Fernando Eraña
Latin America Guide 2024
Band 5 : Corporate/M&A
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Provided by Fernando Eraña
Practice Areas
Private Equity & Venture Capital
Mergers & Acquisitions
Banking & Finance
Start Ups
Technology
Fund Formation
Cross-Border Finance
Career
Fernando is a founding partner of the Firm with 20 years of experience, focusing his practice on M&A, Finance, Venture Capital and Technology, serving a broad portfolio of clients that includes investment funds, entrepreneurs, fintech companies, non-bank financial institutions and public and private companies. Fernando holds a law degree from Universidad Panamericana, a Master of Laws (LLM) degree from Pritzker School of Law and a Certificate in Business from Kellogg School of Management, both from Northwestern University. In 2007, Fernando participated as a Foreign Associate at O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, in Los Angeles, California.
Professional Memberships
He is currently Chari of the North American Forum of the International Bar Association (IBA) and Vice Chair of the PE/VC Committee of the American Bar Association
Languages Spoken
English and Spanish
Work Highlights
Private Equity & Venture Capital
Represented Swvl in its expansion with the acquisition of Urbvan, the mass transportation technology platform.
Currently represents Ideas y Capital as inhouse legal advisor and on transactional issues, including equity and debt financing rounds at Deporprivé, Crowdfunder, Boletia, Dvdendo, Econduce, Nimblr; Amigo Travel Group and Turing Enterprises.
Represented InnoHub México, a technology-focused company builder, in a growth investment by Banco Santander.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Represented East West Manufacturing, LLC (EW) in the Mexican portion of the purchase of Eastprint Incorporated (EPI), a maquila of printed electronic composites and interface technologies based in Ciudad Juárez.
Represented Prairie Capital in the Mexican portion of the global sale of one of its portfolio companies, Architectural Lighting Work (ALW), a leader in providing interior and exterior architectural lighting solutions with LED lights to LMPG Inc, a leader in LED lighting solutions based in Montreal. The transaction took place in a context in which the country's maquila industry will benefit from nearshoring.
Advised Sportium in the negotiations for a growth investment with Northgate Capital.
Education
Universidad Panamericana
Law Degree
2001
Northwestern University
Business Certificate, Kellogg School of Management
2004
Northwestern University
LLM, Pritzker School of Law
2004
Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresas
Senior Private Equity Management Program
2012
Articles, highlights and press releases
11 items provided by Pérez Correa, González y Asociados, S.C.
Pérez Correa González advised Prairie Capital in the sale of of Architectural Lighting Works.
Pérez Correa González (PCG) advised Prairie Capital in the strategic sale of of Architectural Lighting Works (ALW) in Mexico.
Pérez Correa González advised DFC in the Mexarrend (Tangelo) financing process.
PCG represented the United States International Development Finance Corporation in connection with a $45 million USD credit facility in favor of Mexarrend, S.A.P.I de C.V. (Tangelo), a technology company specializing in alternative financing.
Pérez Correa González represented Swvl in its acquisition of Urbvan
Pérez Correa González (PCG) represented Swvl in its expansion with the acquisition of Urbvan, the mass transportation technology platform. The legal team was led by Fernando Eraña, PCG’s partner in Venture Capital and by the associates Carlos Ugalde and Eduardo Yrigoyen.
Pérez Correa González advised Sportium during Northgate Capital's investment process.
The law firm Pérez Correa González (PCG) represented and advised Sportium to enable Northgate Capital to invest capital into the Mexican company.
PCG advised GC Capital in the renegotiation of its investment in Cervecería de Barrio
As part of the restructuring of Cervecería de Barrio capital stock, PCG advised GC Capital Fund in the renegotiation of its investment in Cervecería de Barrio, in order to increase its participation.
Pérez Correa González (PCG) advised GC Capital on the renegotiation of its investment in SkyAlert.
