SMPS Legal's banking and finance practice evidences capabilities in structuring of secured financings and securitisations, along with the incorporation of private capital funds, and is routinely instructed by creditors and debtors alike, including banks, private equity companies and non-bank financial institutions. The team, lauded for its ‘extensive experience in the specific technical issues needed to negotiate large financings’, is directed by Iván Pérez Correa, who specialises in banking and finance, capital markets, and M&A. Key partner Eduardo Pizarro handles real estate transactions and investments, the purchase and sale of shares and assets, and the creation and structuring of companies.
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Testimonials
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‘They have extensive experience in the specific technical issues needed to negotiate large financings and, in particular, in syndicated loans with several banks involved.'
‘Iván Correa is an excellent consultant with many years of experience in the field.'
Key clients
- PesoRama
- Gerbera Capital (GCRE IV and Inmobiliaria ICANN)
- East West Bank
- Interprotección
- Capital índigo
- Locfund
- Grupo Fishers
- Capital Indigo
- Bocel Private Equity
- Arago Capital
Work highlights
Assisted PesoRama with a $20m revolving credit facility granted by Third Eye Capital.
Advised a subsidiary of Gerbera Capital on obtaining a $42m syndicated loan for developing a real estate project.
Advised East West Bank, as lender, in connection with the granting of a multiple advance term loan agreement for up to $30m in order for the Borrowers to partially fund a loan for the financing of an aquaculture facility in Ensenada, Baja California.
Lawyers
Practice head
Iván Pérez Correa