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Héctor Cárdenas Ortega

Héctor Cárdenas Ortega

Work Department

Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate

Position

Partner

Career

Héctor Cárdenas joined the firm in 2010 and was named partner in 2022. He has vast experience in mergers and acquisitions advising buyers (both financial and strategic), sellers and financial advisors in sale processes of businesses and assets in a variety of sectors (food and beverage, educational services, technology, automotive, entertainment and financial services, among others), including acquisitions through tender offers, leveraged acquisitions and reorganizations, with special emphasis on advising private equity funds, in the structuring, as well as in acquisitions and divestments of businesses and assets.

As to his real estate experience, Héctor is particularly active in transactions involving the structuring of private equity real estate funds, as well as in the acquisition and sale of real estate properties and developments, working for both investors and developers. Héctor worked as a Foreign Associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York, NY (2015-2016).

Languages

English and Spanish

Memberships

Member of the International Bar Association

Education

Master of Laws (LL.M) - Harvard Law School (2015), Cambridge, USA.

Law Degree - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2011), Mexico City, Mexico.

Mentions

Mexico

Corporate and M&A