Mr. Agustín Berdeja-Prieto, its founding partner, graduated in 1981 from Universidad Iberoamericana, with highest honors (Mención Honorífica). He became admitted in 1983. He obtained a Masters of Law (LL.M.) degree from Harvard University’s Law School in 1984, and stayed in the United States to gain professional experience. In 1984-1985 he worked at the New York offices of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, and then joined Fulbright, Norton Rose (then Chadbourne & Parke) during 1985-1986.

Agustín Berdeja has over 35 years of experience in corporate law, international financial transactions including syndicated bank loans, debt restructurings and workouts, project financing, derivatives, export finance, asset sales, debt-equity conversions and portfolio management transactions. He is a member of the Mexican Bar (Barra Mexicana, Colegio de Abogados), the American Bar Association (Section of Business Law), and a former member of the Board of Directors of the American College of Bankruptcy. He is also a Vice President of the International Insolvency Institute (III) and serves as member or Secretary of several Boards of Directors.

Mr. Berdeja has been named as one of Euromoney’s World Leading Privatization Lawyers and one of Euromoney Publications PLC Guide to Leading Lawyers in Latin America and the Caribbean. He has also been named as one of The Legal Media Group Guide to the World’s Leading Energy and Natural Resource Lawyers and one of Euromoney Guide to the World’s Leading Energy and Natural Resource Lawyers. Berdeja y Asociados, S.C. has been named “Project Finance Law Firm of the Year Mexico”.

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