About

Number of years practice: 23

Principal practice areas: Capital Markets, Finance, Leveraged Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Project Finance, Corporate

Bar admissions: New York, São Paulo
(Foreign Legal Consultant)

Languages spoken: English, Spanish, Portuguese

Manuel Garciadiaz is a partner in Davis Polk’s corporate department, regularly advising US and non-US clients on capital markets transactions, including high-yield debt offerings, initial public offerings and exchange offers, mergers and acquisitions, structured and project financings, liability management and debt restructurings, primarily in Latin America.

A notable case that Garciadiaz has been engaged with over the past 12 months is advising Mexichem S.A.B. de C.V., one of the largest chemical companies in Latin America, in connection with a new US$1.5bn revolving credit facility with MUFG Bank, Ltd., as administrative agent, and BBVA Bancomer, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A and MUFG Bank, Ltd., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners.