Founding Partner
Alfonso Castro is a recognized corporate and financial lawyer with more than 18 years of experience. His practice focuses on general corporate advisory, banking and finance, capital markets, M&A, restructuring, workouts and insolvency.
Before founding Del Castillo y Castro Abogados, Alfonso worked at Santamarina y Steta since 1999, where he was appointed partner in 2012. He worked as an international lawyer with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York. Alfonso participates in the corporate governance bodies of La Comer and Corporación GEO, among others, has been a board member of other companies and was a member of the disciplinary committee of the Mexican Stock Exchange.
Alfonso graduated from the Universidad Anáhuac (2001), with postgraduate studies in Finance from the Universidad Iberoamericana. He received his LL.M. from Northwestern University of Law (2004) and has a certificate in Business Administration from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management (2004) and has completed the General Management Program (AD) 2016, Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresas (IPADE), Mexico. He is fluent in Spanish and English.
Education
- Licenciatura en Derecho 2001, Universidad Anáhuac México Norte, Mexico.
- Especialidad en Finanzas 2001, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico.
- Maestría en Derecho (LL.M.) 2004, Northwestern University of Law, EEUU.
- Maestría en Administración de Empresas 2004, The Kellogg School of Management, EEUU.
- Programa de perfeccionamiento en alta dirección de empresas (AD) 2016, Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresas (IPADE), Mexico.
Practices
- Banking and Finance
- Capital Markets
- Bankruptcy and Restructuring
- Mergers & Acquisitions
Awards and Rankings
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Representative Matters:
- Legal counsel to Abengoa Mexico and its subsidiaries in the restructuring of its debt with several stakeholders. He also provided advice in connection with the global reorganization of Abengoa which involves a debt in countries such as Spain, France, Netherlands, United States, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Perú, Chile, Venezuela, China, Arab Emirates, amongst others.
- Legal counsel to Inmobiliaria Ruba one of the main housing developers in Mexico, in the preparation and approval of a bonds program, as well as in the first and second issuances under said program.
- Legal counsel to ABC Aerolineas (Interjet), in the preparation and approval of a bonds program. He also acted as external legal counsel to Interjet in connection with the first, second, third and fourth issuances under said program of bonds.
- Legal counsel to Quesería Dos Lagunas one of the main producers of dairy products in Mexico, in its corporate reorganization process which included, among other aspects, the complete amendment of its corporate bylaws and the squeeze-out of minority shareholders.
- External legal counsel to Corporación Geo and its subsidiaries regarding the fulfillment of its obligations before the Mexican Stock Exchange (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores) and the Mexican Securities Exchange Commission (Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores). Also advised Corporación Geo and its subsidiaries in connection with the preparation of the shareholders’ resolution to dissolve and liquidate such companies and/or declare them bankrupt. We are currently advising them on the liquidation process.
- Advisor to Abent 3T in connection with all its corporate needs, including all corporate registries and authorizations, as well as certain power purchase agreements entered into with some of Mexico ́s major companies. He also advised Abent 3T in the preparation and negotiation of power purchase agreements, as well as their assignment to a particular collateral trust created for the benefit of the creditors of Abengoa Group.
- External legal counsel to Hipotecaria Su Casita, SOFOM, E.N.R. regarding the fulfillment of its corporate obligations and advised the company and its shareholders in connection with its dissolution, liquidation and bankruptcy process.