Juan Miguel Custodio

Juan joined Macquarie in 2011 in London, as part of the Infrastructure & Energy Capital team. During these years he was dedicated to both greenfield and brownfield transactions with a special focus on social & economic and digital infra. This included originating bilaterally and structuring complex landmark transactions in different jurisdictions both in Europe and Americas.

He led Macquarie Capital’s first principal investment in Iberia, and in 2021 relocated from the UK to Chile to open Macquarie Capital’s first South American office and lead the LatAm team with a focus on principal investments deploying Macquarie Capital’s own balance sheet, as well as financial advisory. Since launching the office, he successfully closed principal investment transactions both in Chile and in Colombia, with a strong focus in key sectors such critical minerals and digital infra. Built a deep network both in Latin America and Europe allowing access to relevant c-suite stakeholders and enabling origination based on bilateral opportunities over competitive M&A processes.

Selected transaction highlights:

• Originated and led the initial carve-out of MasMovil FTTH neutral network (ONIVIA).
• Advising on a 110MW greenfield DC in Spain.
• Participated in the MacCap principal investment and refinancing of the 206Km Briceño-Tunja-Sogamoso (BTS) toll road concession in Colombia.
• Led the MacCap principal investment on the USD250m Ruta Minera road BOOT with BHP as off-taker.
• Advised the winning consortium (Transelec, Almar) on the tender and financial close for the USD1.6bn Centinela Water Pipeline BOOT with Antofagasta Mineral as off-taker.