Von Wobeser y Sierra, SC's banking and finance team advises clients on banking and payment systems regulatory matters, financial transactions, project finance, and credit and debt restructurings. The group’s varied client roster regularly features domestic and foreign banks, fintech entities, private equity funds, pension funds, hedge funds and insurance companies. The team, which is equipped to advise debtors, lenders, and guarantors on financing transactions that include secured, unsecured and syndicated loans, is jointly led by Luis Burgueño and Alberto Córdoba. Burgueño majors on corporate mandates and M&A transactions, while Córdoba routinely assists borrowers and issuers in loan transactions and debt issuances. Alejandro Orellana is another key contact for corporate matters, as is counsel Gloria Martínez. Associate Jaime Ostos's broad practice encompasses M&A, banking and finance, and restructuring; he has a track record assisting clients in the financial services, automotive and consumer goods segments.

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Key clients

  • Freedom to Scale
  • Enerflex
  • Banco Internacional de Costa Rica
  • Administrador ADN Capital
  • Samvardhana Motherson Automotive
  • Systems Group
  • LABL
  • EVO Payments International
  • JP Morgan Mexico
  • Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
  • The Coca-Cola Company
  • Cervecería Modelo de México
  • Grupak
  • Internovum Solar

Work highlights

  • Advised Fairplay on negotiating and executing a working capital credit facility for an amount up to $100m.
  • Assisted Enerflex with the financed acquisition of oil-and-gas company Exterran Corporation.
  • Advised RedemTech and its shareholders in all banking and regulatory aspects of its acquisition of Banco Autofin, including regulatory due diligence, capitalization strategy, and obtaining approval from the National Banking Commission.

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Leading associates
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Leading partners: Fintech
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Luis Burgueño, Alberto Córdoba