Mr Fernando Nava > CMS Woodhouse Lorente Ludlow > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile

CMS Woodhouse Lorente Ludlow
PASEO DE LA REFORMA 115, 15TH FLOOR
COL. LOMAS DE CHAPULTEPEC
CP 11000, MEXICO
Mexico
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Work Department

Financial, Project Finance, Infrastructure, Real Estate, Administrative and Corporate Law.

Position

Partner

Career

During his professional career, he has represented the private sector (banks, funds, investors, builders, operators and developers) and the public sector (Federation, States and Municipalities) in the structuring, execution and operation of more than 50 matters of Infrastructure or Project Finance in various areas, for example: water, health, public safety, road, energy, government offices, transport, ports, hotels, etc. for an estimated amount of 50 billion pesos without any of them ending up in an overdue portfolio.

He worked in the incorporation of a new administrative and financial contracting scheme in our legal system, called Public-Private Associations (PPP); collaborated in the first constitutional and legal reform on PPP matters and has advised more than eight states in modifying their legal system to regulate PPPs.

He has participated in the restructuring of local public debt (on the Government side, on the Banking side and also as a lawyer for Securities Rating Institutions) for an approximate amount of 25 billion pesos.

Languages

Spanish and English

Education

Escuela Libre de Derecho, Master of Laws (LL.M), Mexico City.

Escuela Libre de Derecho, Law Degree, (J.D.), Mexico City.

Lawyer Rankings

Mexico > Banking and finance

CMS Woodhouse Lorente Ludlow‘s banking and finance group regularly advises major Mexican banks, on both the lender and borrower sides, on acquisition and leveraged finance and syndicated lending mandates. Real estate finance and project finance are additional core areas of focus for the practice group. The team is jointly led by Raul Zepeda, who specialises in regulatory and transactional corporate, banking and capital markets mandates; and Fernando Nava, who routinely participates in the financing of projects. Acting for both sponsors and lenders, senior associate Alejandro Perera handles credit and finance restructuring matters; while associate Eduardo Saldaña frequently assists banks, broker-dealers, retirement funds, and rating agencies.