Javier Pichardini

Prior to joining DLA Piper Gallástegui y Lozano, Javier was the Head of Legal in the Project Finance Division  at a major bank in Mexico. He additionally worked as an associate at a large transactional law firm in Mexico City.

Representative matters:

• Assisted in financing one of the largest solar farm 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 and developed by a consortium led by a major Spanish operator in renewables, with a US$264 million financing (MIREC 2019 Project of the Year award)
• Assisted in USD500 million senior notes offering of Crédito Real, a leading specialty finance public company with operations in Mexico, United States and Central America
• Assisted in investment of Alsea, a Mexico City-based operator of quick service restaurants, coffee shops and casual dining establishments in Mexico, Latin America and Europe
• Assisted in the MX1.5 billion sale of assets by Crédito Real from its small and medium enterprises business in Mexico (SMEs Mexico), owned by its subsidiary CREAL Arrendamiento
• Assisted in financing environmental, social and governance initiatives by Crédito Real, a leading specialty finance public company with operations in Mexico, United States and Central America
• Assisted in financing corporate purposes of Crédito Real, a leading specialty finance public company with operations in Mexico, United States and Central America
• Assisted in refinancing debt of Sports World, a public company that operates family fitness clubs in Mexico
• Assisted in financing corporate purposes of Crédito Real, a leading specialty finance public company with operations in Mexico, United States and Central America
• Assisted in financing environmental, social and governance initiatives of Banco Compartamos, a leading microfinance institution in Mexico
• Assisted in financing for the construction and operation of a hotel in Mayan Riviera
• Assisted in financing working capital purposes of Crédito Real, a leading specialty finance public company with operations in Mexico, United States and Central America
• Assisted in debt restructuring one of the main passenger transport corporate groups in Mexico
• Assisted in financing for the maintenance and conservation of a 183 km section of a highway in the Mexican state of Hidalgo between Sacyr, a Spanish leading construction public company
• Assisted in financing for the construction and operation of a residual water treatment plant in Cuernavaca, Morelos through a PPP between a Mexican subsidiary of a major home utility company and an industrial and commercial company owned by the municipality of Medellin, Colombia and the State Water Commission of Morelos
• Assisted in financing for the maintenance and conservation of a 335 km section of the Matehuala-Saltillo highway in the Mexican states of San Luis Potosí and Coahuila through a MX$1.7 billion PPP between Avanzia, a subsidiary of Grupo ACS a major Spanish construction public company and Mexico’s Ministry of Communications and Transport
• Advised on financing for the construction and operation of a US$196 million, 118-megawatt wind farm in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, developed by a Spanish-Mexican renewable energy company
• Assisted in financing for the maintenance and conservation of a 292 km section of the Saltillo-Monterrey-La Gloria highway in the Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas through a MX$2.3 billion PPP between a Mexican consortium and Mexico’s Ministry of Communications and Transport
• Advised on financing for the construction and operation of a US$100 million 100-megawatt electric power plant in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, developed by a Mexican subsidiary of a major private equity investor in energy companies
• Advised on financing for the construction and operation of a MX$1.8 billion hospital in Tapachula, Chiapas through a PPP between Prodemex, a major Mexican construction company and the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS)
• Assisted in financing for the construction and operation of a 70-megawatt Yucatan Peninsula wind farm, developed by a Mexican renewable energy company and Envision Energy, a global wind turbine technology company headquartered in Shanghai
• Assisted in financing for the construction and operation of a MX$1.5 billion hospital in Tepic, Nayarit through a PPP between a Mexican banking company and Mexico’s Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers
• Advised on financing for the construction and operation of a MX$3 billion hospital in Mexico City through a PPP between Sacyr, a Spanish leading construction public company and Mexico’s Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers
• Advised on financing for the construction and operation of a MX$1.5 billion hospital in the Mexican state of Tabasco through a PPP between Prodemex, a major Mexican construction company and Mexico’s Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers
• Assisted in financing for the maintenance and conservation of a 413 km section of the Campeche-Merida highway in the Mexican States of Campeche and Yucatan through a MX$1.9 billion PPP between a Mexican consortium and Mexico’s Ministry of Communications and Transport
• Assisted in financing for the construction and operation of a MX$1.7 billion hospital in Bahia de Banderas, Nayarit through a PPP involving Prodemex, a major Mexican construction company
• Assisted in financing for the construction and operation of a desalination plant in Baja California through a PPP between the North American Development Bank, a Mexican-North American consortium and the State Water Commission of Baja California
• Advised on financing for the construction and operation of a solar farm in the Mexican State of Durango, developed by Eosol, a Spanish renewable energy company and a major infrastructure asset management company
• Assisted in financing for the construction and operation of a 220-megawatt wind farm, developed by a Spanish multinational electric utility company
• Assisted in financing for the rehabilitation and operation of two residual water treatment plants in the Mexican state of Chihuahua through a PPP between Engie, a major French water and waste management public company and the Municipal Water and Sanitation Board of Chihuahua
• Advised on financing for the construction and operation of a MX$4 billion penitentiary in the Mexican State of Veracruz through a PPP between a global telecommunications, broadcast and media group and the Ministry of the Interior
• Advised Grupo Traxion, a holding public company with major subsidiaries in the logistics, cargo, personnel and student transportation sectors in various acquisitions of transportation companies and rounds of financing with major private equity firms in Mexico
• Assisted in financing for the provision of services of respiratory protection for work with rarefied atmospheres in facilities and equipment for drilling and repairing land and marine wells
• Assisted in financing for the provision of transport services, conditioning and recovery of fluids, during drilling, completion and repair of wells
• Assisted in financing for the purchase and granting of assets by a financial services provider
• Represented investment banking firms as underwriters in various IPO and follow-on securities offerings of Mexican REITS (FIBRAS)