Sergio Chagoya

Practice Areas

Fintech, project finance and infrastructure, banking and finance, capital markets, corporate, M&A.

Career

Sergio’s practice includes more than 25 years of professional experience advising national and international companies in project finance and infrastructure, banking and finance, capital markets, corporate, M&A, as well as securities, derivatives and Fintech Law.

He represents national and international lenders, sponsors, borrowers and governments in a large number of financial transactions, including private equity and venture capital of infrastructure projects, public offerings, securitizations and privatizations. He also has broad experience advising the public sector in designing and structuring operations related to public works, public procurement, and public-private partnerships (PPP's), which includes the drafting of the latest Federal Law of Special Economic Zones, which was created to enhance the economic and social development of Mexico.

Professional Memberships

Barra Mexicana, Colegio de Abogados

Publications

"Evolution of economic freedom in Mexican constitutional law”, in Obra jurídica enciclopédica (Legal Enciclopedia), “Ciencia política y constitucional” (“Consitutional and Political Science”) Volume, Porrúa / Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico, 2012.

“Prologue” of Erick Carvallo Yáñez’s Nuevo Derecho Bancario y Bursátil Mexicano, 8th Edition, Porrúa, Mexico, 2010.

“Mexico” in Cross-border Handbooks: Finance Handbook, Finance, Vol. 2.

“Securitisations”, Practical Law Company, London 2009-2010.

“Mexico” in The Americas Restructuring and Insolvency Guide 2008-2009, Global White Page, London, May 2008.

“Securitization of Mortgage Loans in Mexico”, US-Mexico Legal Review of the American Bar Association, April 2007.

Personal

EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professor in Civil Law in postgraduate studies at the Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico.

Associate Professor in Constitutional Law in undergraduate studies at the Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico.

Professor of the PhD in Law at Universidad Autónoma del Noreste, campus Saltillo, Mexico.