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Alvaro Sarmiento Lapiedra

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About
Alvaro Sarmiento advises clients on national and international financing, including financing through public and private placement of securities, credits, and structured financing. In addition, he has extensive experience in local and cross-border mergers and acquisitions as well as in private equity transactions. 
 
Alvaro has a broad practice focused on structured finance, where he represents issuers and investors in domestic and cross-border structured and asset-backed finance transactions in both public and private deals. 

EXPERIENCE

Assisted a non-bank payroll lender in the creation of a Mx$10 billion pesos securitization program and the first and second issuances of notes under such program through a public offering in Mexico for Mx$2 billion pesos. 

Represented a leasing company in the creation of a Mx$5 billion pesos securitization program and the first and second issuances of notes under such program through a public offering for Mx$1.37 billion pesos.  

 
Advised a leasing company in the creation of a Mx$1.5 billion pesos securitization program and the first issuance of notes under such program through a public offering for Mx$500 million pesos. 

 
Acted as Mexican counsel to a multinational manufacturer in the launching of a USD$180 million dollars cross border program for the sale of accounts receivable originated by Mexican, American, and Canadian subsidiaries.  

 
Advised a leasing company in a Mx$1 billion pesos asset backed financing with a global development institution. 

 
Represented a leasing company in a US$50 million dollars cross border asset backed financing. 

 
Advised a Mexican bank in in the issuance through a public offering in Mexico of Mx$700 million 3-year notes.  

 
Assisted a hotel developer in a USD$125 million dollars loan refinancing backed by accounts receivable. 
Education
  • Law degree, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  • LLM, The University of Chicago
Languages
  • Spanish
  • English

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

The Legal 500 Latin America

  • Recommended, Banking and Finance, 2015
  • Recommended, Banking and Finance / Capital Markets, 2016, 2018-2019
  • Recommended, Banking and Finance / Capital Markets / M&A, 2017
  • Recommended, Capital Markets, 2020-2021, 2022-2023
Other recognitions

IFLR 1000

  • M&A, 2017

Notable Practitioner

  • M&A, 2018, 2020-2022

Latin Lawyer 

  • Banking and Finance / Capital Markets, 2022

Prior Experience

Before joining DLA Piper Alvaro worked in a Mexican law firm where he co-led the firm’s securities and securitizations practices. Between 2006-2008 Alvaro worked in the New York office of a highly regarded American law firm.

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