Panoramic: Automotive and Mobility 2025
Manuel Valdez
Visiting International Lawyer Corporate & Finance
Languages
Spanish, English
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Overview
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Manuel Valdez advises clients on complex corporate and financial transactions across Latin America, with a focus on cross-border financings, mergers and acquisitions, and financial regulation. He combines technical precision with a pragmatic approach, helping clients anticipate risks, manage contingencies, and achieve strategic objectives.
He has represented IDB Invest and IDB in multi-jurisdictional financings in the hospitality, energy, and financial sectors, including a US$300 million loan to Engie Energía Perú for the Punta Lomitas wind farm and a US$75 million financing to El Rosado for green energy projects.
Manuel’s M&A work spans both corporate and financial institutions. He advised Mondelez on its US$1.35 billion acquisition of Ricolino, Industrias Bachoco on its US$60 million acquisition of RYC Alimentos, and BNP Paribas on the sale of a majority interest in Cetelem (a top five auto loan company in Mexico) to Grupo Financiero Inbursa and of its Mexican asset manager to Grupo Santander. He also counsels clients on FinTech and virtual assets regulation, including joint ventures between financial institutions and technology companies. Clients rely on his ability to align legal strategy with business growth.
Representative experience
Advised on US$1.35bn acquisition of a leading candy division in Mexico
Advised on US$300m financing for development of a wind farm in Peru, including regulatory and cross-border structuring.
Advised on US$200m financing supporting hotel reopenings in the Caribbean post-COVID.
Advised on US$100m financing to support hospitality expansion in Latin America.
Advised on US$75m financing for hospitality green energy and debt refinancing.
Advised on US$60m acquisition of a Mexican food company, including regulatory approvals.
Advised on sale of majority interest in a top five Mexican auto loan company.
Advised on sale of a Mexican asset manager and potential e-wallet acquisitions, integrating FinTech and regulatory considerations.
Advised on US$50m mezzanine facility for hotel expansion in Latin America.
Advised on the acquisition of a loan portfolio worth more than MXN100m.
Advised on multiple acquisitions of Mexican financial institutions totaling US$6m.
Credentials
Education
- LLM Corporate Law, New York University, 2025
- Licenciado en Derecho (J.D. Equivalent), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mencion Honorifica, 2019
Bar admissions and qualifications
- Mexico