The venture capital fund GC Capital, advised by Perez Correa Gonzalez, renegotiated the terms of its investment in SkyAlert de Mexico to strengthen the development and expansion strategy in the United States and Latin America of the famous app that alerts about earthquakes. The amount of the investm
Pérez Correa González advised GC Capital on the capitalization of its investment in Amigo Travel
Pérez Correa González y Asociados, S.C. represented GC Capital in the negotiation with Amigo Travel Group, its creditors and investors to agree on the terms and conditions of the capitalization.
Pérez Correa González represented Group IN-RGY Consulting in its expansion plans in Latin America
Group IN-RGY Consulting (IN-RGY), a human resources information system consulting firm, expands its market presence with the acquisition of Iane, S.A. de C.V. (AYAX), the leading partner of Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG) in Mexico.
SOLCARGO ceases operations to make way for Perez Correa Gonzalez
A new firm, Pérez Correa, González, commences operations, with the same team of partners and associates that have been servicing you to this day.
SOLCARGO represented Creation Technologies acquires Applied Technical Services.
The transaction took place in a period of global uncertainty derived from the Covid-19 pandemic and reiterates Mexico's strength as one of the world's manufacturing poles for the medical, aerospace, technology, and defense industries.
SOLCARGO assists Doopla to become the first entity in Mexico to operate as an FTI
SOLCARGO assists Doopla to become the first entity in Mexico to request the CNBV authorization to operate as a Financial Technology Institution.
Pérez Correa González advised Prairie Capital in the sale of of Architectural Lighting Works.
Pérez Correa González (PCG) advised Prairie Capital in the strategic sale of of Architectural Lighting Works (ALW) in Mexico.
Pérez Correa González advised DFC in the Mexarrend (Tangelo) financing process.
PCG represented the United States International Development Finance Corporation in connection with a $45 million USD credit facility in favor of Mexarrend, S.A.P.I de C.V. (Tangelo), a technology company specializing in alternative financing.
Pérez Correa González represented Swvl in its acquisition of Urbvan
Pérez Correa González (PCG) represented Swvl in its expansion with the acquisition of Urbvan, the mass transportation technology platform. The legal team was led by Fernando Eraña, PCG’s partner in Venture Capital and by the associates Carlos Ugalde and Eduardo Yrigoyen.
Pérez Correa González advised Sportium during Northgate Capital's investment process.
The law firm Pérez Correa González (PCG) represented and advised Sportium to enable Northgate Capital to invest capital into the Mexican company.
PCG advised GC Capital in the renegotiation of its investment in Cervecería de Barrio
As part of the restructuring of Cervecería de Barrio capital stock, PCG advised GC Capital Fund in the renegotiation of its investment in Cervecería de Barrio, in order to increase its participation.
Pérez Correa González (PCG) advised GC Capital on the renegotiation of its investment in SkyAlert.
The venture capital fund GC Capital, advised by Perez Correa Gonzalez, renegotiated the terms of its investment in SkyAlert de Mexico to strengthen the development and expansion strategy in the United States and Latin America of the famous app that alerts about earthquakes. The amount of the investm
Pérez Correa González advised GC Capital on the capitalization of its investment in Amigo Travel
Pérez Correa González y Asociados, S.C. represented GC Capital in the negotiation with Amigo Travel Group, its creditors and investors to agree on the terms and conditions of the capitalization.
Pérez Correa González represented Group IN-RGY Consulting in its expansion plans in Latin America
Group IN-RGY Consulting (IN-RGY), a human resources information system consulting firm, expands its market presence with the acquisition of Iane, S.A. de C.V. (AYAX), the leading partner of Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG) in Mexico.
SOLCARGO ceases operations to make way for Perez Correa Gonzalez
A new firm, Pérez Correa, González, commences operations, with the same team of partners and associates that have been servicing you to this day.
SOLCARGO represented Creation Technologies acquires Applied Technical Services.
The transaction took place in a period of global uncertainty derived from the Covid-19 pandemic and reiterates Mexico's strength as one of the world's manufacturing poles for the medical, aerospace, technology, and defense industries.
SOLCARGO assists Doopla to become the first entity in Mexico to operate as an FTI
SOLCARGO assists Doopla to become the first entity in Mexico to request the CNBV authorization to operate as a Financial Technology Institution.
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