Sebastian de la Puente
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Sebastian de la Puente

Associate

Sebastian represents U.S. and multinational clients on a range of corporate matters, including domestic and cross-border M&A transactions in both the public and private contexts, internal reorganizations and governance.
Prior to joining A&O Shearman, Sebastian advised on M&A, venture capital and corporate matters for several years at a leading law firm in Peru. 

Expertise

Industries

Experience

Representative matters

  • Exscientia on its transatlantic combination with Recursion Pharmaceuticals.
  • Atrion Corporation in its $815 million merger with Nordson Corporation
  • A multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate in its (i) $1.62 billion sale of Simon & Schuster publishing business to KKR, and (ii) acquisition of Chilevision television channel from WarnerMedia.
  • Chesapeake Utilities Corporation in its $923 million acquisition of Florida City Gas.
  • TELUS International in its $1.225 billion acquisition of WillowTree.
  • GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group Company, in its acquisition of Hexacta, a Pan-Latin-America digital and data enfineering company.
  • Grupo Cobra in its sale of electric transmission lines business unit to Red Electrica S.A.U. *
  • Inspired Group in its acquisition of (i) Cambridge College in Lima, Peru, and (ii) Altair College in Lima, Peru *
  • Members of the Blufstein family in the sale of a majority stake in Grupo Blufstein to Unilabs Laboratories *
  • Grupo Enfoca in its acquisition of Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Arte de America Latina (UCAL) and Instituto de Educacion Superior Tecnologico Privado Toulouse Lautrec *
  • WWG del Peru in its joint acquisition with Quironsalud of 50% stake in Administradora Clinica Ricardo Palma *
  • Grupo El Comercio in the capital investment, jointly with A global financial institution of the Avansys network in Lima, Peru *
  • Glencore in its acquisition of the Contonga mining unit located in Ancash, Peru, from Nyrstar *
  • Grupo ACP Corp, and A global financial institution in the sale of a majority holding in Protecta S.A., to Seguros Vida Security Prevision S.A. *

*previous firm experience

Pro bono

  • Advising The Nature Conservancy in its financial transaction with the Government of Barbados for debt burden reduction and marine and environmental conservation.
  • Advising The Nature Conservancy in its $364 million blue bonds and financial transaction with the Government of Belize for debt burden reduction and marin conservation (2022 IFLR Americas Debt and Equity-Linked Award and Grunin Prize Winner).

Published Work

  • Author, 2018, “Negociando una inversion de Venture Capital: Algunas consideraciones respecto del control del emprendimiento”, IUS 360

Speaking Engagements

  • Speaker, “Legal Instruments for Financing Rounds”, Universidad del Pacifico, August 2018
  • Speaker, “Closing a Seed Investment Round” Workshop, PECAP (Peruvian Entrepreneurship Association), May 2018
  • Speaker, “The Art of Structuring and Negotiating a Venture Capital Investment”, UTEC Ventures and I-Dev International, November 2017

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

  • Founding Member and former Chariman of the Board of Directors, DERUP Editores Civil Association – FORESETI Law Review

Qualifications

Admissions

Peru, 2018

New York, 2023

Academic

LL.B., Universidad del Pacifico (Peru), 2015
LL.M., Columbia University, 2020

Languages

English, Spanish
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.