Gabriela Salazar is an associate in the Finance Practice Group in the Mexico City office of Haynes and Boone. She has more than 15 years of experience in corporate finance, securities transactions, financing, secured transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. Ms. Salazar also chairs the Financial Services Committee of the U.S.-Mexico Bar Association.
Selected Client Representations
- Represented Mexican, American and German public companies in securities transactions in Mexico, including tender offers, private placements, mergers and acquisitions.
- Represented Mexican and German banks in domestic and cross-border financing, including lending to, and obtaining security interest in Mexican companies.
- Represented public and private companies in Mexico in cross-border legal matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and regulatory.
- Represented clients acquiring commercial and industrial real estate in Mexico.
- Represented clients in corporate transactional and regulatory work in the oil sector in Mexico.
- Represented Mexican broker-dealers, banks, and other financial institutions including corporate transactional and regulatory.
- Represented Mexican company in cross-border restructuring.
Selected Speeches and Articles
- "Mexico's New Public-Private Partnership Act," Latin American Law & Business Report, December 2011.
- "What Should Be Done to Improve Mexico's Pension System?" interviewed with Larry Pascal, Latin America Advisor, Inter-American Dialogue, February 10-23, 2011.
- "Restructuring Tactics in Today's Environment," 2009 U.S. Mexico Bar Association Annual Meeting Presentation.
- "Analysis and discussion of the new securities known as 'Development Capital certificates' (Certificados de Capital de Desarrollo) or 'CKDES')," La Barra Mexicana Colegio de Abogados.
- "Fiduciary duties: an analysis of the Mexican and U.S. regulation," La Barra Mexicana Colegio de Abogados.
- "New Legal Developments of Doing Business with Mexico," International Law Section, D.C. Bar in co-sponsorship with the U.S. Mexico Bar Association.
- "Corporate Governance under the Mexican new Securities Market Law," Escuela Libre de Derecho.
- Article: "Fiduciary Duties: An Analysis of their Regulation in the U.S. and Mexico," Selected Topics on Securities, Editorial Porrúa, Mexico
- Article: "Promotion Investment Company (La Sociedad Anónima Promotora de Inversión). Alternate Corporate Structures in Mexico." El Exportador Financiero.
- Article: "Commercial Companies regulated by the Mexican Securities Market Law," A legal guide on Doing Business in Mexico.
Selected Representative Experience
$1.6 Billion Mexican Exchange Offer
Haynes and Boone, LLP successfully assisted AT&T International, Inc. in an exchange offer launched by America Movil, S.A.B. de C.V. to acquire Telmex Internacional, S.A.B. de C.V.
Divestitures
Represented Royal Dutch Shell in the sale of its downstream businesses in Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador.
Online Publications
01/30/2012 -
Latin American Law & Business Report Guest Article: Mexico's New Public-Private Partnership Act
In December 2011 the Mexican Congress finally approved a new piece of legislation called the Public-Private Partnership Act (“Ley de Asociaciones Público Privadas”).
07/05/2011 -
Mexico’s Proposed Anti-Money Laundering Law
On April 28, 2011, the Mexican Senate approved a draft “Federal Law on the Prevention and Identification of Operations from Illicit Sources” (the “Law”), which has since then been referred to the Mexican Chamber of Representatives for consideration.
12/07/2010 -
The Infrastructure and Real Estate Trust in Mexico (FIBRA)
After nearly five years of legislative effort in Mexico, particularly in the area of tax, a structure has been established that will make it attractive for companies to issue, and investors to acquire, securities based on a beneficial interest in an Infrastructure and Real Estate Trust (known by its Spanish acronym “
FIBRA”).