Latin America - Mexico

CMS Woodhouse Lorente Ludlow

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Recognised for being ‘dedicated to its work and always eager to help’, the team at CMS Woodhouse Lorente Ludlow is known for both its lender and borrower-side capabilities, representing major banks and construction firms (among others), as well as advising on acquisition and leveraged finance and syndicated lending transactions. Practice head Raul Zepeda’s experience encompasses a wide range of transactional and regulatory banking and finance work; Enrique Lorente Ludlow majors on project finance; corporate and project finance specialist Cesar Lechuga Perezanta is ’committed’ and has an ‘ever-pleasant disposition’; Eduardo Saldaña and Alejandro Perera are the names to note at associate level.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The CMS WLL team is very dedicated to the projects assigned to them and they are always willing to support.’

  • ‘Cesar Lechuga is committed and his disposition ever-pleasant.’

Key clients

  • Operadora de Pagos Móviles (Transfer)
  • Bankaool (Institución de Banca Múltiple)
  • Tu Dinero Digital
  • Scotiabank Inverlat (Institución de Banca Múltiple)
  • BanCoppel (Institución de Banca Múltiple)
  • Casa de Bolsa Banorte, Grupo Financiero Banorte and Banco Mercantil del Norte (Institución de Banca Múltiple)
  • Grupo Indi
  • Davidson Kempner European Partners
  • Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior
  • Banco Inbursa (Institución De Banca Múltiple)

Work highlights

  • Advised Banorte on the negotiation, drafting and execution of a MXN$228m loan agreement.
  • Assisted NAFIN with the due diligence, drafting and negotiation of the restructuring of a syndicated loan agreement.
  • Assisted Banverde Solar with the negotiation and drafting of a contribution agreement to a security trust constituted as guarantee of a syndicated loan agreement to the value of $30m.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Raúl Zepeda