Jorge is an partner at Nader, Hayaux & Goebel. His practice focuses on representing clients in highly complex transactions, assisting them in the negotiations of intricate deals. Jorge has represented investors and companies in restructuring and insolvency processes, facilitating asset acquisitions, debt acquisitions, and representing companies in either bankruptcy proceedings or out-of-court negotiations, as well as advising creditors in the restructuring of liabilities. Additionally, Jorge provides guidance to various clients in negotiating financing and debt issuances, in the acquisition and sale of Mexican companies, and in designing investment structures for multinational corporations.

He also specializes in developing legal strategies for matters involving contentious issues, such as shareholder disputes, and representing clients before authorities, participating in the design of negotiation and litigation strategies to optimize timelines for conflict resolution and facilitate comprehensive agreements.

Jorge has international experience in New York, where he was part of the Global Financial Markets team focused on Latin America, participating in debt restructuring processes, international securities issuances, and transactions related to capital market operations and cross-border mergers and acquisitions.

Jorge holds a Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, from Escuela Libre de Derecho and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Columbia Law School in New York, where he was recognized as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar for his academic excellence.

Recent Transactions 

• Advised bondholders identified as GHOCB14 and SIPYTCB13 in the restructuring process of debt issued by Issuer Trusts involving companies specialized in the transportation industry that are part of Grupo IAMSA. 
• Advised the bondholders of Operadora de Servicios Mega, S.A. de C.V., a regulated financial entity, in the process of restructuring the issuer’s debt.
• Advised Argentem Creek Partners LP in negotiations with Mr. Alonso Ancira Elizondo for his and his family’s exit from management and equity participation in Altos Hornos de México S.A.B. (AHMSA), and participated in the negotiation of the debt restructuring for AHMSA and its subsidiary Minera del Norte S.A. de C.V. in their respective bankruptcy proceedings to facilitate the procurement of credit against the estate and the entry of new investor capital.
• Provided counsel to Pantaleon Sugar Holdings Company Ltd. regarding the review of the bankruptcy status of a company in the sugar sector for the acquisition of the debtor’s assets.
• Advised a real estate group in the restructuring of its debts with creditors from the Mexican financial system, and provided advisory services to Grupo Financiero Banorte in granting credit as a creditor on an unsecured revolving credit facility of USD $75 million, with repayment sourced from future capital calls, granted to a trust managed by PGIM Real Estate.
• Represented Murano PV, S.A. DE C.V. in mergers and acquisitions involving a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and listing on Nasdaq, as part of a DE-SPAC process. 
• Advised the Inter-American Investment Corporation (BID Invest) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in the issuance of 15-year bonds for USD 218.5 million to refinance the road project “Rutas 2 y 7” in Paraguay, which was the first private 4(a)(2) placement made by a multilateral institution in Latin America to fund a project with ongoing construction risks.
• Provided advisory services to BofA Securities Inc. and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. as initial placement agents and purchasers concerning Interconexión Eléctrica S.A. E.S.P. (ISA)’s initial issuance of USD 330 million senior notes at 3.825% maturing in 2033. ISA focuses on energy transmission, road concessions, telecommunications, and information and communications technology. 
• Advised BBVA, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and Scotiabank as joint placement agents and initial purchasers regarding the issuance by Telefónica Móviles Chile S.A., totaling USD 500 million in senior notes.
• Advised the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE), the state-owned provider of electricity and telecommunications services in Costa Rica, regarding the issuance of USD $300 million in total aggregate principal amount of Sustainability Linked Senior Notes at 6.750% maturing in 2031. 
• Provided advisory services to one of the shareholders of one of the largest businesses in Mexico’s textile industry in preventing a hostile takeover by another shareholder and maintaining control of the company.
• Oversaw and coordinated with the commercial litigation and criminal law teams involved in defending the controlling shareholder and negotiated the sale of the controlling shareholder’s shares in the company. Additionally, provided advisory services to a publicly traded Mexican real estate investment trust regarding the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on its leasing contracts and negotiated a solution with the company’s main debtor, as well as advising bondholders of a Mexican telecommunications and multimedia company in the process of restructuring the issuer’s debt.