Edgar Romo

[ehd-guhr] [rroh-moh]Co-Managing Partner

US-LatAm Practice Group Regional Co-Leader, Finance

US-LatAm Practice Group Regional Co-Leader, US-Mexico Initiative

He masters the subject like few others and always puts the deal first. He is 100% focused on closing transactions and solving problems that arise. His technical level is exceptional.

— Source quoted in The Legal 500 Mexico

Emailedgar.romo@us.dlapiper.com

Call+52 55 5261 1858

Mexico City

About

Edgar Romo practices in the areas of finance, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, and corporate governance, representing financial institutions, debtor companies, and private equity funds, in respect to international credit facilities, structured finance, project finance, securities offerings, restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and general corporate matters.

Edgar serves as co-leader of the Latin America Finance Practice Group.

Areas of FocusCorporate Finance Structured Finance and Securitization Restructuring Projects and Project Finance

Bar admissionsUnited Mexican States

EXPERIENCE

Advised Grupo Cox (Cox), a leading Spanish multinational water and energy company, in its acquisition of Iberdrola's power generation assets in Mexico for US$4.2 billion
Advised Alsea, a multi-brand restaurant operator with operations in Mexico, Latin America and Europe, US$1 billion+ out-of-court global debt restructuring and related US$500 million issuance of senior notes due 2026 and €300 million of senior notes due 2027
Advised a consortium led by Acciona Energía, Spain's leading operator in renewables, in connection with the US$264 million financing for the development of one of the largest photovoltaic projects in Latin America, deriving from the second long-term energy auction for the wholesale electric power market organized by the National Energy Control Center (CENACE) of Mexico (MIREC Project of the Year award)
Advised Banco Compartamos S.A. Institución de Banca Múltiple, Mexico's largest microfinance institution, in obtaining US$70 million in loans from Citi, the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), to be used to provide loans to primarily women-owned small businesses in Mexico
Advised Alsea, a multi-brand restaurant operator with operations in Mexico, Latin America and Europe, in the €635 million senior secured dual currency syndicated term loan facility for the strategic acquisition by Alsea of Grupo Vips in Spain (becoming the largest restaurant group in the Iberian market)
Advised Pemex, Mexico's state-owned petroleum company, in the divestment process of its participation in two strategic natural gas pipelines, the first major Pemex-sponsored midstream assets built in partnership with foreign capital since the approval of Mexico's historic Energy Reform, in favor of BlackRock and Lenova
Advised Bancomext (Mexico's export credit agency), in the MXN$400,000,000 financing to Mota Engil, a leading Portuguese conglomerate in the construction sector, for the development of Parque Urbano Aztlan, a multi-purpose park in a space of 6 hectares within Bosque de Chapultepec in Mexico City
Advised Giddings Fruit S.A., a Latin American fruit export company, as the borrower in a US$90 million loan from Prudential Financial and US health insurer Cigna, through a note purchase and guarantee agreement, to fund its operations in Latin America and pay existing debt
Advised Tuhabi, the Mexican affiliate of Habi, Latin America's first unicorn in the prop tech sector, securing $400 million pesos in financing from BBVA's new start-ups financing division, BBVA Spark (marking the first transaction of BBVA Spark in Mexico), and in an up to US$50 million debt facility with IDB Invest, the private sector arm of the IDB Group
Advised a syndicate of lenders led by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) in the proposed financing of a hydrocarbon storage facility in salt cavern, first project of its kind in Latin America
BBVA Bancomer, Mexico's largest banking institution, in the MXN$25,000 million refinancing of the public debt of the State of Mexico (Latin Finance Magazine's Deal of the Year Award)

Languages

Awards

Pro Bono

Edgar assists in the structuring and implementation of social impact bonds (SIBs) with investors and local governments in Mexico, to help place young adults in employment.

Education

Postgraduate Diploma, Accounting and Finance, London School of Economic, 2009

LL.M., Columbia Law School, 2003
Fulbright Scholar

Law Degree, Ibero-American University, 2001

Publications

Seminars

Speaker, "Applicable SESG standards and ratings: Mandatory reporting, best practices and the S&P Global ESG Score," DLA Piper Client Webinar, (2021)
Panelist, "Energy Infrastructure: New Projects, Planning and Execution," LatinFinance's 10th Infrastructure & Sub-Sovereign Finance in Mexico Summit, Playa del Carmen, Mexico, October 2017

Prior Experience

Prior to joining DLA Piper, Edgar was a partner at a leading transactional law firm in Mexico City. He was a foreign associate in the New York office of a major international law firm.

Teaching Experience