Garrigues Mexico's Mexico City-based team is well-placed to advise on a range of transactions that includes acquisition financing, secured and unsecured loans, structured financing and project finance. In addition, the group provides regulatory support and assists banks and multilaterals with their operations in Mexico. Mario Juárez steers the practice and specialises in international banking and financing transactions, including secured and unsecured loans, structured finance and the financing of infrastructure projects. Gabriela Pérez Sierra has notable expertise in cross-border investments, acquisition transactions and fintech regulatory matters, as well as niche knowledge of the energy and telecoms segments. David Jiménez Romero majors on project development and regulatory issues, while Manuel Groenewold has broad experience in banking and finance, restructuring and capital markets transactions. Associate Carlos Eduardo Gómez focuses his practice on transactional mandates, project finance and M&A.
Key clients
- SMBC, MUFG, Deutsche Bank, Nomura, BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Credit Agricole, and Natixis
- Inter-American Investment Corporation (IDB Invest)
- Trafigura México
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital Holdings II
- TMF México Business Process
Work highlights
- Advised SMBC, MUFG, Deutsche Bank, Nomura, BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Credit Agricole, and Natixis, as lenders, on a $1.225bn term loan and delayed draw loan facility to finance Aligned Data Centers’ acquisition of ODATA.
- Assisted IDB Invest with extending a $15m structured facility to TuHabi, a real estate technology platform, for its expansion plans in Mexico.
- Acted as Mexican counsel to Trafigura México in a debt restructuring transaction with Luca Mining.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mario Juárez