The team at Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes S.C. routinely advises issuers on securities offerings, compliance matters and administrative proceedings with regulators. Key areas of expertise for the group include advising on debt and equity issuances, public offers and private placements, asset backed securities, and the financing of projects through trusts. Issuers, underwriters, structuring agents, investors and rating agencies regularly feature on the practice’s client roster. Four partners share leadership of the group: Manuel Echave, Francisco IbáñezMartín Sánchez and Patrick Meshoulam. Echave handles finance and capital markets transactions, including securitisations, and capital and debt issuances; Ibáñez and Sánchez take care of banking and finance, M&A, and capital markets transactions; and Meshoulam specialises in handling public and private offerings of equity, debt and structured securities, and M&A. Additional key figures include Ricardo Maldonado and Carlos Jiménez Cantú, who are noted for their contributions across the range of capital markets transactions.

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Key clients

  • Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (Volaris)
  • Betterware de México
  • Banco Compartamos, Institución de Banca Múltiple
  • Grupo Aeropuertario del Centro Norte
  • Vanrenta
  • Operadora de Servicios Mega
  • Citibanamex Casa de Bolsa
  • Casa de Bolsa Santander
  • Credit Suisse (México)
  • Televisa
  • Fibra Monterrey
  • Autopista Necaxa Tihuatlán (Auneti)
  • Consorcio
  • Aleatica

Work highlights

  • Acted as deal counsel to Grupo Aeroportario del Centro Norte (as issuer) and Citibanamex, HSBC, and Santander (as joint bookrunners) on the issuance of the former's sustainability-linked long-term local bonds for an amount of MXN$3.200bn in two different tranches.
  • Acted as counsel to Autopista Necaxa Tihuatlán (Auneti) in a series of financial transactions.
  • Advised Operadora de Servicios Mega (Mega) in connection with an offer to exchange notes worth $352m and a concurrent consent solicitation offer.

Lawyers

Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Manuel Echave, Francisco Ibañez, Martín Sánchez, Patrick Meshoulam