"We have had a great experience with Nader Hayaux Goebel. The team is very comprehensive, professional, flexible, and showcases a good understanding of the market." Chambers & Partners.

José is partner at Nader Hayaux Goebel and specializes in cross-border and local mergers & acquisitions, sophisticated commercial transactions, joint ventures, shareholders agreements, corporate matters, and intricate transactional matters. His experience includes advising domestic and international clients across the retail, food, automotive, sport, manufacturing, financial, technology, transportation and logistics sectors.

José’s practice focuses on advising clients on the full life cycle of M&A transactions, from structuring and negotiation through closing and post-closing matters. José has guided multinational corporations, financial sponsors, and family-owned businesses in all phases of mergers and acquisitions, including buy-side and sell-side processes. He regularly participates in M&A deals, corporate restructurings, strategic alliances, transitional services, distribution and supply agreements, and other demanding commercial transactions.

He is the lawyer clients turn to for depth, precision, and commercial judgment in the most challenging M&A and commercial deals.

José worked at the international law firm Hogan Lovells in Washington, DC, as a visiting international attorney in the real estate investment trust, fund formation, and mergers and acquisitions team.

He obtained his LL.M. from the University of Chicago Law School. José graduated as an attorney from the Universidad Iberoamericana.

 

 Work Highlights

 

Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Advised a group of U.S. investors in the cross-border acquisition of a 50% stake in a Mexican soccer team.
  • Advised an OEM automotive manufacturer in the cross-border acquisition of its Mexican importer and distributor.
  • Advised major multinational corporations in the negotiation and drafting of complex commercial agreements, including distribution, supply, licensing, technology transfer, and strategic alliance contracts.
  • Advised clients across multiple industries in day-to-day corporate, governance and commercial matters, including major multinational companies.
  • Advised a group of Mexican investors on their indirect acquisition of Real Valladolid CF, within the overall acquisition led by Ignite Sports Ventures and Ben Oldman Partners.
  • Advised Smart Fit on the acquisition of certain assets of California Fitness, including equipment, databases, intellectual property and leases.
  • Advised Rappi on the sale to Banorte of all of its shares in Tarjetas del Futuro, and on the execution of an exclusive 15-year financial product commercialization agreement.
  • Advised Bumble Bee Seafood Company, on the acquisition of the outstanding loan and creditor rights held by a syndicate of lenders against Procesamiento Especializado de Alimentos (Procesa), followed by the execution of an asset purchase agreement for the acquisition of Procesa’s tuna processing and canning business located in Tapachula, Chiapas.
  • Advised a Hong Kong investor, who is a leading Hong Kong and global cross-border logistics and supply chain player, in its investment in Awesome Cargo.
  • Advised Andersen Group on the acquisition of various Mexican member firms.

 

Banking and Finance

  • Advised HKE1, ResponsAbility Global Micro and SME Finance Fund, ResponsAbility (SICAV) Agriculture Fund and Avenue Sustainable Solutions Fund on the preparation, negotiation and implementation of the Mexican law-governed guarantees relating to an international financing of more than USD 210 million granted under New York law in favor of Agro Vision.
  • Advised Bumble Bee Mexico in connection with its accession to a USD 516 million financing, through the execution of accession agreements to the U.S. Security Agreement, as well as the granting as collateral of certain assets of Bumble Bee Mexico to secure the obligations of Bumble Bee Foods.

 

Bankruptcy and Workouts

  • Advised the bond holders and the common representative of GICSA (certificados bursátiles) in the restructuring of such instruments, aimed at implementing a sustainable capital structure for Grupo GICSA and strengthening its long-term financial position.
  • Advised the bond holders and the common representative of the Unifin (certificados bursátiles) in the restructuring and insolvency proceeding (concurso mercantil) of Unifin.