About
CARLOS ZAMARRÓN IS A PARTNER IN THE FIRM'S MEXICO CITY OFFICE AND A MEMBER OF THE CAPITAL MARKETS AND BANKING AND FINANCE PRACTICES.
Carlos regularly advises domestic and international issuers, asset managers, investment banks, financial entities, liquidity providers, Mexican pension funds, and rating agencies on structured financial transactions, both public and private, across multiple industries and sectors. He has extensive experience in fund formation and counsels on compliance with Mexican financial regulation (including cash and synthetic risk transfers for Mexican banks) and corporate governance matters. Mr Zamarrón served as an independent member of the board of directors of the largest development bank in Mexico (BANOBRAS), and has assisted the Mexican Stock Exchange, the Mexican Pension System Agency (CONSAR) and the Mexican Securities Regulator (CNBV) in developing regulation.
Carlos has participated in a number of landmark capital markets, structured finance and asset securitization transactions in Mexico, including the first multi-tranche and multi-jurisdiction securitization sponsored by a Mexican bank, the first Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC), the first mortgage REIT, the first project bond listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange, the first Investment Project Certificates (CERPIs), the first covered bond, the first domestic residential mortgage-backed securitizations, the first retail and wholesale auto loan securitizations, the first student loan securitization, the first asset-backed commercial paper conduit, and the first listed structured instrument (CKDs), as well as the vast majority of CKD listings completed in Mexico to date, including some of the largest issuances in Mexican history.
Carlos has been recognized as a leading lawyer in capital markets by Chambers Latin America, Legal 500, Who's Who Legal, and Latin Lawyer 250.
Carlos obtained his law degree with honors from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) in 2002, graduating in the top 3.93% of his class, and his LL.M. from Columbia University in 2005, where he was named Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He joined the Firm in 2002 and worked as a foreign associate in the New York office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in 2005-2006. Prior to joining the Firm, he worked in various Mexican law firms from 1998. He is fluent in Spanish and English.