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Latin America Guide 2024

Ranked in 3 Practice Areas
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Banking & Finance
16 Years Ranked
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Capital Markets
16 Years Ranked
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Corporate/M&A
16 Years Ranked
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Provided by Luis A Nicolau

Latin America

Practice Areas

Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions and Restructurings and Insolvency

Career

Luis A. Nicolau joined the firm as a partner in 1990. With over 30 years of experience, he is a leading expert assisting underwriters and issuers in debt and equity offerings in Mexico and abroad. He has participated in many of the largest public Mexican M&A transactions, and advises foreign and domestic private equity funds on a regular basis. He has assisted numerous international financial entities in setting up their Mexican operations, including Scotiabank, JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, Santander and Morgan Stanley. He also has experience in the Fintech sector advising stategic investments in regulation matters of financial technology institutions, as well as financial and investment regulation in such institutions.

He currently maintains several board memberships, including at Grupo Posadas, Coca-Cola FEMSA, GCC, Cuervo, Grupo Coppel, Morgan Stanley Mexico, Gentera, and of the investment committee of Promotora Social México.

He worked as a foreign associate at Johnson & Gibbs, Dallas, and at Shearman & Sterling, New York.

Education

Fullbright Scholarship

1998

Columbia University

Master of Laws

1988

Escuela Libre de Derecho

Lawyer

1985

Chambers Review

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Latin America

Banking & Finance - Mexico
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Band 1

Pre-eminent figure Luis Nicolau has extensive experience assisting key clients with complex corporate financial deals, including sophisticated secured and unsecured credit facilities, as well as sustainability-linked revolving financing.


Capital Markets - Mexico
1
Band 1

Seasoned department co-head Luis Nicolau is considered to be a point of reference in the capital markets domain in Mexico, according to peers. Luis exhibits particular specialisation in debt and equity securities matters, and is active in public offerings with cross-border components


Corporate/M&A - Mexico
1
Band 1

Distinguished co-head of department Luis Nicolau enjoys remarkable expertise in assisting clients with high-end M&A transactions in Mexico.

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Pablo Perezalonso Eguía
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Luis A Nicolau
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Gabriel del Valle Mendiola
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Luis A Nicolau
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Eduardo Triulzi Garciadiego
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Eduardo Triulzi Garciadiego
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Gabriel Robles Beistegui
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Gabriel Robles Beistegui
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Héctor Cárdenas Ortega
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Jorge Oria y Anaya
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Federico Santacruz González
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