Founded in 2009 by entrepreneur Miguel A. Paredones, after achieving a prolific career as principal investor in New York, Clifftop Capital Management has emerged as an independent firm for global institutional investors and local family offices that seek strategic and private opportunistic investments across the Latin America region. During past transactions, Mr. Paredones has successfully acted as direct principal investor, structuring and executing investments, including senior debt, subordinated debt, special situations, mezzanine and private equity, in excess of US$ 1 billion in Latin America and the Caribbean by following an asset-based investing approach. 

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Clifftop’s most recent focus is originating and executing transactions in Latin America, primarily investment opportunities in power-related and energy efficiency industries that generate projected cash flows coupled with business risk characteristics that can be effectively mitigated.

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​​​Clifftop’s private equity transactions offer clear exit strategies via mergers or acquisitions (M&A). Given our knowledge of the region, strong reputation, and extensive local relationships, we are often able to identify distinctive investment opportunities. We maintain an active dialogue with both the public and the private sector in the Latin American region to source and assess new opportunities and business climate. 

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Clifftop Capital Management was incorporated in response to the financial crisis in late 2008 that led to collapse of global financial markets, which negatively affected capital commitments from banks and private equity investors to key projects in Latin America. This turmoil is considered as the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression of 1929. It took place despite the continuous efforts by the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department to prevent it, posting a plunge in housing prices of nearly 32% and implying a bailout package of more than US$ 350 billion. By 2010, select financial groups had paid back $194 billion into the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) Fund, with JP Morgan -as the largest single recipient- returning US$ 25 billion, with interest, to the US Government.

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Despite the contracting condition of the markets, Mr. Paredones was an active member of one of the largest funds dedicated to investing in Latin America that was recognized with the following awards:

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        #1 Hedge Funds World-ranked “Best Latin America Hedge Fund Manager in 2008"

       #1 Hedge Funds World-ranked “Best Latin America Hedge Fund Manager in 2007"

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His most recent renewable energy related ventures are: (1) Greenova Investments LP ("Greenova"), a renewable energy partnership with Qual Holding, an ESG private equity fund founded by Alonso Quintana, former CEO of leading construction company ICA, which has extensive track record as EPC provider across Latin America; and (2) Black Creek Helios ("BCH"), a utility-scale solar power developer where he maintains a majority equity stake along with Cascada Fund. 

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Mr. Paredones is a Mexican citizen, fluent in Spanish and English. He graduated from Monterrey Institute of Technology, where he also taught the entrepreneurship course, with a B.S. degree in Economics. As undergraduate and later as Economist, he conducted economic research at Philadelphia-based consulting center Wharton Econometrics, a leading think tank founded by Nobel Prize Winner Lawrence R. Klein. He obtained an M.P.A., Economic Policy Management, from Columbia University in the City of New York.

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During his academic training at Columbia University, Mr. Paredones was awarded with the “Native Leadership Scholarship” by Channel Foundation and with Mexico's Central Bank (Banco de Mexico) Scholarship.