MEXICO CITY – Jan. 15, 2024 –Attorneys from global law firm Greenberg Traurig’s Mexico City office represented Banco Santander Mexico and HSBC Mexico, as structuring agents, joint bookrunners and lenders, as well as a syndicate of lenders, in a two-tranche credit facility granted to a consortium of investors for the acquisition of a majority stake in Baja Aqua-Farms and its subsidiaries.
Founded in 2000 in Baja California, Mexico, Baja Aqua-Farms is one of the world’s main bluefin tuna farming companies, providing customers high-quality tuna brought to market in an environmentally sustainable and responsible way.
The Greenberg Traurig team was led by Banking and Financial Services Shareholder Miguel A. Moisés. Associate Paulina García de León also participated in the transaction.
About Greenberg Traurig’s Mexico City Office: Greenberg Traurig’s Mexico City office offers clients innovative, strategic advice and legal services that span both traditional fields and contemporary regulatory sectors. The office has more than 60 bilingual attorneys who have been contributors to major national projects in Mexico and leverages the resources and reach of the firm’s global platform to provide clients with tailored legal services reflective of the specific industry and market conditions in which they operate. The Mexico City office is an integral part of the firm’s award-winning Latin America Practice, and has been recognized with leading competition, corporate, M&A, compliance, infrastructure, real estate, privacy, energy, administrative litigation, and banking practices in Mexico.
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