MEXICO CITY – Aug. 24, 2021 – Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP represented Mexico Infrastructure Partners (MIP) and the concession holder portfolio companies in the initial public offering of a Fibra E investment trust listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange under ticker symbol “FEXI21”, for MX$22.1 billion (approximately US$1.1 billion).
Mexico Infrastructure Partners is the largest Mexican energy and infrastructure fund manager, with investments in the transportation, energy, telecommunications, and water sectors in Mexico, Colombia, and Peru.
The initial portfolio of Fibra EXI includes five road infrastructure projects: Kantunil-Cancún highway, Apaseo-Palmillas highway, Río Verde-Ciudad Valles highway, the La Piedad bypass, and the Interurban Acapulco tunnel.
Fibra EXI is the first public offering of this type of securities in the Mexican capital markets in more than a year.
“We want to congratulate MIP’s team for another landmark transaction for the securities and infrastructure sectors in Mexico, which will definitely set a benchmark for local fund managers. We feel truly honored by the trust that MIP has placed in us as their legal advisors throughout all these years. We are proud of the success that MIP has achieved in becoming one of the most important regional asset managers in such a short time, not only in Mexico, but with a growing presence throughout Latin America,” said José Antonio Butrón Quintero, Mexico City office Corporate Practice Shareholder.
Butrón Quintero led the multi-disciplinary transaction team of more than 15 Mexico City office attorneys from the Corporate, Capital Markets, Infrastructure, Mergers and Acquisitions, Project & Infrastructure Finance, Environmental, and Antitrust Litigation & Competition Regulation practices, that included Antitrust Litigation & Competition Regulation Shareholder Miguel Flores Bernés, Environmental Practice Shareholder Erick Hernández Gallego, Corporate Practice Associates Gabriela Palomino and Estefanía Meneses Schroeder, and Antitrust Litigation & Competition Regulation Associate Valery D. García Zavala.
Butrón Quintero focuses his practice on corporate law, M&A, banking, project finance, capital markets, structured finance, and securitizations. He has participated in several landmark transactions representing some of the leading enterprises and sponsors in a variety of sectors including infrastructure, energy and natural resources, commodities trading, consumer products, hotels and leisure, and technology.
About Greenberg Traurig Mexico: 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 banking, corporate, M&A, infrastructure, real estate, privacy, energy, administrative litigation, and competition practices in Mexico.
About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GT) has approximately 2200 attorneys in 40 locations in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. GT has been recognized for its philanthropic giving, diversity, and innovation, and is consistently among the largest firms in the U.S. on the Law360 400 and among the Top 20 on the Am Law Global 100. The firm is net carbon neutral with respect to its office energy usage and Mansfield Rule 3.0 Certified. Web: www.gtlaw.com
Mexico Infrastructure Partners is the largest Mexican energy and infrastructure fund manager, with investments in the transportation, energy, telecommunications, and water sectors in Mexico, Colombia, and Peru.
The initial portfolio of Fibra EXI includes five road infrastructure projects: Kantunil-Cancún highway, Apaseo-Palmillas highway, Río Verde-Ciudad Valles highway, the La Piedad bypass, and the Interurban Acapulco tunnel.
Fibra EXI is the first public offering of this type of securities in the Mexican capital markets in more than a year.
“We want to congratulate MIP’s team for another landmark transaction for the securities and infrastructure sectors in Mexico, which will definitely set a benchmark for local fund managers. We feel truly honored by the trust that MIP has placed in us as their legal advisors throughout all these years. We are proud of the success that MIP has achieved in becoming one of the most important regional asset managers in such a short time, not only in Mexico, but with a growing presence throughout Latin America,” said José Antonio Butrón Quintero, Mexico City office Corporate Practice Shareholder.
Butrón Quintero led the multi-disciplinary transaction team of more than 15 Mexico City office attorneys from the Corporate, Capital Markets, Infrastructure, Mergers and Acquisitions, Project & Infrastructure Finance, Environmental, and Antitrust Litigation & Competition Regulation practices, that included Antitrust Litigation & Competition Regulation Shareholder Miguel Flores Bernés, Environmental Practice Shareholder Erick Hernández Gallego, Corporate Practice Associates Gabriela Palomino and Estefanía Meneses Schroeder, and Antitrust Litigation & Competition Regulation Associate Valery D. García Zavala.
Butrón Quintero focuses his practice on corporate law, M&A, banking, project finance, capital markets, structured finance, and securitizations. He has participated in several landmark transactions representing some of the leading enterprises and sponsors in a variety of sectors including infrastructure, energy and natural resources, commodities trading, consumer products, hotels and leisure, and technology.
About Greenberg Traurig Mexico: 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 banking, corporate, M&A, infrastructure, real estate, privacy, energy, administrative litigation, and competition practices in Mexico.
About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GT) has approximately 2200 attorneys in 40 locations in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. GT has been recognized for its philanthropic giving, diversity, and innovation, and is consistently among the largest firms in the U.S. on the Law360 400 and among the Top 20 on the Am Law Global 100. The firm is net carbon neutral with respect to its office energy usage and Mansfield Rule 3.0 Certified. Web: www.gtlaw.com