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Tony Centurion is a member of Greenberg Traurig’s Mexico City office and focuses his practice in Real Estate. He has broad experience in structuring, negotiating, and drafting real estate and financing transactions, for both local and cross-border investors. His experience spans from the creation of investment and management vehicles to the financing and acquisition of portfolios and assets of diverse classes, including residential, industrial, retail, and hospitality, both in Mexico and in the United States.

Expertise

Erfahrung

  • Represented a french International banking group in a structured revolving loan for USD$530 million to finance the first purchase of assets – 11 oil and gas pipelines – in terms of the energy reform in Mexico by KKR to Pemex.°
  • Represented a group of banks, in connection with the refinancing of a senior loan of USD$364.98 million in for the development, construction and operation of a gas pipeline with a diameter of 42” and an approximate extension of 454 km known as “Ramones Norte” in favor TAG Norte Holding and TAG Pipelines Norte.°
  • Represented a publicly traded company that manufactures solar PV modulesand runs large scale solar projects  in the development and financing of the photovoltaic project for  USD$50 million“Aguascalientes I”, which was awarded an electricity coverage contract in the first long-term auction offered by CENACE. °
  • Represented a real estate developer and a family office in structuring diverse investment vehicles in Mexico for the financing, investment and development of real estate projects, including a premium mixed-use real estate development “Punta Campanario”, covering an area of 87,141 m2, supported by a real estate master investment agreement (a novel investment and financing mechanism in the Mexican market).°
  • Represented a japanese foreign exchange bank, Mexican Financial Institution, Spanish multinational financial services company, Japanese Multinational banking in the structured financing of USD$534 million for the construction by subsidiary that participates in petroleum industry activities of the 2nd largest natural gas pipeline in Mexico, the “Samalayuca- Sasabe”.°
  • Represented a construction company in a corporate bond offering of MXN$5 billion for the repayment of its outstanding loans and the development of its retail °
  • Represented a private equity real estate investment firm in structuring 3 CKDs (Structured Equity Securities) raising and deploying USD$12 billion in real estate assets across Mexico.°
  • Represented an international financial institution in a USD$1.5 billion credit facilities granted in favor of Industrial Business complex for improvements of diverse retail assets located in Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.°
  • Represented a real estate developer in structuring 8 investment vehicles, including the issuance of MXN $1 billion CERPI in the Mexican Institutional Stock Exchange (BIVA), for the financing and development of important projects, including the relevant construction and operation agreements, with a total of MXN$10.5 billion mixed-use GLA of circa 450,000 m2.°
  • Represented a Canadian social security system and real estate company in the negotiation of the financing facilities, PSA and development agreement for the purchase and construction of a mixed-use project commercially known as “Desarrollo Puerta Bosques”, in Mexico City, consisting of 455 residential units and comprising a total surface of 49,959 m2 and a value of MXN$2.5 billion.°
  • Represented an electricity company, as borrower, in the refinancing of a USD$1.5 billion loan sponsored by a group of several international banks.°
  • Represented a subsidiary of Peruvian precious metal miner as borrower, in the refinancing of its short- and long-term facilities for USD$800 million sponsored by Financial and banking institutions.°
  • Represented a real estate developer company in the negotiation of the financing of a senior facility and PSA for the acquisition of its first industrial portfolio comprising 31 industrial parks, located in the State of Mexico for MXN$3.5 billion.°
  • Advised a family office and real estate development in structuring and negotiating the acquisition and financing of a residential building commercially known as “Magno Parques Polanco”, located in Mexico City for MXN$1.3 billion.°
  • Advised global real estate company and a diversity private equity fund in structuring and negotiating the acquisition of industrial facilities comprising 543 acres, located in Guanajuato, Hidalgo and the State of Mexico for MXN$2B.°

°The above representations were handled by Mr. Centurion prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, S.C.

Anerkennung durch den Markt

  • Member, Oxford’s Fintech and LegalTech Society, 2019
  • Co-founder, Fundación Compromiso Hoy, an NGO that supports marginalized communities in Mexico, 2014-2018

Ausbildung

Akademische Ausbildung
  • MSc, Law and Finance, University of Oxford, 2019
  • Law Degree, Ranked top of class, Escuela Libre de Derecho, 2014
Zulassung
  • Mexico
Sprache
  • Spanisch, Native
  • Englisch, Fluent
  • Italienisch, Conversational