Nicolas Bravo

• ­Provide data labeling support for doctoral-level research by annotating image and video datasets used to train machine learning models

• ­ Worked on several M&A advisory engagements with a focus on power, renewables, infrastructure, telecom and retail in Latin America
• Supported senior bankers with deal origination, execution and client development. Supervised work performed by analysts and associates
• ­ Oversaw day-to-day execution of buy-side and sell-side transactions. Supported senior bankers with deal origination, execution and client development
• ­Appointed group staffer as a senior associate; tasked with optimizing allocation of New York-based junior bankers across deals and pitches

Selected M&A advisory transactions:

• Advised AES, U.S.-based global power company, on sale of minority stake in 1GW solar, wind and BESS portfolio in the Caribbean
• Advised GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, on bid for 50% stake in Tramarsa, an integrated ports infrastructure platform in Peru
• Advised X-Elio, solar developer backed by Brookfield and KKR, on sale of 535MW portfolio in Mexico to China Three Gorges Corp.
• ­­­Advised ISA, largest regional transmission company, on bid for Enel’s transmission business in Chile
• Won buy-side mandates for Entel's fiber-to-the-home network (Chile) and minority interest in airport operator OMA (Mexico)

• ­Worked on over 15 cross-border, sell-side M&A advisory and capital markets transactions with a combined value over $20 billion
• ­Led all stages of deal execution, including drafting marketing materials; preparing and reviewing client presentations, internal committee memos and transaction documents; conducting due diligence, KYC and internal reviews; coordinating with attorneys and tax advisors

Selected M&A advisory transactions:

• Advised Petrobras, Brazil’s national oil company, on multiple transactions and potential asset sales between 2015 and 2019, contributing to a broader divestment program that reduced net debt-to-EBITDA by ~60% from its 2015 peak as world’s most indebted oil company
  • ­$2.5 billion sale of 66% stake in BM-S-8 exploration block to Equinor, Norway’s national oil company (announced July 2016)
  • $1.3 billion sale of 50% stake in Tartaruga Verde and Espadarte fields to Petronas, Malaysia’s national oil company (announced April 2019)
  • Teaser prepared for Tartaruga Verde & Espadarte
  • $665 million sale of Bauna field to Karoon Energy (announced July 2019)
    • Teaser prepared for Bauna
• Advised Australia-based BHP, largest mining company by market cap, on $10.5 billion sale of onshore U.S. oil & gas assets in Eagle Ford, Haynesville and Permian basins to BP, exiting its shale operations in North America on the back of an activist campaign led by Elliott Management (announced July 2018)
• Advised Mercuria, commodity trading house, on ~$1 billion reverse merger with Andes Energia (announced August 2017)
• Advised Noble Energy, U.S. oil & gas company, on $1.2 billion sale of Appalachia natural gas assets (announced May 2017, 3 months after winning mandate)

Selected capital markets transactions:

• Advised Gran Tierra Energy, Colombia-focused oil & gas company, on a $300 million private placement (announced May 2019)
• Advised Apache, U.S. oil & gas company, on a $1 billion senior notes issuance (announced August 2018)
• Advised Indigo Natural Resources, private U.S. oil & gas company, on a $650 million private placement (announced February 2018)
• Advised Nabors Industries, U.S. drilling contractor, on a $800 million senior notes issuance (announced January 2018)
• Advised EQT, U.S. oil & gas company, on a $1.4 billion syndicated bridge loan (announced June 2017) and a $3 billion senior notes issuance (announced September 2017) in connection with $6.7 billion acquisition of Rice Energy
• Advised EQM Midstream Partners on a $500 million senior notes issuance (announced November 2016)

Other advisory:

• Advised Frontera Energy (formerly Pacific Rubiales) on potential sale and spinoff of upstream and midstream segments
• Advised Petroperu, national oil company of Peru, on a process to identify a partner to operate Block 192

• Built and maintained complex financial models, including three-statement operating models across different countries and tax regimes
• Performed asset-level, business segment and company valuations using methodologies such as discounted cash flow, dividend discount model, leveraged buyout, sum-of-the-parts, precedent transactions, trading comparables and accretion/dilution

Selected M&A advisory transactions:

• Advised Pacific Rubiales, Latin America-focused oil & gas company, on C$2 billion sale of company (announced May 2015)
• Advised Petroperu on sale of an operated interest in Block 64 and re-entry into upstream sector (announced October 2014)
• Advised Range Resources, U.S. oil & gas company, on asset swap with EQT (announced April 2014)
• Advised General Electric on a multi-billion bid for an oil & gas equipment supplier

Selected capital markets transactions:

• Advised Dominion Midstream Partners, a U.S. limited partnership, on a $350 million initial public offering (announced October 2014)