Alfonso Vilaboa | Corporate and International Business Law
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Alfonso Vilaboa discusses his journey from Uruguay to leading the corporate department at Miller Shah in New York, focusing on international corporate law and complex cross-border transactions.
In this episode of Lawyers Who Care, host Andrew Samalin speaks with Alfonso Vilaboa, partner at Miller Shah in New York City. Alfonso focuses his practice on international corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity, serving as outside general counsel for European and South American companies establishing operations in the United States. Alfonso shares how his father's advice about the versatility of a legal career steered him away from his dream of becoming a diplomat — and how that decision ultimately led him from Uruguay to New York, where he now leads the corporate department at a full-service firm. He explains how his practice spans strategic M&A, private equity, and venture capital transactions, as well as ongoing outside-counsel work for international businesses navigating the US market. He also walks through a complex cross-border transaction in which he served as quarterback for the sale of a telecom robotics company with offices across the US, UK, Netherlands, India, and Australia — coordinating multiple international firms, navigating foreign exchange regulations, cultural differences, and time zones, all while helping a founder honor his…
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