Diego Martínez Rueda-Chapital

Partner

Mexico

Mexico City

diego.martinez@chevez.com.mx

Practice Areas

Corporativo y M&A

Diego has more than 25 years of experience and focuses his practice on general corporate law, with an emphasis on Corporate Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Venture Capital, and Emerging Growth, as well as corporate financing transactions and debt restructuring matters, whether out-of-court or through formal insolvency proceedings.

He has extensive experience in banking and securities financings, including capital markets transactions involving equity and debt securities, as well as both simple and structured financings. He also advises other financial institutions and lenders on transactional and regulatory matters, including, among others, bank non-banks, managers of pension funds, and private equity funds. He has extensive knowledge of key operational matters related to supervised financial institutions such as those of AML and cybersecurity legal nature.

Diego advises Mexican and international banks, as well as other lenders, providing guidance in connection with credit facilities and loan transactions, as well as the creation and perfection of Mexican security packages.

In addition, he has experience in real estate transactions, particularly in the hospitality and leisure, industrial, and residential sectors, representing landowners, developers, landlords, and lenders. He also possesses extensive knowledge of corporate governance matters.

Education

Doctorate in Law, Universidad Panamericana (UP)
Master’s in Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 2000

Memberships

Member, Mexican Bar Association (BMA
Member, Legal Committee, International Chamber of Commerce Mexico (ICC México)

Member, American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico (AMCHAM México)
Member, Leadership Council, Georgetown University, Law Center Committee for the Advancement of the Rule of Law in Americas (CAROLA) (Washington D.C.)
Chairman and Member, Legal Committee, Corporate Governance Commission, Mexican Entrepreneurial Coordination Council (CCE)
Member, Board of Directors, Grupo Financiero Banorte, S.A.B. de C.V. (“GFNORTE”), Banco Mercantil del Norte, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple, Grupo Financiero Banorte (“Banorte”), Banco Bineo, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple, Grupo Financiero Banorte (“Bineo”), Casa de Bolsa Banorte, S.A. de C.V., Grupo Financiero Banorte (“CBB”), Operadora de Fondos Banorte, S.A. de C.V., Grupo Financiero Banorte (“OFB”), and Servicios Uniteller, S.A. de C.V.
Chairman of the Audit Committee and Member of the Audit and Corporate Practices Committee, Bineo
Member, Risk Policies Committee and Human Resources Committee of GNORTE, Banorte, CBB and OFB