Bio

Rodrigo Rivera has been passionate about the banking system and financing transactions since the beginning of his career. After years of working as in-house counsel for the corporate and investment banking department in one of the largest banks in Mexico, he joined Galicia where he was made partner in 2018. He represents both national and international banks as well as creditors from a range of industries and helps clients in the structuring and the negotiation of financing transactions including corporate financing, real estate financing, secured transactions, domestic and international financing, debt financing and restructuring, state and municipal financing and project financing. He has also helped banks and financial regulated entities to analyze and apply regulatory aspects of their business. He obtained his law degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City in 2005 and holds an LLM from New York University in 2008 and worked as a foreign associate in Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom (New York office). He is recognized by The Legal 500 2023 Latin American Guide and Latin Lawyer as an expert lawyer in the Banking and Finance and Real Estate practices. He is a member of the Firm’s Talent Committee.