Emilio J. Alvarez-Farré > Greenberg Traurig, S.C. > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile

Greenberg Traurig, S.C.
PASEO DE LA REFORMA NO. 265 PH1
COLONIA CUAUHTÉMOC
MÉXICO CITY, D.F. C.P. 06500
Mexico

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Shareholder

Career

Emilio J. Alvarez-Farré focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions and financings, having assisted clients in noteworthy and novel transactions throughout Latin America for more than 25 years.

He advised the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Argentina in the privatizations of Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales, S.A., MetroGas, S.A., and Transportadora de Gas del Norte, S.A. He represented Corporación de Fomento de la Producción, the Chilean privatization agency, in the privatization of Emos, the Chilean water company, and the Fondo de Inversiones de Venezuela, the Venezuelan privatization agency, in the privatization of C.V.G. Siderúrgica del Orinoco, C.A., the Venezuelan steel company.° These transactions were the first of their kind in Argentina, Chile and Venezuela.

He assisted Bankers Trust Company in acquisition financings to companies controlled by the Exxel Group in Argentina, including Fargo, Tia, Havanna and Oca, the first leveraged buyouts in that country.°

He advised Deutsche Bank in structuring and documenting a Contingent Repo Facility to the Central Bank of Argentina, designed to provide systemic liquidity to the Argentine banking system.°

He represented Bio Pappel, S.A. de C.V., the largest paper company in Mexico, in its financial restructurings completed in 2005 and 2009, the first large-scale financial restructurings conducted under the Mexican restructuring law.°

°The above representations were handled by Mr. Alvarez-Farré prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

Concentrations
Mergers and acquisitions
Financial transactions
Joint ventures
Private equity investments and dispositions
Capital markets offerings

Capabilities
Corporate
Banking & Financial Services
Finance
Latin America Practice

Admission to Practice
Florida
District of Columbia
New York

Languages

English
Spanish

Education

  • J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 1986
  • M.B.A., The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, 1986
  • Graduate Fellow, Philosophy, Princeton University, 1980
  • A.B., Classics, Stanford University, 1978
    • Phi Beta Kappa