David Argueta > Greenberg Traurig, S.C. > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile

Offering ‘timely support throughout the entire process’, the ‘truly excellent’ banking and finance team at Greenberg Traurig, S.C. is well-placed to assist both lenders and borrowers with the structuring and negotiation of different types of financing transactions, including bilateral and syndicated loans, structured and project financings, acquisition financing and debt restructurings. The group is regularly instructed by banks, funds, insurance companies, institutional investors and non-bank financial institutions, as well as private and public companies. The practice is co-led by Rodrigo Orozco Waters and the ‘excellent professional’ and ‘always attentive’ Miguel Moisés. Orozco Waters is dual-qualified (Mexico and New York), and specialises in public and private financing projects, foreign investment-related transactions, M&A and restructuring. For his part, Moisés handles structured financings, bilateral and syndicated loans, project finance and corporate matters. David Argueta, who was promoted to the partnership in January 2023, focuses his practice on capital markets and financing transactions, as well as general corporate matters. Prominent senior figure Juan Manuel González, who majors on the financing of energy and infrastructure projects, is an additional key contact. At senior associate level, Ana Acosta handles capital markets and corporate mandates, as well as financing transactions; while Paulina García de León (who can draw on extensive in-house experience) covers banking and finance, corporate, compliance and financial regulatory matters.

Greenberg Traurig, S.C.‘s capital markets capabilities take in debt and securities offerings, as well as representing SPACs and handling the structuring of FIBRAs. The ‘excellent’ team is routinely instructed by domestic and foreign public and private issuers, underwriters, venture capital funds and private investment firms. Three lawyers share leadership of the practice: José Raz Guzmán, Juan Manuel González, and David Argueta. Raz Guzmán frequently works with issuers, underwriters and investors on public and private offerings of equity and debt; González acts as co-chair of the firm’s global infrastructure practice group and is experienced in the financing of infrastructure and energy projects; and Argueta focuses on capital markets and financing transactions, as well as general corporate matters.

The ‘highly-trained’ team at Greenberg Traurig, S.C. is lauded by clients for its ‘skills, talent and creativity’, and actively participates in M&A transactions involving companies in the energy, infrastructure, real estate, telecoms, pharmaceutical and financial services segments. The group frequently assists with the structuring, negotiation and completion of domestic and cross-border sale-of-control transactions, business combinations and recapitalisation transactions. Two partners share leadership of the practice: Miguel Yturbe and Arturo Pérez Estrada. Yturbe specialises in banking and finance, capital markets, and general corporate matters, as well as M&A transactions across Mexico and Latin America; Pérez Estrada handles M&A, private equity, venture capital and fintech mandates, as well as general corporate matters. Additional key contacts include Victor Manuel Frías (M&A, corporate governance, compliance); José Raz Guzmán (banking and finance, M&A, capital markets); Luis Cortés Panameño (project finance, M&A, joint ventures, and cross-border financings); Gabriel Lozano (private equity and venture capital transactions, commercial loans, and securities offerings); Gabriela Palomino (who assists companies, sponsors, investors, private equity funds and CKDs with M&A transactions); and David Argueta (capital markets and financing transactions). The key names to note at associate level are Rocío Olea, Víctor F Callarisa, Ana Acosta Silva, Luis A Torres, and Adriana García-Cuellar. Antonio Robles Hüe left the firm in April 2024. Since publication, Yturbe has left the firm – effective as of March 2025.