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.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Top-notch team of lawyers. Legal services are provided by lawyers with extensive experience in the field. Excellent personal treatment. First-class facilities. Excellent customer service.'

  • ‘Fernando Nava - excellent professional and personal treatment. He is a lawyer that solves problems and offers options to their clients.'

  • ‘CMS has a committed and very competitive work team that gives good responses to the requests that are given to it. Each of the people who make up the team have the ability to carry out the tasks assigned to them and are very attentive.'

  • ‘The CMS Woodhouse Lorente Ludlow team is committed and has a great pro-business vision. Fernando Nava is a partner who is always available and gives great customer advice.'

  • ‘César Lechuga and José Antonio Ruiz help us create solid structures that give us comfort and legal security, and they also get involved in negotiations by offering creative solutions that help mitigate possible legal risks.'

  • ‘Openness to resolve doubts, criteria, reach agreements and be pro-business.’

  • ‘100% availability. Fernando Nava is a partner that has proven to provide solid support.'

Key clients

  • Banco Mercantil del Norte, Institución de Banca Múltiple, Grupo Financiero Banorte
  • Nacional Financiera, Sociedad Nacional de Crédito, Institución de Banca de Desarrollo (NAFIN)
  • Banco del Bajío, Institución de Banca Múltiple (Banco del Bajío)
  • Bankaool, Institución de Banca Múltiple
  • Banco Inbursa, Institución de Banca Múltiple, Grupo Financiero Inbursa
  • Grupo Osme
  • Grupo Indi and Grupo Mota Engil
  • Macquarie Asset Management
  • Banco Sabadell, Institución de Banca Múltiple
  • Banco Multiva, Institución de Banca Múltiple, Grupo Financiero Multiva
  • Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior, Sociedad Nacional de Crédito, Institución de Banca de Desarrollo (Bancomext)
  • AKA Ausfuhrkredit-Gesellschaft
  • Raiffeisen Bank International
  • UniCredit Bank Austria

Work highlights

  • Assisted Banorte with the financing of six public projects in Baja California, aimed at modernizing and improving the road and mobility infrastructure in Mexicali, Ensenada and Tijuana (aggregate amount of $110m).
  • Assisted Multiva with the due diligence, drafting and negotiation of the restructuring of a syndicated loan agreement entered into by Azpau, as debtor and Multiva as creditor.
  • Assisted Lumo with the restructuring of its current debt with UNIFIN.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Raúl Zepeda, Fernando Nava