Jorge Montaño

Jorge Montaño is a Partner in the Mexico City office, focusing on Mergers and Acquisition, Private Equity and Capital Markets, as well as Corporate and Commercial Matters. 

Mr. Montaño has actively represented domestic and international companies in cross-border transactions, including advising on the structuring and execution of joint ventures and private equity transactions.

• Representative clients, deals and matters include advising Endo Pharmaceuticals, Grupo ADO, AlphaCredit, and Grupo Modelo in their acquisitions, sales or divestitures of Mexican companies; and multiple private equity funds, such as Advent International, Southern Cross Group and General Atlantic  carrying out investments in Mexico in varied sectors, including oil and gas services, retail, financial services and pharmaceutical. Mr Montaño also represents fund managers in the creation of their investment platforms, both in Mexico and abroad, in both private equity and venture capital space. In the field of capital markets, Mr. Montano represents US and Mexican underwriters and Mexican issuers in equity capital market transactions, including the IPOs by Hoteles City Express and Corporación Vesta, as well as in investment-grade and high-yield bond transactions.

• M&A
• Capital Markets 
• Private Equity and Venture Capital 
• Corporate Law 

• Mexico

• Mr. Montaño was born in Mexico City, Mexico. Mr. Montaño obtained his law degree from Instituto Technologico Autonomo de México, a master’s degree in law (LLM) from New York University School of Law, and an advanced professional certificate in law and business from NYU’s Stern Business School.