About
RODRIGO CASTELAZO IS A PARTNER IN THE FIRM'S MEXICO CITY OFFICE AND A MEMBER OF THE CAPITAL MARKETS, FUND RAISING AND PRIVATE EQUITY, AND BANKRUPTCY AND RESTRUCTURING PRACTICES.
Rodrigo advises clients in complex capital markets, structured finance, and banking and finance transactions, as well as in restructuring processes. He has represented issuers and underwriters in some of Mexico's most relevant domestic and global equity offerings, including IPOs and follow-ons by FIBRA Prologis, FIBRA Macquarie, Vesta, OHL, Ienova, and FIBRA Monterrey. He has also participated in some of Mexico's most complex public company M&A transactions, including the acquisition of Terrafina by FIBRA Prologis.
He is also a leading lawyer in fund formation and private equity in Mexico, representing some of the most relevant clients, including Blackstone, KKR, Lexington Partners, General Atlantic, and others. He also advises Mexican pension funds (Afores) in structuring investments inside and outside of Mexico.
Rodrigo has been ranked in capital markets and banking and finance by Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, and IFLR 1000.
He obtained his law degree from Universidad Iberoamericana in 2002, a postgraduate degree in International Financial Law from Universidad Panamericana, and his LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 2006.
He worked as a foreign associate in a leading New York firm in 2007.
He is fluent in English and Spanish.