Carlos J. Ruiz Priego

Has a Law Degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana of Mexico City, currently studying a Master’s Degree in Corporate Law from the Universidad Anáhuac. Carlos has taken special courses on the 2014 Financial Reform update and in the areas of Environmental Law, State Reform in Latin America and Modern Political Systems at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid in Spain. He al-so participated in the 4th and 5th Latin-American Legal Forum on Leasing taught by The Alta Group in Miami, Florida, as a panelist in the session on asset recovery. Likewise, Carlos participated in the 2012 Legal Forum by the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) in Austin, Texas. He is certified by the National Banking and Securities Commission as specialist in Anti-Money Laundering.

As part of his professional experience, he has provided legal services at well-known firms and companies, mostly within the financial sector, and has parti-cipated in the development of public procurement, purchase, sale and liqui-dation of companies procedures, preparation of all types of commercial and financial agreements, specifically, international financing contracts, counse-ling and preparation of legal documents required for the implementation of infrastructure projects and its financing, and preparation of legal risks audits according to the applicable financial and banking legislation.

Achievements: (i) He was member of one of the most important consulting firms specializing on leasing worldwide, with a presence in over 50 countries, where he participated, among other things, in negotiating, structuring and successfully closing an international lease transaction, in which an Australian bank with strong presence worldwide financed the acquisition of assets of a Mexican company leader in the steel industry; (ii) negotiation, structuring and closing a successful long-term financing deal granted by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) to a Mexican financial institu-tion, in the amount of 10 million USD, and (iii) giving successful advisory to one of the most important tire manufacturing and distribution companies in the world.