Over 20 years of experience as a financial and corporate lawyer advising clients in the following industries: Steel and Manufacturing, Aviation, Automotive, Securities, Construction, Real Estate, Finance, Oil and Gas, Maritime, among others.
He has served in various companies and corporate groups as lead counsel in their legal departments for financing, securities custody, corporate governance, and compliance.
He has extensive experience in structuring and negotiating financings, representing companies in structuring their financial transactions in the following countries (USA, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Japan, Singapore, Bahamas, Canada, Panama, Liberia, Colombia, Mexico, among others).
He is skilled in structuring and implementing initial public offerings (debt and equity) in Mexico and in the United States under Regulations 144a and RegS.
He has been involved in providing legal assistance to clients in bankruptcy, insolvency, and liquidation proceedings under Mexican law.
Key Competence:
Project Finance Structuring.
Investments, capitalizations, and public and private debt issuances.
Incorporations, mergers, and acquisitions.
Structured and syndicated loans.
Debt restructuring.
Asset, administration, guarantee, and payment trusts.
Factoring operations.
Corporate compliance (AML/CFT).
Corporate secretarial services and securities.
Partner at Starboard Law, with over 18 years of experience in general and specialized corporate law, including securities and corporate secretarial services, capitalizations, mergers and acquisitions, contracts, financial, banking, and administrative law.
Industries in which he has been involved include: Steel, Banking, Construction, Real Estate, Finance, Robotics, Private Equity Funds, Insurance, and Information Technology, among others.
Key Competence:
Corporate Law
Mergers and Acquisitions
Joint Ventures
Co-investments
Real Estate
Private Equity and Venture Capital Investments
Securities
Negotiation
Intellectual Property
Franchises, Retail, and Distribution
Information Technology (IT)
Preparation
Present - Continuing Education Program, IPADE Business School, Monterrey
2011 - Executive Development Program (D1), IPADE Business School, Monterrey
2010 - Master of Laws in Business Law (MDE), Universidad Regiomontana A.C.
2003 - Bachelor of Laws, Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey, A.C.
In recent years, he has specialized in ethics and compliance matters based on four pillars: anti-corruption, criminal liability, anti-money laundering, and personal data protection. He has over 20 years of experience as a corporate lawyer, focusing on corporate governance and secretarial services for both domestic and international companies. He currently manages a prominent intellectual property portfolio for national and multinational corporations.
Key Competence:
Corporate Governance and Secretariat.
Incorporation of Multinational Companies
Intellectual Property
Corporate Governance, Ethics and Compliance
Preparation
He has over 15 years of experience as an attorney specializing in Contract Administration and Construction, as well as contract negotiation, advising clients in the following industries: Oil & Gas, Electrical Construction, Civil Construction, Brewing, Industrial, Automotive, and others.
He has served as lead attorney in the Legal Department of various companies and corporate groups dedicated to Construction.
He has participated in more than 500 construction contracts, including marine, land-based, and electrical projects, for diverse industries such as Oil & Gas, Electrical Construction, Civil Construction, Brewing, Industrial, and Automotive.
He is currently a partner at Grupo LOX. He was responsible for the Energy and Oil & Gas division of leading companies in the oil sector, such as Grupo Protexa, and served as Legal Manager for the Construction division of Grupo Xignux. He also serves as an advisor for EPC Contract Administration.
He has extensive international experience in contract negotiation and administration in the following countries: Spain, Guatemala, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Panama, the United States, and Mexico.
Key Competence:
Negotiation and administration of public and private works projects and contracts.
Legal compliance with contracts (compliance, execution, claims, direct and indirect costs, long-term project costs, and penalties).
Contract risk management.
Project-based contract management and administration.
Preparation:
2018 - Executive Development Program (D1), IPADE Business School, Monterrey, Mexico
2007 - MBA, University of Salamanca, Spain
2003 - Bachelor of Laws, Marist University
A partner at the law firm Ceneca Law, she has over 10 years of experience specializing in corporate law, intellectual property, and finance.
She specializes in contract negotiation and drafting, trademark registration, copyright, and intellectual property in general. She also focuses her practice on providing legal counsel in corporate secretarial matters, business entities, contracts, sales and purchases, commercial and mercantile transactions, trusts, corporate structures, company formation, due diligence, and mergers and acquisitions for various industry sectors.
Key Competence:
She has experience providing consulting services in estate planning and succession planning.
Her areas of expertise include:
Corporate Law
Intellectual Property
Real Estate
Contract Negotiation and Structuring
Trusts
Estate Planning
Preparation:
2016 - Master's Degree in Business Law from the University of Monterrey.
2011 - Bachelor's Degree in Legal Sciences from the Universidad Regiomontana.
A professional with over 25 years of experience in the financial sector, specializing in the structuring, management, and acquisition of financing for large-scale projects. He combines strong analytical skills in Project Finance with negotiation abilities in national and international corporate environments.
Oil & Gas Industry Experience
Has collaborated with companies in the Mexican oil sector in structuring financing schemes for hydrocarbon exploration, production, transportation, and distribution projects, serving as a strategic liaison between the industry's capital needs and financing sources markets.
His responsibilities included feasibility analysis using Project Finance methodologies, the development of financial models, and monitoring due diligence processes with investment funds, development banks, and private banks.
His knowledge of the energy regulatory framework in Mexico, including contracts with PEMEX and the post-2013 Energy Reform regime, provides him with a comprehensive perspective on the sector's technical, legal, and financial risks.
Career Path in the Financial Sector - SOFOMs
With over 15 years in the financial sector, I held management positions in Multiple Purpose Financial Institutions (SOFOMs) specializing in funding the energy industry, channeling credit, financial leasing, and factoring to companies in the sector.
My work encompassed the design of customized financial products, origination of discounted documents and assignment of collection rights derived from contracts with public and private companies in the sector, as well as portfolio management and recovery.
Through this experience, I built a solid network of relationships with private debt funds, family offices, investment trusts, and commercial banks.
Current Activity - Financing, Structuring, and Advisory Services
I currently work as an independent advisor in the structuring and management of financing for projects requiring capital. I support promoters and developers from the financing strategy stage through to financial closing.
Their services include financial diagnosis, modeling, identification of capital sources (bank debt, private debt, mezzanine capital), preparation of memorandum information, and support in negotiations with investors and lenders.
Key Competence:
Project Finance and project finance structuring.
Advanced financial analysis and financial modeling
Loan management and structuring in specialized SOFOMs (non-bank financial institutions)
Financing for the Oil & Gas industry in Mexico
Negotiation with development banks, commercial banks, and private debt funds
Financial due diligence and credit risk assessment
Comprehensive advisory services for the financial closing of infrastructure projects