Miguel Zaldivar is a member of the Hogan Lovells Global Board and serves as Co-Head of the firm's Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects practice. He concentrates his practice on project finance, cross-border corporate and M&A transactions in Latin America, with an emphasis on energy project development. Miguel has ongoing experience and is fully familiar with the legal system, culture, and business practices of Latin America. As a result, he has the ability to advise U.S., European, and Asian multinational corporations in their business dealings in Latin America, combining his common law training and experience with his vast knowledge of civil law. He also advises Latin American state-owned companies in a wide variety of international matters.

Miguel has represented investors with respect to significant business interests in Venezuela, Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, and other Central and South American nations, principally in the petrochemical, oil and gas, power, pharmaceutical, retail sale of goods, and transportation industries. He has directly negotiated credit facility arrangements for sovereign and corporate clients with export credit and development entities, including China Development Bank, the Export-Import Bank of China, Eximbank of Russia, Japan Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC), and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

Miguel has taught the "Project Development and Finance in Latin America" course at the University of Miami School of Law since 2003 and was a professor of law at Universidad Católica in Venezuela from 1991 to 1993. He has been a frequent lecturer at legal seminars and has published articles involving Latin American legal matters. Miguel comments on Latin American legal affairs in the national and international media, including televised appearances in CNN En Español.