Jacinto Ávalos
Pérez-LlorcaThe former González Calvillo is now the Mexican office of the Spain-headquartered Pérez-Llorca following their July 2024 merger. It fields an ‘agile, proactive and up-to-date’ banking and finance practice group that is known for handling a broad range of banking and finance matters including commercial lending, acquisition financing, project finance and regulatory banking work. The team is routinely instructed by banks, fintech companies and investment funds. Two partners share leadership of the practice: José Ignacio Rivero Andere, who specialises in financial transactions, regulatory banking mandates, M&A, and capital markets and is praised as a ’market leader and great negotiator’; and Bernardo Reyes Retana K, who takes care of private and public securities offerings, and regularly assists issuers, investors, underwriters and rating agencies. Managing associate and ‘great lawyer’ Jacinto Avalos garners client praise for his ability to ’provide urgent responses like few others’; counsel Alberto Bustamante provides all-round support on finance, M&A, and capital markets transactions and is an additional name to note. Ex-practice co-heads José Victor Torres Gómez and Daniel Guaida left the firm in April 2024, as did counsel Rosa Elena Coto.
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Testimonials
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‘GC's banking and finance practice is of a high level. The attention to matters is agile, proactive and up-to-date. It is a large team of skilled professionals in the field.'
‘The closeness and honesty of the partners with whom I have dealt with to discuss issues related to the costs of their services, the structuring and attention of the operations that we have carried out with them and because it is a dynamic, young team that seeks to understand the abrupt changes of the market in tune with the legal and technological advances applicable to the sector.'
'José Ignacio Rivero Andere and Jacinto Ávalos have been very close in handling matters and have done very good work. They are professionals in what they do and very dynamic. From my point of view, their main differentiator is that they know how to deal with moments of stress and provide urgent responses like few others.'
‘Very strongly specialized for complex transactions, especially those that involve regulated entities. Amazing knowledge of banking and finance regulations, as well as a very good time response and excellent client-attorney understanding. Personalized service and very quick response.'
‘A great team. Very technical and rigorous, practical and pro-business. José Ignacio Rivero is a market leader and great negotiator. Jacinto Ávalos is skilled at explaining complex issues in simple ways and is hard-working; he is able to move transactions and issues forward regardless of the size of the challenge; a great lawyer. Luis Ernesto Brieño is a strategist. His technical knowledge is head and shoulders above everyone else's, and he is always thinking outside the box.'
Key clients
- Administradora de Activos Financieros
- Banca Nazionale del Lavoro
- Banco Bradesco
- Banco General
- Banco Industrial
- Citibank and UMB Bank
- Fasanara Capital
- Grupo Empresarial Maestro
- KIO Networks
- Samsung C&T U.K. Limited
- Sculptor Capital Management
- Tecnologías Rappi
- Bankaool, Institución de Banca Múltiple
- HIR Casa (Bienes Programados)
- Nacional Financiera, Institución de Banca de Desarrollo
Work highlights
- Advised ING, who acted as agent of several lenders, in the increase of an existing facility granted in favor of GGE BCO 1, with the aggregate amount of the loan being €300m.
- Acted as legal counsel to HSBC Corporate Trustee Company (UK), as agent, in a $500m increase of a syndicated credit facility.
- Acted as independent counsel to HIR Casa in the structuring and implementation of a syndicated structured loan for MXN$2bn.
Lawyers
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
José Ignacio Rivero Andere
Pérez-LlorcaPractice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
José Ignacio Rivero Andere, Bernardo Reyes Retana Krieger