Sergio A. Urias
Partner
Areas of Focus
- Investment Management
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Corporate & Finance
- AgTech & FoodTech
- Technology
- Media, Entertainment & Sports
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Health Care & Life Sciences
- Mining
- Aviation, Space & Defense
- Private Equity
- Private Capital
- Advises private equity funds and their portfolio companies.
- Leads domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and other corporate transactions.
- Extensive experience advising on transactions in Latin America.
Sergio represents leading private equity funds and their portfolio companies in a wide range of corporate transactions, including domestic and cross-border (primarily in Latin America) M&A, recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts, restructurings, reorganizations, growth equity investments and other corporate transactional matters. In addition, he negotiates, structures and executes corporate transactions on behalf of strategic buyers and sellers.
Sergio has extensive industry experience representing clients across a broad spectrum of sectors, including technology, media, telecommunications, consumer products, energy, mining, health care, life sciences, food and beverage, software, manufacturing, financial services, agriculture, aerospace, defense and hospitality. As a result, he can anticipate and address industry-unique issues that often arise in the transaction process and structure the transactions efficiently.
Sergio was recognized among Chambers Latin America in 2024 for Corporate/M&A – International Counsel, Latinvex’s 2024 list of Latin America’s Top 100 Lawyers, The American Lawyer’s Dealmakers of the Year in 2020, as well as for his role in LatinFinance’s 2021 Private Equity Deal of the Year.
- Paine Schwartz Partners, a private equity fund focused on sustainable food chain investments, in its investment in Sterilex, a leading developer of innovative food safety antimicrobial products.
- Prisma Medios de Pagos, Argentina’s leading payment processing company, in its sale to Advent International. Sergio was recognized by The American Lawyer as a “Dealmaker of the Year” for his work on this deal.
- EMX Capital, a private equity fund, in its GP-led secondary restructuring. This deal was the first of its kind in Mexico, and among the first in Latin America.
- Grupo Bursátil Mexicano (GBM), a Mexican investment platform, in a $150 million investment by SoftBank Latin America Fund.
- Mill Rock Capital, a middle market private equity fund, in its acquisition of DRT Holdings, a manufacturer and supplier of precision tools and specialized components.
EducationLL.M., Harvard Law School, 2007
J.D., Escuela Libre de Derecho, 2003
LL.M., Harvard Law School, 2007
J.D., Escuela Libre de Derecho, 2003
Bar AdmissionsNew York
New York
- Chambers Latin America, Corporate/M&A - International Counsel, 2023-2025.
- Latinvex, Latin America's Top 100 Lawyers, 2023 and 2024.
- The Legal 500 US, M&A: Middle-market ($500m-999m), 2024; Private Equity Buyouts: Middle-market (up to $500m), 2024; The Legal 500, Private Practice Powerlist: US-Mexico, 2022.
- LatinFinance, Private Equity Deal of the Year, 2021.
- The American Lawyer, Dealmakers of the Year, 2020.
- M&A Advisor, 40 Under 40.
- Latino Leaders, One of the 25 Young Latino Leaders in New York.
- Board Member of the Harvard Law School Association of New York City
- Serves on the governing body of the Vance Center for International Justice
- Co-founded Project Paz Inc.