Biography
Brandon Ricaurte is an associate in Weil’s Regulatory Transactions Group and is based in the Houston office. Brandon participates in advising clients on complex cross-border regulatory, sanctions, export control, international trade and foreign direct investment matters.
Brandon has been part of the teams advising:*
- Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) in its $33.4 billion consortium arrangement to acquire AES
- Brookfield Infrastructure Partners in its $9 billion acquisition of Colonial Enterprises
- Brookfield, through its Super-Core Infrastructure strategy, in its $6 billion investment in Duke Energy Florida
- Oaktree Capital and certain of its portfolio companies in connection with multiple CFIUS and DCSA reviews
- Berkeley Research Group in its sale of a majority interest to TowerBrook Capital Partners
- Thoma Bravo’s $1.54 billion sale of Venafi, a U.S. cybersecurity company, to an Israeli publicly traded company CyberArk
- Foxconn Industrial Internet in connection with multiple acquisitions of U.S. real estate and manufacturing facilities
Prior to joining Weil, Brandon was an associate at another international law firm. He previously served in the U.S. Army and currently serves as a Senior Special Forces Medical Sergeant in the Army National Guard.
Brandon received his J.D. from Harvard Law school, his M.A. from Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, and his B.A. from Princeton University.
*Includes matters handled prior to joining Weil.