Mr. Martin has an active capital markets and banking practice in Mexico, with an emphasis on securities, local and cross-border financings, securitizations, debt restructurings, derivatives, state and municipal finance, private equity and project finance. He has extensive experience in representing local and foreign issuers and underwriters in securities transactions, as well as lenders and borrowers in local and cross-border financings. Mr. Martin has also been involved in numerous mergers and acquisitions, including tender offers.

During 1999 and 2000 he worked as a foreign associate in Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton's, New York office. He participated in several securities offerings by Mexican entities, acquisitions of Mexican companies by foreign investors, as well as in Latin American e-commerce and Internet projects of international financial institutions.

From 1994 to 1998 he worked for Banco de México (Mexico's Central Bank) in the implementation of the banking system and broker-dealers bailout programs executed by FOBAPROA (Mexican FDIC) and FAMEVAL (Mexico's Broker-Dealers Insurance Fund) through capital contributions and asset purchases.

Bars and Courts
Authorized to practice law in Mexico
New York State Bar

Education
LLM, International Banking and Financial Law, Boston University School of Law, Fulbright Scholarship, MacArthur-Ford-Hewlett Program of Graduate Fellowships, 1999
Attorney at Law (Abogado), Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, summa cum laude, 1995

Languages
English
Spanish

Citizenship
Mexico