José Miguel Ortiz Otero joined the firm in 2012. He specializes in Banking and Finance, Competition and Antitrust, Mergers and Acquisitions, Restructurings and Insolvency and Arbitration and Dispute Resolution.
José Miguel Ortiz has more than 10 years of experience providing advice to buyers, sellers and financial advisors in acquisition processes of financial entities and private companies. Additionally, he has participated in restructuring and bankruptcy proceedings, advising creditors and as part of the conciliator's team, in the housing, construction and mining sectors.
José Miguel has also specialized in antitrust matters, assisting domestic and foreign clients in investigations, merger approval processes before the Mexican Federal Economic Competition Commission and in obtaining favorable opinions by such Commission in bids and cross participation processes, focusing on sectors such as real estate, energy, infrastructure, natural gas, education and financial services.
In 2016, he worked in Kraft & Winternitz Rechtsanwälte, at Vienna, Austria.
Represented Grupo México in the acquisition and financing for the development, construction and operation of a 168 MW wind powered electric generation facility in the States of Nuevo León and Tamaulipas, México.
We represented EDP Renováveis and EDP Renewables Europe, the acquisition of the shares representing 100% of the share capital of the Mexican company Parque Solar Los Cuervos.
Represented Walton Street Capital and GBI Inmuebles in the sale of an offices building located in Insurgentes Sur 1079, to a group of private investors.
Represented ENGIE in obtaining the favorable opinion from COFECE to participate in various components of the value chain of the gas, energy, and co-generation services markets in Mexico.
Represented private equity fund in the antitrust approval required to implement its exit from a leading direct-to-consumer seller of home organization and houseware products in Mexico.
Represented ENGIE in obtaining the favorable opinion from COFECE to participate in various components of the value chain of the gas, energy, and co-generation services markets in Mexico.
Represented an energy investment firm in obtaining clearance from COFECE to acquire a 132 MW power project to meet the capacity and energy requirements of an automobile manufacturing in facility in North Mexico.
Represented a private equity firm in the antitrust clearance for its partial exit from a leading real estate developer and operator.
Represented a private equity firm in obtaining clearance from COFECE to acquire a hotel in Mexico City.
Represented a leading real estate developer and other investors in the antitrust clearance for its acquisition of a shopping mall in Cancún and related properties.
Represented UBS in connection with the acquisition by Afirme of the totality of the shares representative of the capital stock of UBS Bank México.
Represented a private equity fund in obtaining COFECE’s approval for its investment in a leading provider of medical healthcare services to third-parties in Mexico.
Participated with the conciliator (Conciliador) in the restructuring of Empresas ICA and four of its subsidiaries; which was completed on March 2018.
Represented the Ad hoc Committee of Senior Guaranteed Notes 2012, 2020 and 2022 in the amount of USD$1,000 million in the URBI restructuring plan (concurso mercantil).
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