AXEL MIRANDA represents clients on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings, private offerings, and private equity and venture capital fund formation and investments. He has extensive experience in general corporate law and corporate governance, advising on a range of complex cross-border transactions involving countries in North, Central and South America, Europe, and Asia. Axel regularly assists corporations and venture capital funds in financings, strategic investments, and cross-border licensing and technology transactions. He also represents domestic and multinational clients on investments in, and acquisitions of, major professional sports teams in the United States and abroad.
Axel’s leadership and experience has earned him the following awards and recognitions:
- Legal 500 Latin America, Recommended as “City Leaders: Miami” (2025)
- Legal 500 Latin America, “Leading Associate – Corporate and M&A” (2025)
- American Bar Association, “On the Rise – Top 40 Young Lawyer” (2024)
- Legal 500 Latin America, “Rising Star – Corporate and M&A” (2024)
- Legal 500 Latin America, Recommended for “City Focus: Miami” (2024)
- Legal 500 Latin America, “Rising Star – Corporate and M&A” (2023)
- Latinvex, “Top 25 Rising Legal Star – Latin America” (2020)
Axel has also been inducted to the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation (an arm of the American Bar Association). Membership in the ABF Fellows is by invite-only and limited to 1% of licensed lawyers in a jurisdiction.
Prior to joining Sidley, Axel served as a corporate associate for two global law firms in their Miami offices. He graduated from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, where he was the recipient of the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Scholarship, the Carl McGowan Fellowship, the Edward and Darlene Meier Scholarship, and the Public Service Star.
Axel is fluent in Spanish, Italian, and English.