RE-THINKING THE PRACTICE OF INVESTMENT BANKING
AND COMPLEX FINANCIAL ADVISORY

CUSTOMIZING SOLUTIONS FOR CLIENTS AND ASSEMBLING THE RIGHT TEAM FOR EACH TRANSACTION
ARE SOME OF OUR CORE COMPETENCIES.

DEEPER UNDERSTANDING
SMART SOLUTIONS

BROADSPAN IS COMMITTED TO INNOVATION, EXCELENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM.
WE REMAIN LOYAL TO OUR CORE PRINCIPLES AND OUR CLIENTS’ OBJECTIVES.

BRINGING TOGETHER COUNTERPARTIES IN LATIN AMERICA,
THE CARIBBEAN AND THE REST OF THE WORLD

OUR BUSINESS IS BUILT ON TRUE CROSS-BORDER CAPABILITIES THAT HELP US MAXIMIZE VALUE
AND ENSURE SUCCESS ON EACH TRANSACTION WE UNDERTAKE.

Who we are

We are a leading independent investment banking firm
that specializes in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Founded in 2001, BroadSpan provides corporations, partnerships and government institutions with impartial advice related to cross border mergers, acquisitions, financial restructurings and capital raising in Latin America and the Caribbean. BroadSpan delivers solutions to clients from its offices in Miami, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Bogotá and through affiliate offices located in 30 countries around the world.

 

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BUSINESS LEADERS PUT THEIR TRUST IN BROADSPAN
TO PROVIDE INFORMED, INDEPENDENT AND OBJECTIVE ADVICE.

OUR CLIENTS COME FIRST, ALWAYS.

 

 

 

What we do

Investment Banking Advisory

We have a proven track record of successful investment banking advisory transactions across a range of countries and industries including mergers & acquisitions, debt and equity capital raising, and valuation and fairness opinions, among others.

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Financial Restructuring Advisory

BroadSpan has a proven track record of successfully advising creditor and bondholder committees in restructuring proceedings.

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THE EXECUTIVE TEAM

 

 The firm is led by its principal owners, founder and business co-founders, including Michael Gerrard, Leonardo Antunes and Noah Kessler, who constitute BroadSpan’s Executive Committee and are members of the firm’s Board of Managers. Gonzalo Valdes-Fauli remains a shareholder and has been the Chairman of the firm’s Board of Managers for over two decades.

 

 

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WE BRING DEMONSTRATED KNOW-HOW TO EVERY TRANSACTION.

IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF OUR MARKETS IS WHAT CHARACTERIZES US.

 

Experience

INVESTMENT BANKING ADVISORY

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Financial Restructuring Advisory

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WE ALIGN WITH THE INTERESTS OF OUR CLIENTS
TO PROVIDE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT ACHIEVE THEIR OBJECTIVES.

THE WAY WE APPROACH EACH SITUATION IS WHAT DIFFERENTIATES US.

 

 

BSC NEWS & RESEARCH

Christian Vandendriessche

Managing Director

Mr. Christian Vandendriessche is a Managing Director with BroadSpan and the Head of the firm’s Central America operations. Mr. Vandendriessche has a long history of providing direct investment advisory services to family offices and entrepreneurs in the region.

Mr. Christian Vandendriessche is a member of the firm’s management committee.

Previously, Mr. Vandendriessche was a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Washington based Paperboy Ventures, a leading intellectual property merchant bank and a member of the firm’s investment committee. He has been a Senior Vice President at Lehman Brothers’ Capital Advisory Group focusing on private equity and early stage advisory, and President of international operations at TradeOut Inc., a trailblazing B2B online exchange for business surplus. Prior to that, he was Executive Director at Motorola Network Ventures where he pioneered wireless telecommunications in Latin America bridging the communications divide for millions of people in emerging markets, and later served as Senior Director in Motorola's mergers and acquisitions group. He has led or collaborated in over US$ 4 billion of transactions (M&A and financings) in a principal and advisory capacity in Latin America and the United States.

Mr. Vandendriessche founded the Honduras Relief Fund, established to aid victims of Hurricane Mitch and served on the board of the Riecken Foundation, building and operating more than 60 community libraries in rural areas of Guatemala and Honduras. In addition, he was an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship and marketing at Lynn University’s College of Business and Management and serves as a member of the senior executive mentoring program at the Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern.) Mr. Vandendriessche holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Analysis from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He also completed the NIS program at Stanford University.

 

Spoken languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese.
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CONTACT

 

CONTACT US: info@brocap.com

 

 

UNITED STATES

1441 Brickell Ave
Suite 1550
Miami, FL 33131

 

BRAZIL

Avenida das Américas 3434
Bloco 4, Sala 406
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, CEP 22640-102

 

COLOMBIA

Carrera 43a #1-50, Torre Proteccion, 6th Floor, Office 652
Medellin, Colombia, 05001

 

MEXICO

Col. Lomas Virreyes, Pedregal 24
Piso 3, Molino del Rey
Mexico City, Mexico, 11040