Profile
Paulina is an associate in the Mexico City office. She focuses her practice in banking and finance, corporate, compliance, and financial regulatory matters.
She has prior experience as in-house counsel, advising the commercial banking team on transactions with large corporate clients, as well as providing compliance counsel to private banking and advisory office clients, including regarding anticorruption and anti-money laundering processes.
Concentrations
- Banking and finance
- Financial regulatory and compliance
Capabilities
Experience
- Representation of BBVA Mexico as administrative agent, collateral agent, structuring agent and sole bookrunner, as well as to different institutions and financial entities, as lenders, in a syndicated credit facility of up to MXN$6.6 billion granted to Fibra Shop for the refinancing of existing debt related to the construction and development of different shopping centers.
- Represented a leading home solutions company in the negotiation of a syndicated loan for US$225 million to acquire a cosmetics company.
- Representation of BBVA Mexico, as lead arranger, sole bookrunner and agent, as well as various financial institutions, as lenders, in connection with a US$182 million syndicated credit facility granted to Blazki (Pueblo Bonito), as borrower, for the refinancing of existing debt and the construction of new hotels.
- Representation of BBVA Mexico and a syndicate of banks in a MXN$1,930 million refinancing of existing debt of a trust affiliated with Fibra Shop, related to the construction and development of the La Perla shopping center located in Guadalajara, Jalisco.
- Representation of Capstone Advisors and a syndicate of banks in a US$350 million credit facility granted to a trust affiliated to Pulso Inmobiliario, to refinance existing debt related to the Breathless & Secrets Riviera Cancún, Dreams Riviera Cancún, Dreams Natura, and Secrets & Dreams Vallarta Bay hotels.
- Representation of Finsa in obtaining a USD$350 million loan granted by a syndicate of banks for the refinancing of existing debt related to a portfolio of 40 industrial properties.
- Representation of Santander Mexico and HSBC Mexico, as structuring agents, joint bookrunners and lenders, as well as a syndicate of lenders, in connection with 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, a company engaged in the Bluefin tuna fishing and farming business.
- Representation of Union Investment Real Estate in connection with a US$175 million secured credit facility granted by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company to refinance existing debt in connection with the Torre Mayor skyscraper located in Mexico City.
- Senior Legal Counsel, HSBC Mexico, 2017-2020
- Compliance Analyst and In-House Counsel for Private Banking, Credit Suisse Mexico, 2014-2017
Recognition & Leadership
- Listed, The Legal 500 Latin America Guide, “Latin America: Mexico – Banking and Finance,” 2023, 2025
Credentials
Education
- Law Degree, with honors, Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM), 2014
Admissions
- Mexico
Languages
- Spanish, Native
- English, Fluent