I help clients navigate the venture capital ecosystem by providing advice and problem-solving at every step of the way. I work with domestic U.S.-based clients and also predominantly in Latam.
About Andres
Andres works with high-growth companies and investors. Andres advises clients across many industries at every stage of their lifecycle – from formation planning and financings to mergers and acquisitions and public capital markets transactions, along with everything in between. He regularly advises clients in cross-border transactions in the venture capital ecosystem, with a focus on emerging companies and venture capital funds operating in Latin America.
Before joining Cooley, Andres served as derivatives counsel for a hedge fund and worked at another global law firm. Before becoming an attorney, Andres worked with the executive team of a technology company, helping to drive growth in the healthcare insurance and pharmacy benefits management (PBM) space. Andres speaks Spanish as a first language, and he also is passionate about enhancing inclusion and served on the firm’s diversity committee from 2019 to 2022.
Andres’ representative matters include advising:
- AccurKardia
- Andreessen Horowitz in connection with various investment transactions
- Bacu
- Battery Ventures in its majority investment in DomainTools, an enterprise security company
- Bia Energy
- Cobre
- DataRobot in its closing of $270 million in financing
- Examedi
- Exicure in public offerings, governance, and Securities and Exchange Commission reporting matters
- Finaktiva
- General Catalyst in connection with various investment transactions
- HealthAtom
- Houm
- Inspired Capital in connection with various investment transactions
- Inventa
- Klaviyo in its $200 million Series C fundraising round
- NewsCred in its asset sale to Industry Dive and Falfurrias Capital Partners
- QED Investors in connection with various investment transactions
- Rankmi
- Seismic Therapeutic
- Tectonic Therapeutic
- Tino
- Truora
- Vammo
Education
Harvard Law School
JD, 2016
Yale University
BA, 2010, cum laude
Stanford University
2006 - 2008