Talbert Navia is head of the private funds group and co-head of the Latin America practice. He has been an advisor in the private equity area since the early 1980's. In 1998, Mr. Navia became a founding partner of a private equity firm focusing on investments in the U.S. and Latin America. In addition, he co-led investments and served on the executive and investment committees at the private equity firm. Mr. Navia has considerable experience in fund formation, management structuring and deal execution in private equity. His experience spans a broad range of areas including mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financings, joint ventures and corporate restructurings in such industries as telecommunications, hotels, financial services, construction, oil and gas, energy, real estate and consumer products.

In addition to advising and serving on the board of directors of several major groups in the U.S. and Latin America, he was honored among the “Legal Elite” in Latin America by Hispanic Business magazine and was featured as one of the top deal makers in the region by Latin Finance magazine.