FELIPE FERNÁNDEZ PEÑA

FELIPE FERNÁNDEZ PEÑA

PARTNER

felipe.fernandez@vgf.law

Banking and Finance; Real Estate; Corporate. T. +52.81.2140.6900 D. +52.81.2140.6916
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Felipe Fernández specializes in corporate and financing transactions. He has represented banks, sofomes, funds and other financial institutions, as lenders; and corporations and investment vehicles, as borrowers and debt issuers, in connection with syndicated and bilateral loans, structured financings, project financings, acquisition financings, real estate financings, bridge loans, financings to financial entities, debt offerings and estructurings and workouts.

Mr. Fernández’s transactions include the representation of:

BBVA and Banorte, as joint lead arrangers of senior secured syndicated facilities to investment vehicles managed by FINSA, for the acquisition and development of industrial properties.

Banorte, in structured real estate financings to vehicles managed by PGIM, for the acquisition and development of industrial properties.

Dimex Capital, in loan receivables structured facilities granted by the IFC, Scotiabank, Sabadell, Banorte and BX+; and in a securitization of credit rights placed in the Mexican Stock Exchange.

Scotiabank, in a real estate structured financing involving leases of pharmacies located in 20 different states.

Altum Capital, in structured issuances of senior and subordinated debt in Dollars, funded in the majority by Apollo Management International.

Kandeo Fund, in a structured private issuance of senior debt in Dollars.

Banorte and Sabadell, in a club deal financing to a vehicle of Fibra Inn to acquire and operate “The Westin” hotel located in Monterrey, N.L.

PASA, in two senior syndicated facilities arranged by BBVA, Banorte and Scotiabank.

Innova Sport, in a senior syndicated facility arranged by Banorte.

Banorte, in the structured financing to a vehicle managed by Vertex, which funds were used for the construction of the shopping center “Península”, in Tijuana, B.C.

Sabadell and Banorte, in multiple structured financings to Acosta Verde for the development of shopping centers located in different Mexican states.

Banorte, in structured and secured facilities granted to Stiva, for the management and development of various shopping centers, the construction of industrial sites and the development of residential buildings.

EDUCATION

Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Securities and Financial Regulation / Georgetown University Law Center.

Masters degree in international Law / ITESM — Escuela de Gobierno y Transformacion Pública.

Law Degree / Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey.

Experience Abroad

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. New York Office.

September 2010 — January 2013.