“Nader Hayaux Goebel demonstrates expertise in project-related matters, availability and a strong understanding of its clients’ requirements.” -Chambers & Partners (2027)

Fernando is a partner at Nader Hayaux Goebel focusing on project finance, infrastructure, water, energy and real estate, advising domestic and international sponsors, developers, lenders, investors and public-sector entities on complex cross-border transactions throughout the lifecycle of projects.

He has extensive experience in project development and project finance, including syndicated loans, structured finance, project and corporate bond issuances, private placements and securitizations, as well as M&A and joint ventures related to infrastructure and real estate assets. He regularly advises on transactions involving water, transportation, ports, toll roads, hospitals, oil & gas and renewable energy projects.

Fernando also has a strong and integrated real estate practice, representing clients on hospitality developments (hotels, resorts and branded residences), as well as industrial, commercial and mixed-use projects.

His practice also includes the structuring of real estate investment trusts (FIBRAs), private equity funds and other structured investment vehicles for real estate and infrastructure assets.

From 2019 to 2022, Fernando worked at the New York offices of Clifford Chance US LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP, as a member of the Latin America practice group, participating in high-profile transactions across projects, energy & infrastructure, capital markets and banking & finance.

Fernando holds an LL.M. from the University of Chicago Law School and graduated with honors from Escuela Libre de Derecho, where he served as President of the Law Students Association. He is admitted to practice law in Mexico and New York and has been recognized by leading legal publications for his work in project finance, infrastructure, and real estate.

Work Highlights

 Infrastructure, PP’s & Projects

  • Advised Empresas Públicas de Medellín in the strategic sale of its Mexican wastewater platform (TICSA) to Odinsa Aguas.
  • Advised a syndicate of lenders, as Mexican counsel, in the USD 2.5 billion New York law-governed project financing for the Mayakan natural gas pipeline expansion, including the VAT facility for the construction stage of the project and the restructuring of trust accounts and cash waterfalls.
  • Advised the Water Operator Agency of Los Cabos (OOMSAPAS) in (i) the 25-year municipal PPP project for a 250 l/s desalination plant, including a source of payment and security structure backed by local and federal revenues, and (ii) the MIG integrated water management system, a 10-year PPP with Aqualia to modernize, operate and enhance the efficiency and reliability of the potable water network in Cabo San Lucas.
  • Advised FIBRAeMX in the MXN 5.2 billion acquisition of an equity interest in a toll road concession from Aleatica and Invex, involving a mixed consideration structure consisting of cash and CBFEs.
  • Advised the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in the structuring and potential USD 850 million financing of Mexico’s first indirect potable reuse water project.
  • Advised Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) and its subsidiary Ferrocarriles Suburbanos in the restructuring and refinancing of Mexico’s main commuter railway concession, involving the refinancing of senior and subordinated debt facilities by a syndicate of lenders led by Banobras and backed by Fonadin.
  • Advised Grupo Murano in connection with the structuring of the concession arrangement for a tourism-anchored port and cruise terminal project, including related hospitality, retail and industrial components.
  • Advised Currie & Brown in connection with the consortium and joint venture structuring for the PPP of the National Children’s Hospital San Borja in Peru.
  • Advised APP Coatzacoalcos-Villahermosa, as transaction counsel, in the MXN 1.95 billion securitization of collection rights arising from the long-term federal PPP project for the rehabilitation, conservation and maintenance of the Coatzacoalcos–Villahermosa highway.
  • Advised a syndicate of financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, MUFG, SMBC, SocGen and CACIB, in the USD 906 million multi-source financing of the Rumichaca-Pasto 4G toll road concession in Colombia.
  • Advised Goldman Sachs and Santander on the USD 746 million hybrid loan/bond financing for the Río Magdalena 2 4G toll road concession in Colombia.
  • Advised Goldman Sachs and Santander on the USD 746 million hybrid loan/bond financing for the Río Magdalena 2 4G toll road concession in Colombia.
  • Advised Itaú, KfW IPEX-Bank and MetLife on the second-ever international securitization of government receivables for a Paraguayan public works project, involving a USD 128 million sale and purchase facility to acquire government receivables from the project SPV, and a USD 130 million Rule 4(a)(2) private placement to fund the acquisition of such receivables.

Real Estate

  • Advised Grupo Murano in the refinancing of its Grand Island Cancún hospitality project through the issuance of USD 300 million of senior secured notes, offered pursuant to Rule 144A/Reg S under U.S. securities laws.
  • Advised Advance Real Estate, through several subsidiaries, in the sale of its industrial real estate portfolio to Thor Urbana, comprising more than a dozen industrial properties and land reserves located across Mexico.
  • Advised a syndicate of lenders, including Sabadell, SabCapital and Santander, in connection with the USD 138 million senior secured credit facility granted to a trust vehicle controlled by Irongate for the construction and development of the Four Seasons Resort Los Cabos at Costa Palmas, a premier luxury residential and resort project in Baja California Sur.
  • Advised a syndicate of lenders, including Sabadell, Santander, Bancomext and Avantta, in connection with the USD 135 million senior secured credit facility granted to Riviera Isla Maya, to finance the construction and development of the St. Regis Hotel and Residences in Cancún (Costa Mujeres), a flagship luxury hospitality and residential project of AB Living Group.
  • Advised Reddy Ice, in its acquisition of 100% of the capital stock of Fábrica de Hielo Apodaca (Aguafría), the largest ice manufacturer in Mexico.
  • Advised BEA Equities and Corporativo Kosmos in the structuring and negotiation of the hotel management agreement and related financing for the development and operation of the Hyde Reforma Mexico City hotel.
  • Advised a syndicate of lenders led by Scotiabank in connection with the USD 85 million multiple-draw senior secured credit facility granted to a trust vehicle controlled by Industrial Realty Group, for the acquisition of several industrial real estate portfolios comprising multiple assets across Mexico.