Pedro Velasco de la Peña

Practice Areas

Banking & Finance, Bankuptcy & Restructurings and Capital Markets.

Career

Mr. Velasco represents domestic and foreign financial institutions (including many of the major local and foreign banks), as well as corporate borrowers (including numerous private equity funds), in a wide range of secured and unsecured financings, across several industries. Mr. Velasco’s expertise includes commercial financings, acquisition financings, real estate financings, ship financings and project finance. On the bankruptcy and restructurings arena, he represents creditors and debtors on all non-litigation aspects of complex bankruptcy and out-of-bankruptcy restructurings. His capital markets expertise includes varied cross-border debt offerings.

Mr. Velasco has been ranked as leader in Banking and Finance by many publications, including Chambers Global: The World´s Leading Lawyers for Business, Chambers Latin America: Latin America´s Leading Lawyers for Business, The Legal 500 and IFLR 1000. He has also been recognized by Latin Lawyer 250: Latin America´s Leading Business Law Firms, the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA) and in the Banking, Finance and Transaction Guide edited by the Expert Guides.

Professional Memberships

IBA

Publications

Pedro has authored and co-authored several articles and publications on financing and bankruptcy matters.

Personal

Mr. Velasco received his law degree (JD), with honors (academic excellence), from the Universidad Iberoamericana in 1999 and obtained his LL.M degree in International Banking and Financial Law from Boston University School of Law in 2001.