About
GERARDO ZIMBRÓN SANTAMARÍA IS A PARTNER IN THE FIRM’S MEXICO CITY OFFICE AND A MEMBER OF THE MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS AND PRIVATE EQUITY PRACTICES.
Gerardo represents domestic and international companies in complex transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, private equity transactions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, divestitures, minority investments, asset sales, and cross-border transactions. His practice spans a wide range of sectors, including financial services, manufacturing, technology, retail, transportation, pharmaceuticals, and insurance. He also advises on corporate and commercial matters.
Gerardo’s representative experience includes advising Citi on the separation of its corporate, private, and institutional banking business in Mexico from its consumer and business banking operations; UPS on the acquisition of Estafeta; Fibra Prologis on the public tender offer and reciprocal subscription for up to 100% of the CBFIs issued by CIBanco; and Vinci Partners on the cross-border merger with MNC Holdings Limited.
He has been recognized by Chambers and Partners and Legal 500.
Gerardo obtained his law degree from Universidad Iberoamericana in 2010 and his LL.M. from the University of Virginia in 2015. In 2015 and 2016, he worked as an international associate at the New York office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. His native language is Spanish, and he is fluent in English.