Mr Elias Zaga Belzer > Santamarina y Steta > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile

Santamarina y Steta
CAMPOS ELISEOS 345, FLOORS 2, 3 AND 11
COL. CHAPULTEPEC POLANCO
11560 MEXICO, D.F.
Mexico
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Work Department

Mergers and Acquisitions, Banking and Finance, Corporate, Project Finance and Infrastructure

Position

Sr. Associate

Career

With over 6 years of professional experience, Elias specializes in banking and finance law, securities market law, corporate law, project finance and infrastructure, and mergers and acquisitions.
Elías has participated and advised our clients on a wide variety of complex commercial transactions.

Languages

Spanish, English

Education

JD, 2015, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico.

LL.M. in Corporate Law, 2020,New York University School of Law, USA.

Personal

From 2020 to 2022, he was a visiting attorney at Shearman & Sterling, LLP in New York City, U.S.A.

Lawyer Rankings

Mexico > Capital markets

The ‘business-focused’ capital markets practice at Santamarina y Steta combines ‘good industry knowledge’ with a ‘pleasant manner’ and provides counsel on debt and equity offerings, public tender offers and matters involving FIBRAs and CKDs. Sergio Chagoya advises lenders, sponsors, borrowers and rating agencies on private equity and venture capital investment in infrastructure projects, public offerings, securitisations and privatisations; he co-leads the practice alongside securities, capital markets and M&A expert Alberto Saavedra. Diego Ostos, who participates in debt issuances and M&A transactions, is an additional name to note. 2022 saw the departure of associates Esteban Soto and Iñigo García in August and September, respectively; but also the arrival of senior associates Elias Zaga Belzer and Juan Pablo Rodríguez Sada in October. Since publication, Rodríguez Sada has moved to Santos Elizondo – effective as of October 2023.