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Rubén Kraiem is a corporate partner whose work in recent years has focused on advising clients with business interests in Latin America, as well as companies based in Latin America who are engaged in cross-border acquisitions or financings. Mr. Kraiem has been involved in many of the largest banking and insurance-related acquisitions and joint ventures in Latin America, as well as transactions in industries as diverse as telecommunications, media, real estate development, healthcare, and consumer products. Mr. Kraiem is also the co-chair of the firm's Cleantech and Carbon Markets & Climate Change Practices. He was born in Mexico City, and is a Mexican and United States national.
Representative Matters
- Advising Citigroup Inc. in connection with the re-structuring of Avantel, S.A., and in various completed or proposed acquisitions of financial services businesses in Latin America.
- Advising British United Provident Association, in connection with its acquisition of the Latin American health insurance businesses of the Amedex Insurance Companies.
- Counsel to Editorial Expansión, in connection with its sale to Time, Inc..
- Representing AIG-GE Capital Latin American Infrastructure Fund, as a financial investor / early-stage sponsor and as selling shareholder in a Mexican IPO and Rule 144A placement in the U.S. by Axtel, S.A.
Previous Experience
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, Partner (1990-2004)
Memberships and Affiliations
- Natural Resources Defense Council, Trustee
- Resources for the Future, Council Member
- New York University Law School, Distinguished Scholar in Residence (2002-2003)
- Columbia University Business School, Adjunct Professor (1992-1994)
- Harvard College, Teaching Fellow (1980-1981)
Publications and Speeches
- Frequently contributes articles to Examen, Latin Finance, LatinLaw, The Miami Herald, The Houston Chronicle, the Asian Wall Street Journal, Crítica, and (with Stuart Eizenstat) in Foreign Policy.
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