Bankruptcy and restructuring

Nader, Hayaux y Goebel, SC

Client Satisfaction

The ‘extremely knowledgeable’ and ’highly respected’ team at Nader, Hayaux y Goebel, SC has a track record handling high-profile restructurings and workouts in Mexico. Representing lenders – including banks, bank syndicates, investment funds, hedge funds and other financial institutions, bondholders and creditors’ committees – is a key area of focus for the group. The team has additional experience advising debtor clients in the real estate, oil-and-gas, aviation and infrastructure sectors, and also often works in conjunction with U.S. counsel on cross-border insolvency matters. The group is ably led by Michell Nader and Javier Arreola. Nader, lauded by one client as ‘without a doubt one of the best lawyers in Mexico’, has a broad practice that spans finance, M&A and restructuring; Arreola handles projects, development and restructuring, and is praised for his ’technical knowledge’. Additional key contacts include Adrián López G. and José A. Noguera, the latter of whom was promoted to the partnership in January 2024.

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Testimonials

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'The team is extremely knowledgeable, experienced, practical and easy to work with. They are well-known and highly respected in the market. They are extremely responsive and their work product is top-notch'.
'Michell Nader probably has forgotten more about the Mexican restructuring and insolvency practice than other practitioners have ever known. He is without a doubt one of the best lawyers in Mexico. His depth of knowledge is not limited to merely restructuring and insolvency - he is more than conversant on both financing and M&A matters, which allows him to be more innovative and creative than other practitioners. His partner, Javier Arreola, is cut from the same mould and together the two of them are a fabulous team'.
'NHG is a multidisciplinary law firm comprised of extremely technical, capable and dedicated professionals. On the structural side, they excel in transactional skills and experience in virtually all relevant matters. They have experience representing debtors, creditors and rescue financiers. They are at the highest level of professional practice'.
'Hans Goebel and Javier Arreola are the two most prominent individuals at the moment, with a lot of technical knowledge of the subject matter and a broad experience in other practice areas that gives them a very particular focus. Additionally, Michel Nader, who is a legend in structures in Mexico, stands out'.
'Nader's team is first class. Always coming up with good ideas and agile ways to find a solution to the problems and challenges we face'.

Key clients

Altos Hornos de México's largest group of creditors
Grupo Elektra
Bondholders of Unifin 00122

Work highlights

Represented Argentem Creek Partner and DE Shaw - the largest creditors in the insolvency and workout of AHMSA - capitalising a portion of their claims into 19% of AHMSA’s outstanding capital stock.
Advised the bondholders of series 00122 of bonds in the financial restructure and the concurso mercantil proceeding of Unifin.
Advised Grupo Elektra on the establishment and registration of a new programme of short-term and long-term notes for up to MXN 20bn as a 'Frequent Issuer'.