Michell Nader Schekaiban

Practice Areas

Michell has been involved in a wide variety of matters in the finance and M&A sectors. His background includes many of the largest and most complex transactions ever done in Mexico and the development of products and structures for clients which have had significant impact on the banking, real estate, capital markets and M&A industries, including the creation of the money transfer system for remittances from the U.S. to Mexico in 1996.

He has been very active in capital market deals, representing sponsors of Fibras, CKDs and issuers of bonds in Mexican and global offerings. He advised the Mexican government in creating the structure for the PPP model for Mexican infrastructure projects and has worked extensively with local governments in the development of their legal and regulatory frameworks for PPPs.

Career

Graduated as an Attorney from Universidad Iberoamericana Law School (summa cum laude). He received his LL.M. in Comparative Law from Georgetown University. Lecturer on Comparative and Commercial Law at the Universidad Iberoamericana.

Publications

Michell regularly writes articles on his areas of expertise. Recent examples include co-author Chambers and Partners, Mexico's overview since 2019 to date, Mexico Corporate M&A Chapter since 2020 to date, Mexico Banking & Finance Chapter 2023; Latin Lawyer – Bank Financing Mexico 2019.

Experience

Michell’s main areas of work are structured and acquisition finance, M&A, banking, capital markets, real estate and workouts.

He has worked in some of the most complex and largest M&A transactions in Mexico including the representation of GE in the sale of its real estate business to Blackstone, the acquisition of Aseguradora Hidalgo by MetLife, the sale of Iusacell by Grupo Salinas to AT&T and the acquisition by Vinci Airports of an equity interest in OMA.

Michell has also participated in multiple finance transactions including intangibles, real estate, telecommunication networks, infrastructure and power plants. He has worked on some of the largest debt restructurings in Mexico including AHMSA, GEO, URBI, Comerci, Iusacel and Grupo Mexico.