White & Case LLP - Lawyers and Advisors - Erika de la Rosa Hennessey

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North America	Latin America	Europe		Asia	Middle East/Africa
Los Angeles Miami New York Silicon Valley Washington, DC	Mexico City Monterrey São Paulo	Almaty Ankara Berlin Bratislava Brussels Bucharest Budapest Düsseldorf Frankfurt Geneva Hamburg	Helsinki Istanbul London Milan Moscow Munich Paris Prague Stockholm Warsaw	Beijing Hong Kong Shanghai Singapore Tokyo	Abu Dhabi Doha Johannesburg Riyadh

Ms. de la Rosa's practice focuses on securities offerings, securitizations, and financial transactions with significant experience in private equity, hedge fund, and investment management matters.

Recent representative transactions include:

Acting as counsel to the investment division of an elite US university with a US$16 billion endowment.
Representation of a leading Mexican banking institution with securitizations of automotive-related receivables.
Advising global investment manager firms with respect to regulatory aspects of Mexican mutual funds and mutual fund management operations.
Advising Scotiabank Inverlat Casa de Bolsa as structuring agent and placement agent, in connection with the public primary offering in Mexico of debt securities issued by a master trust based on the US SWIFT Master Auto Receivables Trust with proceeds of approximately US$140 million.
Representing Financiera Independencia, S.A.B. de C.V., SOFOM, ENR (FISA), a Mexican unregulated microcredit finance company, in connection with a global offering of 136,000,000 common shares in a primary offering by FISA and a secondary offering by certain shareholders.
Representing various lenders to Electricité de France (EDF) in the company's sale of its combined cycle, gas-fired power plants to Spanish company, Gas Natural, in the termination, cancellation and release of various pledges and guarantees granted by the project companies for the construction, operation and maintenance of each of the companies' power plants.
Representing a consortium led by Ingenieros Civiles Asociados (ICA) in the financing of approximately US$1billion for the construction of the La Yesca hydroelectric plant with a power generation capacity of 750 MW located in the State of Jalisco, México.

Prior to joining the Silicon Valley office of White & Case, she spent two years in the Mexico City office, prior to which she spent eight years as a foreign legal consultant in the Boston and San Francisco offices of a top US law firm.

A Fulbright Scholar, Ms. de la Rosa received a Ph.D. in Legal and Economic Latin American Studies from Boston University and a Master's degree in International Business Law and Economic Development from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

Bars and Courts
Authorized to practice law in Mexico

Education
PhD, The University Professors, Boston University, 2006
MALD, The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University, Fulbright scholarship recipient (1994-1996), 1996
Attorney at Law (Licenciatura en Derecho), Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, 1992

Publications
"Going Global: Basic Questions to Consider Before Leasing Equipment in Certain Latin American Countries," Co-author with Pamela J. Martinson, Esq., Equipment Leasing Newsletter, May 2006
"Perdiendo Perspectiva," Editorial, El Norte (Monterrey, Mexico). September 22, 2005
"The Quest for Change: The Mexican Electricity Reform Bill," Latin American Law and Business Report, February 2003

Academic Activities
Former professor of law at Universidad de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico

Languages
Spanish
English

Citizenship
Mexico

	Erika de la Rosa Hennessey
Download vCard Expertise Capital Markets Securitization Corporate	Mexico Associate Silicon Valley T: + 1 650 213 0374 F: + 1 650 213 8158 E: *Practice Experience* Ms. de la Rosa's practice focuses on securities offerings, securitizations, and financial transactions with significant experience in private equity, hedge fund, and investment management matters. Recent representative transactions include: Acting as counsel to the investment division of an elite US university with a US$16 billion endowment. Representation of a leading Mexican banking institution with securitizations of automotive-related receivables. Advising global investment manager firms with respect to regulatory aspects of Mexican mutual funds and mutual fund management operations. Advising Scotiabank Inverlat Casa de Bolsa as structuring agent and placement agent, in connection with the public primary offering in Mexico of debt securities issued by a master trust based on the US SWIFT Master Auto Receivables Trust with proceeds of approximately US$140 million. Representing Financiera Independencia, S.A.B. de C.V., SOFOM, ENR (FISA), a Mexican unregulated microcredit finance company, in connection with a global offering of 136,000,000 common shares in a primary offering by FISA and a secondary offering by certain shareholders. Representing various lenders to Electricité de France (EDF) in the company's sale of its combined cycle, gas-fired power plants to Spanish company, Gas Natural, in the termination, cancellation and release of various pledges and guarantees granted by the project companies for the construction, operation and maintenance of each of the companies' power plants. Representing a consortium led by Ingenieros Civiles Asociados (ICA) in the financing of approximately US$1billion for the construction of the La Yesca hydroelectric plant with a power generation capacity of 750 MW located in the State of Jalisco, México. Prior to joining the Silicon Valley office of White & Case, she spent two years in the Mexico City office, prior to which she spent eight years as a foreign legal consultant in the Boston and San Francisco offices of a top US law firm. A Fulbright Scholar, Ms. de la Rosa received a Ph.D. in Legal and Economic Latin American Studies from Boston University and a Master's degree in International Business Law and Economic Development from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. *Bars and Courts* Authorized to practice law in Mexico *Education* PhD, The University Professors, Boston University, 2006 MALD, The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University, Fulbright scholarship recipient (1994-1996), 1996 Attorney at Law (Licenciatura en Derecho), Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, 1992 *Publications* "Going Global: Basic Questions to Consider Before Leasing Equipment in Certain Latin American Countries," Co-author with Pamela J. Martinson, Esq., Equipment Leasing Newsletter, May 2006 "Perdiendo Perspectiva," Editorial, El Norte (Monterrey, Mexico). September 22, 2005 "The Quest for Change: The Mexican Electricity Reform Bill," Latin American Law and Business Report, February 2003 *Academic Activities* Former professor of law at Universidad de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico *Languages* Spanish English *Citizenship* Mexico