Finance Monthly Deal Maker Awards 2019 Edition

www.finance-monthly.com 33 FINANCE MONTHLY DEAL MAKER AWARDS 2019 INSOLVENCY & RESTRUCTURING CONTACT Alejandro Sainz Email: asainz@cervantessainz.com Tel: +(52) 55 9178 50 46 Web: www.cervantessainz.com REPRESENTATIONS: With respect to the restructuring & insolvency area, in domestic and cross- border transactions, Alejandro has: ▪ Represented the ad-hoc committee of U.S. noteholders in the cross- border restructuring procedures of Satmex in 2005 and 2011, including the issuance of a new note, and on the M&A transaction implemented in 2013; ▪ Represented Grupo Iusacell and Iusacell Celular in the cross-border restructuring and concurso procedures; ▪ Represented Grupo Sare and Copamex in their out-of-court restructuring proceedings; ▪ Advised various creditors in the Mexican legal aspects of the U.S. insolvency procedure of Tower Automotive; ▪ Advised certain creditors in the cross-border insolvency procedures of Majapara, Compañía Mexicana de Aviación, and Urbi; ▪ Represented the ad-hoc committees of noteholders in the cross-border insolvency procedures of Corporación Durango, Cementos Chihuahua, Comercial Mexicana, Vitro, Maxcom, Hipotecaria Su Casita, Homex, Geo and Oro Negro, among others. ALEJANDRO SAINZ Partner at Cervantes Sainz ABOUT ALEJANDRO SAINZ Alejandro Sainz leads the Insolvency & Restructurings practice group and leads the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group of Cervantes Sainz S.C. He represents and provides legal advice to national and multinational clients in a broad range of transactional matters, providing legal advice in the areas of corporate, finance and commercial law, including reorganizations, restructurings and work-outs, bankruptcy and cross-border insolvency procedures (concursos), sale & acquisition of distressed assets and securities, corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, foreign investment, joint ventures, infrastructure, real estate, and telecommunications transactions. Among other restructuring and insolvency matters, Mr. Sainz is currently representing (i) the ad- hoc committees of bondholders in the cross-border insolvency and restructuring procedures of Oceanografía, Cozumel Caribe and Latina offshore Holding (ii) ICA in its restructuring and reorganization procedure, and (iii) and various creditors in the concurso procedure of Fadesamex. FIRM PROFILE Cervantes Sainz is a full service law firm actively engaged in a dynamic and complex domestic and international practice, with an extensive array of creative problem-solving techniques for optimum, lasting outcomes. The Firm is composed of prestigious lawyers accumulating large years of experience. Its rapid and constant growth reflects the dynamic nature of a vital and healthy developing law firm. The values and philosophy that drive us, and the special attributes that make us stand apart from others, are: we emphasize high responsiveness to clients by providing prompt, personal service, and by developing an intimate knowledge of each client’s needs and objectives; we are dedicated to providing creative solutions and fresh approaches to sophisticated transactions and complex litigation; we have developed a ‘one –firm’ culture – a spirit of teamwork and cross-utilisation and support among practice area throughout the firm; we express a sense of personal accountability for every decision, judgment, and action on behalf of our clients; we stress efficiency and apply experience so that routine deals and cases are handled at market-dictated costs and value is added to the more sophisticated transactions and litigation; and our practice is sensitive to the needs, the values, ant the highest good of the client, society, and legal profession. Cervantes Sainz has an active and diversified insolvency & restructurings practice, including: work- outs, restructurings, Concurso procedures, cross-border insolvency procedures and bankruptcy. We have worked with most respected international law firms in various types of crossborder transactions. Cervantes Sainz provides prompt, responsive, creative and expert insolvency & restructuring representation. Our lawyers have participates as expert witness in cross-border insolvency procedures. Cervantes Sainz is also well known for successfully representing bondholders. Cervantes Sainz’s litigation practice benefits from its wide-ranging skills, including in the areas of insolvency and bankruptcy litigation. Cervantes Sainz has proven efficiency in complex and critical cross-border restructuring & insolvency matters involving issues of unsecured and secured creditors, derivatives, and domestic and foreign claims. Our litigation practice has the intellectual depth and creativity to resolve successfully virtually any type of legal dispute arising in Mexico. Awarded for his involvement in the following transaction: Constructora ICA restructures USD 3,500 million in Mexico