
Regulatory work is a key pillar of CMS Rodríguez-Azuero’s banking and finance offering, with the team routinely representing financial institutions, fintechs, and payment platforms — among others — on compliance, new products, and regulatory approvals. The team also maintains an active transactional practice, where it enjoys particularly fruitful relationships with development banks. Regulatory specialist Sergio Rodríguez-Azuero co-heads the department and additionally spearheads the dispute resolution group; he recently advised fintech, Rapyd Financial Networks (2016), on its acquisition of Tecnipagos, as part of a larger international transaction. Fellow department co-head Daniel Rodríguez additionally co-heads the restructuring and insolvency, and compliance and corporate criminal law practices; he focuses mainly on transactional matters for clients including multilateral development banks, and other local and foreign financial entities. At associate level, senior María Paula Sandoval provides support to the banking and finance, and public procurement areas, while intermediate Camila Posada is noted for banking and finance, public procurement, and restructuring and insolvency law.
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Key clients
- IDB Invest
- DEG- Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft
- Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior - Bladex
- Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
- Rapyd Financial (2016)
- XM Compañía de Expertos en Mercados
- Financiamos Su Maquina
- Sureti
Work highlights
Advised Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior (Bladex) on a two-tranche syndicated sustainable loan, governed by New York law, granted to Finanzauto, totalling $70m.
Advised DEG- Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft on a €40m sustainable senior secured loan, governed by German law, granted to Finanzauto.
Advised Interamerican Development Corporation (IDB Invest) on a syndicated sustainable senior secured loan, governed by New York law, granted to Equirent.
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Practice head
Sergio Rodríguez Azuero; Daniel Rodríguez

