Sainz Abogados

- Mergers and Acquisitions - Banking and Finance - Securities

Partner

José Víctor Torres is a seasoned financial lawyer with vast experience as lead counsel in complex cross-border M&A transactions. His expertise also includes multi-jurisdictional financings, syndicated loans, and complex leasing, as well as advising on public securities offerings in local and foreign capital markets. Jose has also acted as a member of several boards of directors for both public and private companies.

Over the years, he has represented companies from both regulated and non-regulated sectors, including private equity firms, pension funds, prominent global investment funds and companies in the infrastructure, technology telecommunication and real estate industries.

He has acquired a unique expertise representing international companies, including OEMs, mainstream automakers and tier 1 and tier 2 suppliers to the IT and automotive industries, in acquiring, establishing and operating their business in Mexico to benefit from the USMCA re-shoring and nearshoring economic trends, where he coordinates the corporate, trade, tax, labor, antitrust and real estate practice teams to provide enhanced client-oriented solutions based on tangible experiences in Mexico.

He worked as an international associate at the New York offices of Dewey Ballantine, LLP from May of 1997 to September of 1998.

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- Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of Texas, Austin, USA

- Law Degree (J.D. equivalent), Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico