About

Guillermo Garcia San Pedro initially joined Banamex, Mexico’s second largest domestic bank, in 2002. As head of the regulatory and government affairs area, he was the bank’s liaison to the Mexican regulatory authorities, had responsibility over corporate governance and served on the board of directors. After completing an LL.M in 2005, he had a brief spell at international law firm White & Case before re-joining Banamex in 2007. This time he gained more responsibilities working on debt capital markets, commercial banking, trusts, and custody admissions. In 2012 he was made legal head for corporate and investment banking, markets and capital markets which covers real estate, debt capital markets and project finance. Drawing on his experiences at White & Case, one of his goals has been to implement the best practices of a law firm into his in-house team of ten lawyers. Garcia San Pedro gained recognition in the company when working on the interpretation of articles in banking law that prevented the granting of certain loans. His method was to make a positive case to regulators claiming the transactions could be made without breaching the regulations. Following this successful work, the bank was able enter several important transactions that would have otherwise been impossible. Other major achievements in his career include the successful negotiation with the Ministry of Finance and Mexican government of ten year promissory notes, and the ‘ground breaking’ real estate transactions he facilitated that have since been replicated by competitors.