem's $630 million acquisition of Dura-Line)

Global M&A Network: South American M&A Lawyers of the Year