Jairo C. Lamatina
Attorney at Law
California
NY
About
Having spent nearly all of his career as an M&A and capital markets lawyer at some the nation's most elite law firms, such as Sullivan & Cromwell, Skadden Arps and Latham & Watkins, Jairo has advised an impressive roster of major corporate clients and developed extensive experience on a range of corporate and finance transactions.
Jairo… read more graduated with a J.D. degree from Vanderbilt University Law School, a top-15 law school, where he also served as President of the Latin American Law Students Association and as Vice-President of the International Law Society.
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Practice Areas
Work History
Skadden
Associate
Sep 2021 - Aug 2023
Latin America M&A and capital markets practice.
SEC-registered, Nasdaq-listed SPAC transactions (M&A and capital markets); and
Liability management transactions (Reg S / 144A exchange offers, tender offers and consent solicitations).
Linklaters
Senior US Associate
Feb 2020 - Sep 2021
Corporate practice, focus on capital markets.
Exchange offers and other liability management transactions;
Reg S / 144A debt and equity offerings (mainly in India, Indonesia and Thailand); and
SEC-registered sovereign bond offerings.
Latham & Watkins
Associate
May 2018 - Jan 2020
Corporate practice, focus on equity capital markets.
Named collaborator to Indian securities regulator’s white paper on cross-border equity listings;
Reg S / 144A India equity offerings (including the first-ever REIT IPO in India, the largest Indian IPO in 2020, the largest QIP by a private Indian bank);
SEC-registered, Nasdaq-listed IPO; and
Various SEC No-Action
Skadden
Associate
Feb 2016 - May 2018
Latin America debt and equity capital markets practice.
Reg S / 144A debt and equity offerings (including IPOs, secondary offerings, spin-offs);
SEC-registered, Nasdaq-listed SPAC transaction;
SEC-registered, dual-listed IPO (Bovespa and NYSE);
Review and filing of annual reports on SEC Form 20-F; and
Review of reports on SEC Form 6-K
Sullivan & Cromwell
Associate
Sep 2013 - Feb 2016
Corporate practice group focusing on capital markets.
Several SEC-registered sovereign bond offerings and liability management transactions (Colombia, Brazil, Panama, Ecuador, Mexico);
Review and filing of annual reports on SEC Form 20-F;
Review of reports on SEC Form 6-K; and
Review of quarterly reports on SEC Form 10-Q.