Ana Paula focuses her practice on securities and capital markets, with significant expertise in secured transactions, including joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions and corporate related matters. She is regularly involved in cross-border transactions in connection with the structuring, development and financing of projects in Mexico.
Additionally, Ana Paula has a specific focus in real estate finance and investment. She has a strong background in relevant real estate transactions including business, commercial, industrial and residential developments, tourism and leisure projects (hotels, time-share regimes and mixed-use developments). She has substantial experience advising clients on structuring in CKDs (development capital certificates), CERPIs (investment project certificates) and FIBRAs (the Mexican equivalent of a U.S. Reit), private funds and other financial investment vehicles for the real estate sector. She regularly represents national and international issuers, sponsors, banks and financial institutions, global real estate investors and insurance companies, among others.
Ana Paula is part of NHG’s team specialised in advising Mexican and foreign companies in their transition to a regenerative economy through sustainable principles and ESG criteria, which has led her to work on labelled issuances and financings.
Ana Paula was named “Next Generation Partner” in Capital Markets by The Legal 500 (2022), one of the “Women who will 2021” in the global list made by Obelisk + The Next 100 Years, as well as recognised in the capital markets area by Chambers & Partners Latin America in 2017 and 2018.
Ana Paula graduated from Universidad Panamericana, attorney at law (2007) and received her LLM from New York University School of Law (2012) with a special focus on Corporate Law.
Ana Paula’s recent work highlights include:
- Ana Paula advised BBVA Mexico as placement agent in the issuance of a CERPI programme in which StepStone group is Manager.
- Advised Total Play on the establishment of its first (as direct issuer) capital markets debt programme and the first two short term issuances under such programme.
- Advised Fibra Danhos on the successful registration of an unsecured note program for up to MXN$8,000 million, and with the first three issuances under such programme; as well as the registration of its new long term debt programme (2021) for up to MXN MXN$8,000 billion, in the same terms as its previous programme.
- Ana Paula advised Total Play on the successful placement of senior notes due 2028 for a principal amount of USD$600 million, and due 2025 for a principal amount of USD$575 million, in the international markets.
- Advised Artha Capital with the issuance of a total of 3 public offerings of structured notes (certificados bursátiles fiduciarios de desarrollo) or CKDs, being ARTCK13 and ARTCK13-2, the first multi series CKD in Mexico.
- Advised Metropolitan Life Insurance Company as seller on a share purchase agreement with Principal Financial Group as purchaser whereby the shares of MetLife Afore and its subsidiaries were acquired by Principal.
- Ana Paula has advised many buyers and sellers of important real estate developers, for instance, she recently advised subsidiaries of Grupo Salinas in the acquisition from certain Spanish bank controlled entities of a development in the Mayan Riviera.
- She advised Honeywell International and its Mexican subsidiaries in the granting of certain securities in Mexico regarding a bond issuance in the United States by a Luxemburg entity and a syndicated bank facility to a Honeywell affiliate in Switzerland.
- Advised Evercore Casa de Bolsa in the sale of its trustee and common representation business in Mexico through a spin-off / merger process regulated by the Mexican Securities and Banking Commission (Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores).
- Advised CIBanco in the acquisition of Deutsche Bank’s trustee and common representation business in Mexico through a spin-off / merger process regulated by the Mexican Securities and Banking Commission (Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores).
