Bio

Bernardo Piereck represents private equity, private company and public company clients on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and general corporate and securities matters. His experience includes cross-border mergers and acquisitions involving both strategic and financial buyers, sellers and financial sponsors in inbound and outbound transactions, complex consortium investments and take-privates. He has experience leading complex transaction spanning various industry sectors including technology, industrial, healthcare, consumer services, financial services and business services. Mr. Piereck has worked on some of the market’s most significant transactions in recent years, including the largest private equity-backed acquisition since the 2008 financial crisis, according to Bloomberg. Mr. Piereck is also a member of the firm’s emerging markets practice, with a focus on Latin America. He has represented numerous international private equity sponsors and larger corporate clients in acquisitions throughout the region. He also has extensive expertise advising Latin American companies seeking to establish or expand their global footprint across the United States and abroad, and has worked on numerous complex multi-national transactions, including his representation of GMéxico Transportes S.A. de C.V. in its US$2.1 billion acquisition of the Florida East Coast Railway. Mr. Piereck has been listed as a recommended lawyer for Corporate/M&A and Capital Markets by The Legal 500 Latin America. He is also listed as a ‘Mexico Specialist’ in The Legal 500’s Private Practice Powerlist. In addition, Mr. Piereck is named as a “notable practitioner” for M&A and private equity by IFLR 1000. Prior to joining Dechert, Mr. Piereck worked in the Washington, D.C. office of an international law firm where he represented clients in the negotiation and drafting of core and ancillary transaction documentation in relation to the acquisition and divestiture of several public and private target companies. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Piereck worked as a lead economist at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., where he led audits and investigations into market power abuses.