Alexandra Aguirre

Alexandra Aguirre

Alexandra's practice focuses primarily on the areas of mergers and acquisitions, domestic and international corporate transactions, corporate finance, and debt and equity private placements throughout Latin America with a specific focus on Mexico and Central America.

Areas of Concentration

· Mergers and acquisitions

· General corporate representation

· International business transactions

· Securitizations

· Corporate finance

· Debt and equity offerings

Significant Representations

· Mergers & Acquisitions

- Representation of consortium of investors in the $700 million purchase of more than 1,700 retail operations of McDonald's in 17 jurisdictions in Latin America and the Caribbean.

- Representation of Central American call center company in joint venture with a Canadian publicly traded company.

- Representation of local financial group in joint venture in Mexico with an international financial institution for the launch of a credit card program.

- Representation of Harvestland Overseas, S.A., the leading hybrid corn and agricultural seed developer and seed production company with operations in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia and Venezuela to NYSE-listed Monsanto Company.

- Representation of Salvadoran financial conglomerate Inversiones Financieras Bancosal, S.A., in the sale of a majority interest to Grupo Banistmo, S.A., a leading Panamanian financial institution. The transaction was conducted through a public tender offer through the Salvadoran Stock Exchange.

- Representation of one of the oldest banks in Central America as U.S. Counsel in its merger with a Guatemalan bank, creating a financial institution with US $3.7 billion in assets.

- Representation of Salvadoran financial institution in its $900 million sale to Colombia's largest full-service financial institution conducted through simultaneous tender offers in Panama and El Salvador.

- Representation of Costa Rica's largest privately owned bank as U.S. counsel in its US $293.5 million sale to one of Canada's largest financial institutions, through a tender offer conducted through the Stock Exchange of Costa Rica.

- Representation of Panamanian company in the US $145 million sale of a publicly traded Costa Rican manufacturing company with 30 subsidiaries located throughout Latin America to a French/Belgian conglomerate.

- Representation of Industrias Duraflex S.A. de C.V. in connection with the sale of its textile manufacturing plant located in El Salvador to Hanesbrands, Inc., a U.S. publicly traded corporation.

- Representation of investor group in the formation and launch of Volaris, a low-cost airline operating in Mexico.

· Financings

- Representation of Salvadoran retailer in connection with US $300 million multi-currency financings secured by assets in 11 different Caribbean jurisdictions. The acquisition was consummated in part through public offers in Jamaica and Barbados.

- Advised international financial institution on restructuring of US$80 million credit facility issued to Central American media and telecommunications company.

Awards & Recognition

· Member, team ranked as the No.1 corporate law firm in Miami as selected by corporate directors, in the annual "Legal Industry Research Study" by Corporate Board Member magazine (eighth consecutive year), 2002-2009

· Latin Lawyer Magazine, M&A Deal of the Year Award, 2008

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

· Mentioned, "Bancolombia Finally Takes Banagrícola," Latin Lawyer, 2008