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Hogan Lovells advises IDB Invest in US$25 million loan injection for SMEs in Panama
24 April 2019
Juan Enrique Lizardi
AssociateMexico City
Email juan.lizardi@hoganlovells.com
Phone +52 55 5091 0109
Fax +52 55 5091 0123
LanguagesSpanish, English, German
Practice groupFinance
Juan Lizardi focuses his practice on commercial and financial transactions, advising clients on cross-border financings, mergers and acquisitions, as well as corporate governance.
He also advises Mexican and international clients in financial regulatory matters in Mexico and helps clients in a wide range of corporate matters, whether starting their business, dealing with challenges and changes, or their day-to-day needs to carry out their business.
Juan began his legal career in 2013 as a law clerk at Barrera Siqueiros y Torres Landa (now Hogan Lovells), giving him more than five years of experience despite having obtained his law degree in August 2017 from Universidad Panamerican.
He teaches the mandatory law course to 12th grade students at a prestigious local high school in Mexico City.
Education and admissions
Education
Law Degree, Universidad Panamericana, 2017
Representative experience
Advised International Finance Corporation (IFC) on the credit facility granted to Altán Redes.
Advised IFC on its US$11m blended financing to a leasing solutions company based in Haiti.
Advised IDB Invest on its US$25m loan to Panama-based St. Georges Bank.
Advised IDB Invest on its US$15m loan to Financiera Desyfin, SA, the largest financial institution in Costa Rica.
Advised Banco Santander on the negotiation and execution of factoring agreements in Mexico.
Advised Standard & Poors on the issuance of ratings related to securitizations of accounts receivables.
Advised one of Coca-Cola's bottlers in the acquisition of AdeS.
Advised an international mining company in the drafting and negotiation of collateral security granted by Mexican subsidiaries.
Actively advises the pharmaceutical company Roche in their corporate governance in Mexico.
