Esmeralda Vera

Associate

Ciudad de México + 52.55.3000.4010

Esmeralda Vera asesora a clientes nacionales y multinacionales en una amplia gama de asuntos de derecho de la competencia y antimonopolio. Su práctica se enfoca en control de concentraciones, investigaciones gubernamentales y asesoría en cumplimiento normativo. Acompaña a sus clientes en la notificación de concentraciones derivadas de operaciones públicas y privadas, y los representa en investigaciones relacionadas con conductas potencialmente anticompetitivas.

Esmeralda cuenta con amplia experiencia en la asesoría a clientes en operaciones transfronterizas complejas y asuntos regulatorios. Su práctica también abarca revisiones de inversión extranjera directa y asuntos corporativos en general, lo que le permite brindar asesoría práctica y con enfoque comercial que responde a los objetivos de negocio más amplios de sus clientes.

Esmeralda también está comprometida con el trabajo pro bono. Apoya a una institución cultural sin fines de lucro en materia de gobierno corporativo y la asesora en sus necesidades legales cotidianas.

Experiencia

  • PCI Energy Solutions sold to Mitsubishi Electric for $1.4 billionJones Day is advising Power Costs, Inc. (d/b/a PCI Energy Solutions, Inc.), a leading provider of energy trading and risk management, bid-to-bill, and optimization software solutions trusted by utilities and energy companies worldwide, in connection with its $1.4 billion all-cash sale to Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TSE: 6503).
  • Vector Casa de Bolsa discontinues trustee operations due to orders issued by FinCENJones Day advised Vector Casa de Bolsa, S.A. de C.V. on the substitution of trustees in more than 130 trust agreements, following orders issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).
  • Nacional Financiera grants loan to CIBanco to support its operations continuityJones Day advised Nacional Financiera, S.N.C., IBD (Mexican development bank) in granting a general purpose loan to CIBanco for MX$2 billion, backed by receivables from CIBanco's credit portfolio.
  • Mexican Ministry of Navy completes mergers creating Grupo Aeroportuario MarinaJones Day advised the Mexican Ministry of Navy (Secretaría de Marina), through Grupo Aeroportuario de la Ciudad de Mexico, in the merger of the governmental companies Grupo Aeroportuario de la Ciudad de Mexico (GACM) and Servicios Aeroportuarios de la Ciudad de Mexico (SACM), with Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de Mexico (AICM), resulting in the creation of Grupo Aeroportuario Marina.
  • Hub Group forms joint venture with EASOJones Day advised Hub Group, Inc. in the formation of a joint venture with Mexico-based EASO.
  • Austin Powder sells controlling stake to AIPJones Day represented Austin Powder, a global leader in blasting services and commercial explosives, in connection with the sale of a controlling stake to American Industrial Partners.
  • Grupo México acquires real estate company, PlanigrupoJones Day advised Grupo Inmobiliario UPAS, S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of México Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V., (sub-holding) and Grupo México, S.A.B. de C.V.'s Infrastructure Division ("Grupo México") (holding) in the due-diligence, negotiation, and formalization of an agreement with certain Southern Cross Group's subsidiaries (controlling shareholders of Planigrupo LATAM, S.A.B. de C.V. ("Planigrupo")) and the Bross family, for the acquisition of their respective stake in Planigrupo, for which Grupo México launched, and Jones Day also assisted and advised on a mandatory public tender offer for up to 100% of the shares representing Planigrupo's capital stock, resulting in the acquisition by Grupo México of 95.47% of Planigrupo's outstanding capital stock for a total amount of 4.49 billion pesos (approximately US$245 million).