Alejandro Landa Joins Chadbourne & Parke Mexico City Office

NEW YORK, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that Alejandro Landa has joined the firm as counsel in the Mexico City office.

Mr. Landa has advised Mexican and foreign companies and financial institutions on the corporate finance components of public bids, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and domestic and cross-border asset-backed securitizations. His experience includes knowledge of regulatory procedures and preparation of filings with the Mexico Ministry of Finance, the National Banking and Securities Commission, PEMEX and other federal and local government entities. He also advises on general corporate matters and transactions related to infrastructure and oil and gas projects.

Mr. Landa was most recently with Thompson & Knight Abogados, S.C. in Mexico City.

"We are pleased to welcome Alejandro to our Mexico City office," said Chadbourne Managing Partner Charles K. O'Neill. "We continue to aggressively add attorneys to our Latin America practice, and Alejandro will provide additional support to our clients in Mexico on a range of matters."

"Alejandro brings the right mix of corporate legal expertise that we and our clients need in Mexico," added Boris Otto, Managing Partner of Chadbourne's Mexico City office.  

Mr. Landa earned an Industrial and Systems Engineer Degree (B.S.) from Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in 2002; a law degree (J.D. equivalent) with honors from the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico in 2004;  and a Master in Financial Law (LL.M.) degree from Columbia University Law School in 2008.

He has written articles in a range of publications on such topics as infrastructure, the global financial crisis and cross-border financing. Mr. Landa is also a member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators.  

About the Mexico City Office

The Mexico City office opened in 1999. The office has one of the largest corporate practices in Mexico and the largest international and domestic litigation/arbitration practice within a non-boutique litigation law firm in Mexico. The expansion into Latin America reflected the firm's strong practices in energy, project finance, corporate finance, securitizations, cross-border mergers & acquisitions and international litigation/arbitration as well as Chadbourne's solid client relationships in the region.

Lawyers in the corporate and project finance groups of the Mexico City office have extensive experience in corporate finance (including structured loans, equity offerings, debt offerings, leveraged leasing and acquisition and leveraged financing), securitizations, public finance (including securitizations, structured loans, regulatory and debt restructurings), private equity, mergers and acquisitions, infrastructure, energy, real estate and privatizations.

About Chadbourne & Parke LLP

Chadbourne & Parke LLP, an international law firm headquartered in New York City, provides a full range of legal services, including mergers and acquisitions, securities, project finance, private funds, corporate finance, venture capital and emerging companies, energy/renewable energy, communications and technology, commercial and products liability litigation, arbitration/IDR, securities litigation and regulatory enforcement, special investigations and litigation, intellectual property, antitrust, domestic and international tax, insurance and reinsurance, environmental, real estate, bankruptcy and financial restructuring, employment law and ERISA, trusts and estates and government contract matters. Major geographical areas of concentration include Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Latin America. The Firm has offices in New York, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, Mexico City, London, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Warsaw, Kyiv, Almaty, Dubai and Beijing. For additional information, visit www.chadbourne.com.

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