Romano, Manuel

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Jones Day

Bosque de Alisos 47B, Primer Piso Bosques de las Lomas

05120 Mexico, D.F., Mexico

Phone: 52.55.3000.4005 (Business Phone)

Fax: 52.55.3000.4040 (Business Fax)

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Websites associated with this firm:http://www.jonesday.com

Summary

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Lawyer Overview

Manuel Romano advises clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic alliances in a broad range of industries, including the automotive, apparel, and financial sectors. He has experience representing clients in merger review proceedings before the Mexican Federal Competition Commission. He also advises developers, buyers, and financing parties in real estate development projects.

Manuel has advised clients involved in public-private partnerships in the development and financing of a wide range of infrastructure and real estate projects including toll roads, hospitals, hotels, and universities.

Manuel recently represented a multinational consortium led by a subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management in an auction bid for the right to operate 558 kilometers of Mexican toll roads under a Public Private Service Agreement. Clients Manuel regularly advises include Acciona, Caixanova, RHJ International, and Volvo Bus Corporation.

Manuel is a member of the Mexican Bar Association (Barra Mexicana Colegio de Abogados).

Areas of Practice

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Global Infrastructure
  • Real Estate
  • Project Finance
  • Banking & Finance
  • M&A

Representative Cases

  • Acciona wins bid to construct, maintain, and operate a specialized hospital in Leon Guanajuato , (2009)
  • BBVA finances luxury resort project in Mexico
  • Brookfield Asset Management leads bidding consortium in an auction to operate Mexican toll roads , (2009)
  • Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo and EBN Banco de Negocios S.A. finance hotel project in Riviera Maya, Mexico
  • Caja de Ahorros serves as administrative agent in the financing of a hotel project in Cancun, Mexico
  • Hon Hai Precision acquires 90% interest in Sony Baja California
  • RHJ International SA acquires Tafime SA

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Commercial Banks, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Corporate Governance, Credit Unions, Debtor/Creditor, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Eminent Domain, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, International Banking, Joint Ventures, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Loan Workouts, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Public Finance, Real Estate Law, Reorganizations, Residential Real Estate, Savings & Thrifts, Shareholders' Rights, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, Title Insurance, Trade Associations, Venture Capital

Qualifications

Education

  • Instit Tec Autonomo - Mexico

Articles

Published Works

  • Antitrust Alert: Mexico’s Competition Commission determines that Telcel has market power in mobile telephony, 2010
  • Antitrust Alert: Mexico Imposes Antitrust Fine for Refusal to Share Television Content with Rival, 2009
  • Antitrust Alert: Mexico to Set Telephone Spectrum Auction Rules to Encourage Competition, 2009
  • Antitrust Alert: Brazil Requires Divestiture in Coca-Cola’s Iced Tea Acquisition, 2009

Office Information

Address

Bosque de Alisos 47B, Primer Piso Bosques de las Lomas
05120 Mexico, D.F., Mexico

Phones

52.55.3000.4005 (Business Phone)

Faxes

52.55.3000.4040 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com

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