Bio

Carlos Obregon is one of Mexico’s leading Corporate M&A and Capital Markets lawyers. He has more than 25 years of experience representing clients in complex and ground-breaking transactions in Mexico. Within his Mergers & Acquisitions practice, he represents private equity and specialized sector funds as well as strategic investors in the purchase of private businesses and assets within a wide range of economic sectors, including the pharmaceutical, media, financial, food services, education, and others. His Capital Markets and Fundraising expertise has led him to represent issuers, underwriters, managers, and others in public and private debt, equity, and quasi-equity offerings, including corporate bonds, government notes, CKDs, CERPIs, and FIBRAS. He has been particularly active in advising on sophisticated securitization and asset backed structures involving different types of assets (including auto and equipment loans and leases, airline receivables, mortgage loans, and infrastructure assets, among others). Carlos gained international expertise as an international associate at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York (2000–2001). He acted as Board Member of the Mexican Private Equity Association from 2018-2020. He is recognized as an expert by the 2023 Chambers Latin American Guide in the Capital Markets and Corporate/M&A practices. Likewise, he is listed as an expert lawyer in The Legal 500 2023 Latin American Guide in the same practices. He is also recognized by Latin Lawyer and IFLR1000 as one of the leading practitioners in Mexico.