Francisco Lanusse is an associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Francisco is a member of the Corporate Department as well as the M&A and Private Equity and the Latin America Practices .

Francisco frequently advises companies and private equity firms on cross border acquisitions, divestures and corporate matters in industries such as energy and infrastructure and telecommunications.

Francisco has particular experience on:

  • Asset and share acquisitions, divestures
  • Partnership and joint venture agreements

Francisco has practiced in Madrid and New York. He has also practiced in Buenos Aires at a leading international law firm, where he primarily handled corporate and M&A transactions.

Francisco is qualified both in New York and Buenos Aires.

Francisco's experience includes advising:

  • Global Infrastructure Partners on its:
    • Strategic port infrastructure joint venture in Peru with Grupo Romero
    • Acquisition of Atlas Renewable Energy, the second largest independent renewables developer in Latin America (14 fully contracted solar assets that produce 2.3 GW of installed capacity, across Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Uruguay)
    • Sale of its renewable assets (550MW of solar projects in Brazil) to Engie Brasil Energia Complementares Participações Ltda. (EBECP) for US$643 million
  • Telefónica in connection with several transactions in Latin America including:
    • One joint venture with KKR for the development of fiber optic networks in Colombia for approximately US$500 million
    • The sale of its subsidiaries in Guatemala to América Móvil
    • The sale of its subsidiaries in Nicaragua and Panama, to Millicom International
    • The sale of its subsidiary in El Salvador to Jaguar Capital
    • The sale of its subsidiary in Costa Rica to Liberty Latin America
  • Linzor Capital Partners on its acquisition of Wi-Net Telecom, a Peruvian telecommunications company
  • HIF Global, a world leader in E-Fuel development, on an equity investment with EIG, Porsche AG, AME, Baker Hughes, and Gemstone Investments to fund the global expansion of its decarbonization business for approximately US$ 260 million
  • Kensing LLC, a portfolio company of One Rock Capital Partners, LLC, on its acquisition of Advanced Organic Materials S.A., an Argentine producer of plant-based vitamin E and phytosterols
  • Softys on its acquisition of Ontex Group NV’s personal hygiene business in Mexico for approximately US$ 302 million
  • Repsol on its sale of upstream business in Ecuador to New Stratus Energy Inc and the sale of its midstream business to Pampa Energía Bolivia S.A., a subsidiary of Pampa Energía. 
  • Ecopetrol and KNOC, the national oil companies of Colombia and South Korea, respectively, on the sale to De Jong Capital of Offshore International Group, an oil and gas company with upstream operations in Peru
  • The Peruvian government through Proinversión, the Private Investment Promotion Agency of Peru, for structuring and implementing the Invitational Bid for the project “Wastewater Treatment System of the Titicaca Lake Basin” (Sistema de Tratamiento de las Aguas Residuales de la Cuenca del Lago Titicaca), organized by Proinversión
  • Stericycle on its sale of business in Argentina 

Bar Qualification

  • Argentina (Abogado)
  • New York

Education

  • LL.M., University of Texas School of Law, 2018
  • Master in Law & Economics, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 2016
  • Abogado (JD equivalent), Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 2010

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Spanish