Alberto de la Peña Corporate Securities, Franchise & Distribution (International) Haynes and Boone, LLP 901 Main Street, Suite 3100 Dallas, Texas 75202 (214) 651-5618 (214) 200-0580 (fax) Alberto.delaPena@haynesboone.com

Mr. de la Peña is an associate with the International Practice Group.

Areas of Experience:
International
Finance
Corporate
Mergers and Acquisitions
Telecommunications

His experience includes:

• Representing various U.S. and Canadian banks as well as borrowers in different financing and secured transactions in Mexico.
• Assisting multinational manufacturer in the issuance of debt in the amount of $180,000,000 in connection with Mexican law regulations.
• Representing multinational manufacturer in a merger with a total value over $165,000,000 regarding Mexican antitrust compliance.
• Representing multinational manufacturer in various railcars leasing agreements in Mexico.
• Representing Mexican manufacturer in various international supply agreements.
• Assisting joint venture company (German Bank and U.S. company) in the administration and management of multi-million portfolios of a Mexican Bank.
• Representing client in an acquisition of a hotel in Acapulco.
• Assisting a hotel company in general corporate work and some joint ventures in Latin America.
• Assisting U.S. brokerage services company to franchise its real estate and brokerage services in Mexico.
• Representing local telephone carrier before the Board of Local Carriers under the Federal Telecommunications Law.
• Assisting paging company in general corporate work, including telecommunications regulatory issues.
• Representing U.S. submarine company in a global transaction to tender fiber optic cable from Japan to Mexico, including regulatory issues and the acquisition of real estate in Tijuana, Mexico.
• Representing various clients in the rendering of value added services in Mexico under the Federal Telecommunications Law.
• Representing client in the oil sector before Pemex in different contracts, including assistance in environmental issues for its various bases.

Recent Publications

"The Free Trade Agreement Between Mexico and the European Union," Texas Transnational Law Quarterly, August 2001
"Legal Framework of the Telecommunications in Mexico; Challenges and Perspectives," Texas Transnational Law Quarterly, 2002

Education
Master of Laws in Comparative and Commercial Law, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, 2001
J.D., high honors, Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico City, 1995

Admitted to Practice
Mexico; Not licensed for Texas or U.S. Law

Languages
Spanish, English

Memberships
Mexican Bar Association